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Spearman Baronets
The Spearman Baronetcy, of Hanwell in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 April 1840 for Alexander Spearman, who was Comptroller General of the Exchequer and Secretary to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt for many years. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Glamorganshire for 1882. Sir Alexander Spearman, son of Commander Alexander Young Crawshay Mainwaring Spearman (1862–1915), half-brother of the second Baronet, was a Conservative politician: his grandson Alexander Spearman (born 1984) married Brazilian ''Princess'' Amelia of Orléans-Braganza, daughter of ''Prince'' Antônio of Orléans-Braganza, descendants of the former Brazilian imperial family. Spearman baronets, of Hanwell (1840) * Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 1st Baronet (1793–1874) *Sir Joseph Layton Elmes Spearman, 2nd Baronet (1857–1922) *Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 3rd Baronet (1881–1959) *Sir Alexander Bowyer Spearman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comptroller General Of The Exchequer
The Comptroller General of the Exchequer was a position in the Exchequer of HM Treasury between 1834 and 1866. The Comptroller General had responsibility for authorising the issue of public monies from the Treasury to government departments. The post was created in the ''Act to Regulate the Office of the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer'' of 1834, coming into effect on 11 October that year. The position merged several offices of the Exchequer together, including that of Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer. The Comptroller General was given custody of all the records of the Exchequer of Receipt, including standard weights and measures and standard pieces of gold, silver, and copper. The inaugural Comptroller was Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet, who was replaced on 18 April 1835 by Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, who also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Monteagle retained the role after he left the Cabinet in 1839, despite Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Glamorganshire
This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. Sheriffs of Glamorgan served under and were answerable to the independent Lords of Glamorgan until that lordship was merged into the crown. This is in contrast to sheriffs of the English shires who were from the earliest times officers of the crown. Sheriffs in the modern sense, appointed and answerable to the crown, were instituted in the county of Glamorgan in 1541. On 1 April 1974 the shrievalty of Glamorgan was abolished and replaced by the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan, the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan. List of Sheriffs *1122–1149 Sir Robert Norreis *1322 Sir Henry de Wylyngton Barony of Willington of Keir Kenny (Carreg Cennen Castle) *1421 Sir John Stradling Clark, G.T. ''Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgan. Pertinent'', Cardiff, 1891, vol.4, Charter no.1116, pp.1486-1488. Witnessed inspeximus of Lord of Glamorgan dated 20/4/1421, described as ''vicecomite nost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Spearman
Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman (2 March 1901 – 5 April 1982) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). His father, who was a Commander in the Royal Navy and commanded a battalion of a Royal Naval Brigade in the First World War, was killed in action in the Dardanelles Campaign. Alexander was educated at Repton and Hertford College, Oxford, where he was in receipt of a scholarship for descendants of Sir Francis Baring. After Oxford, he became a stockbroker, and in 1941 he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative in a by-election for the seat of Scarborough and Whitby. He had earlier failed to be elected at Gorton and Mansfield. He held his seat in every election until 1966 when he retired. In 1951 to 1952 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade. In 1956 he was knighted. A former governor of the London School of Economics, he spoke frequently in the House of Commons on financial and economic issues. He was mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Imperial Family
The Brazilian Imperial Family (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Família Imperial Brasileira'') is a Brazilian Dynasty of Portuguese origin that ruled the Empire of Brazil from 1822 in Brazil, 1822 to 1889 in Brazil, 1889, after the proclamation of independence by Pedro I of Brazil, Prince Pedro of Braganza who was later acclaimed as Pedro I, ''Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil''. The members of the family are Dynasty#Dynasts, dynastic descendants of Emperor Pedro I. Claimants to headship of the post-monarchic Brazilian Imperial legacy descend from Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, Pedro II, including the senior patrilineality, agnates of two branches of the House of Orléans-Braganza; the so-called ''Petrópolis'' and ''Vassouras'' lines. Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born 1945) heads the ''Petrópolis'' line, while the ''Vassouras'' branch is led by his second cousin, Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza.Les manuscrits du C.E.D.R.E. – Dictionnaire Historique et Gén ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 1st Baronet
{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 1st Baronet, PC (13 September 1793 – 20 November 1874) was a British civil servant. Spearman was born in Pentridge, Dorset, the eldest son of Major Alexander Young Spearman, RA (1762–1808), of Thornley, Durham, and Agnes, daughter of James Morton, of Bonar Hill, Lanarkshire. His paternal grandmother was the sister of Sir William Young, Lieutenant-Governor of Tobago. Spearman joined the public service in 1808, aged fifteen, as deputy assistant commissary-general. In 1816, he became chief clerk to John Charles Herries, auditor of the Civil List. In 1822 he investigated irregularities in the Stationery Office, and in 1833 he was made controller of the Stationery Office. In 1824, he joined the Treasury as assistant clerk in the revenue department and clerk of parliamentary accounts. From 1827 to 1828, he was private secretary to Herries when the latter was Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1831, he became auditor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heir Apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the birth of a more eligible heir is known as heir presumptive. Today these terms most commonly describe heirs to hereditary titles (e.g. titles of nobility) or offices, especially when only inheritable by a single person. Most monarchies refer to the heir apparent of their thrones with the descriptive term of ''crown prince'' or ''crown princess'', but they may also be accorded with a more specific substantive title: such as Prince of Orange in the Netherlands, Duke of Brabant in Belgium, Prince of Asturias in Spain (also granted to heirs presumptive), or the Prince of Wales in the United Kingdom; former titles include Dauphin in the Kingdom of France, and Tsesarevich in Imperial Russia. The term is also used metaphorically to indicate a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetcies In The Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th century, however in its current usage was created by James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. A baronetcy is the only British hereditary honour that is not a peerage, with the exception of the Anglo-Irish Black Knights, White Knights, and Green Knights (of whom only the Green Knights are extant). A baronet is addressed as "Sir" (just as is a knight) or "Dame" in the case of a baronetess, but ranks above all knighthoods and damehoods in the order of precedence, except for the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, and the dormant Order of St Patrick. Baronets are conventionally seen to belong to the lesser nobility, even though William Thoms claims that: The precise quality of this dignity is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
