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St John Charlton
St John Charlton (died 1742) of Apley Castle, Shropshire was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1725 to 1734. Charlton was the eldest son of John Charlton of Apley Castle and Totteridge, Hertfordshire and his wife Anne Chiverton, daughter of Sir Richard Chiverton of Clerkenwell, Lord mayor of London. He joined the Royal Navy and was a Captain on 10 November1709. He married Arabella Braddock, daughter of Major-General Edward Braddock. He succeeded his father on 6 September 1720. Charlton was returned as Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth, on the Whitmore interest, at a by-election on 8 June 1725. He was returned again in a contest at the 1727 British general election. He was an independent Whig, and voted generally with the Opposition. At the 1734 British general election he gave up the seat to Thomas Whitmore Thomas Whitmore may refer to: * Thomas Whitmore (1599–1677), English lawyer and politician * Thomas Whitmore (1782–1846), Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apley Castle
Apley Castle was a medieval fortified manor in the village of Hadley, Shropshire, England. History Apley Castle was a moated, fortified manor house in Hadley near Wellington. By the early 14th century the manor was owned by the Charlton family, who had become major landowners in the region, and in 1327 Sir Alan Charlton received a licence to crenellate the manor house. The building work occurred shortly afterwards, producing a square building set around a central courtyard. Charlton's descendants expanded the castle considerably into an Elizabethan mansion during the late 16th and early 17th century, using grey ashlar stone. Margaret Charlton, the religious non-conformist, was born here in 1636. She would be a supporter and later wife of Richard Baxter. In 1642 the castle passed by marriage to Thomas Hanmer, who married Margaret's mother (and very recent widow) Mary Charlton. With the outbreak of the English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Whitmore (died 1725) (1787–1858), Shropshire landowner and British Whig politician
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William Whitmore may refer to: * William Whitmore (died 1648) (1572–1648), English landowner and politician * Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet (1637–1699), English politician * William Whitmore (died 1725), MP for Bridgnorth 1705–10 and 1713–25 * William Whitmore (British Army officer) (1714–1771), MP for Bridgnorth 1741–7 and 1754–71 * William Elliott Whitmore (born 1978), American blues singer and musician * William Henry Whitmore (1836–1900), Boston businessman, politician and genealogist * William Henry Whitmore (1875-1918), Unknown marine of Padstow See also * William Wolryche-Whitmore William Wolryche-Whitmore (16 September 1787 – 11 August 1858) was a Shropshire landowner and British Whig politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1835, representing first Bridgnorth and later Wolverhampton. His sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy Officers
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), a 2021 reggae album * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * ''Royal'' (Indian magazine), a men's lifestyle bimonthly * Royal Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1742 Deaths
Year 174 ( CLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 927 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 174 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Empress Faustina the Younger accompanies her husband, Marcus Aurelius, on various military campaigns and enjoys the love of the Roman soldiers. Aurelius gives her the title of ''Mater Castrorum'' ("Mother of the Camp"). * Marcus Aurelius officially confers the title ''Fulminata'' ("Thundering") to the Legio XII Fulminata. Asia * Reign in India of Yajnashri Satakarni, Satavahana king of the Andhra. He extends his empire from the center to the north of India. By topic Art and Science * ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey James Grove
Grey James Grove (16821742) of Pool Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1715 and 1741. Grove was baptized on 10 November 1682, the eldest son of James Grove of Alveley, serjeant-at-law, and his wife Anne Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby MP. He married Penelope Jermyn, daughter of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn MP. At the 1715 British general election, Grey was returned as Member of Parliament for Bewdley on the interest of Lord Herbert of Chirbury. He voted with the Administration except on the Peerage Bill, when he abstained. He did not stand at the 1722 British general election and was out of parliament for over ten years. He was High Sheriff of Shropshire from 1730 to 1731 and succeeded his father in 1734. He stood again at the 1734 British general election when he was elected in a contest at Bridgnorth on the Whitmore interest. He voted for the Spanish convention in 1739 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weaver (Bridgnorth MP)
John Weaver (1675–1747), of Morville, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1734. Weaver was baptized on 21 October 1675, the eldest son of Arthur Weaver of Morville and his wife Mary, who was probably the daughter of Eliezar Careswell of Shifnal, Shropshire. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1689 and called to the bar in 1697. In 1710 he succeeded his father to Morville He married Sarah Acton on 22 November 1712 Weaver was related to the Whitmore and Acton families in Bridgnorth, and had inherited a considerable interest of his own in the borough from his grandfather who married an heiress of the Smythes of Morville. He was admitted as a freeman of Bridgnorth in 1710 and stood at the 1713 general election when he was returned unopposed as. Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth with his fellow Whig William Whitmore of Apley. He voted against the expulsion of Richard Steele on 18 March1714. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Norris (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris (1670 or 167113 June 1749) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War and the Williamite War in Ireland, he was given command of a squadron sent to North America to protect British settlements on the banks of Hudson Bay in 1697. Although he developed a plan to recapture some territories in Newfoundland and Labrador taken by French forces the previous winter, he was prevented from implementing that plan when the local council overruled him. Norris served under Admiral Sir George Rooke at the Battle of Cádiz at an early stage of the War of the Spanish Succession. He went on to command the vanguard at the Battle of Malaga in August 1704 and then served under Admiral the Earl of Peterborough at the capture of Barcelona in October 1705. As a flag officer, Norris was sent with a fleet to the Baltic Sea to support a coalition of naval forces from Russia, Denmark and Hanover taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitmore (died 1773)
Sir Thomas Whitmore (21 December 1711 – 1773) of Apley, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754. Early life Whitmore was the second but eldest surviving son of William Whitmore of Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire and Apley, Shropshire, and his wife Anne Weld, daughter of Sir John Weld, MP, of Willey, Shropshire. In 1725 he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father. He married Anne Cope, daughter of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet of Bruern Abbey, Oxfordshire. Career At the 1734 British general election, Whitmore was returned on the family interest as Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth soon after coming of age. He was appointed recorder of Bridgnorth in 1735, retaining the post for the rest of his life. In Parliament, he spoke against a place bill in 1735, and voted against the Spanish convention in 1739, having been persuaded by the Prince of Wales who was in the House canvassing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1734 British General Election
The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the Tories and the opposition Whigs, but still had a secure majority in the House of Commons. The Patriot Whigs were joined in opposition by a group of Whig members led by Lord Cobham known as the Cobhamites, or 'Cobham's Cubs'. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The general election was held between 22 April 1734 and 6 June 1734. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
