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Stapleton Baronets Of The Leeward Islands (1679)
The Stapleton Baronetcy, of the Leeward Islands, is an extinct title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 20 December 1679 for William Stapleton, who followed Charles II into exile in France, and after the Restoration was appointed deputy-governor of Montserrat and captain-general of the Leeward Islands. Background John Brooke wrote: The Stapletons, of Irish extraction, emigrated to the West Indies temp. Charles II, and settled in Oxfordshire in the early 18th century. The 4th Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire. The 5th Baronet represented Oxford. They were supporters of the West India Interest, though their own main concerns were in the small islands of Nevis and Montserrat, and they were not very prominent. In 1788 the abeyance of the ancient barony le Despencer was terminated in favour of the sixth Baronet, who became the twelfth Baron le Despencer. On his death, the baronetcy was inherited by the sixth baronet's youngest son Francis Joseph, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blazon Of Stapleton Baronets Of The Leeward Islands (1679)
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual depiction of a coat of arms or flag has traditionally had considerable latitude in design, but a verbal blazon specifies the essentially distinctive elements. A coat of arms or flag is therefore primarily defined not by a picture but rather by the wording of its blazon (though in modern usage flags are often additionally and more precisely defined using geometrical specifications). ''Blazon'' is also the specialized language in which a blazon is written, and, as a verb, the act of writing such a description. ''Blazonry'' is the art, craft or practice of creating a blazon. The language employed in ''blazonry'' has its own vocabulary, grammar and syntax, which becomes essential for comprehension when blazoning a complex coat of arms. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Lodge
Edmund Lodge, KH (1756–1839), herald, was a long-serving English officer of arms, a writer on heraldic subjects, and a compiler of short biographies. Life and career Lodge was born in Poland Street, London on 13 June 1756, the son of Edmund Lodge, rector of Carshalton, Surrey and his wife, Mary Garrard, daughter of Richard Garrard of Carshalton. Little is known of his education, but he briefly held a cornet's commission in the army, which he resigned in 1773. In 1782 he became Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms. He subsequently became Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary, Norroy King of Arms, and Clarenceux King of Arms, in other words second in command of the college. In 1832, he was appointed Knight of the Hanoverian Royal Guelphic Order, but was not subsequently made a knight bachelor to entitle him to the prefix ''Sir'', which often came with appointments to that order. He married Jane-Anne-Elizabeth Field (died May 1820) on 27 April 1808 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth
Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (18 March 1819 – 6 November 1889), was a breeder of race horses and the winner of many classic races. Personal life His parents were the Reverend Hon John Evelyn Boscawen, Canon of Canterbury, (1790– 12 April 1851) and Catherine Elizabeth Annesley (died 30 July 1859). Boscawen was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford and was called to the bar in 1841. On his marriage to Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton (24 March 1822 – 20 November 1891) on 29 July 1845, he acquired Mereworth Castle, near Maidstone, Kent. His wife was the 17th Baroness le Despencer. They had six children:- # Hon Mary Elizabeth Frances Catherine (1846– 21 January 1916) # Evelyn Edward Thomas (24 July 1847 – 1 October 1918) # Hon Hugh le Despenser (28 February 1849 – 8 April 1908), married Lady Mary FitzWilliam daughter of the William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam # Hon Edith Maria (1851– 24 September 1906) # Hon Mabel Emma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rod
Black Rod (officially known as the Lady Usher of the Black Rod or, if male, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod) is an official in the parliaments of several Commonwealth countries. The position originates in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The position is similar to one known as a serjeant-at-arms in other bodies. In the United Kingdom, Black Rod is principally responsible for controlling access to and maintaining order within the House of Lords and its precincts, as well as for ceremonial events within those precincts. Since early 2018, the post has been held for the first time by a woman, Sarah Clarke. Origin The office was created in 1350 by royal letters patent, though the current title dates from 1522. The position was adopted by other members of the Commonwealth when they adopted the British Westminster system. The title is derived from the staff of office, an ebony staff topped with a golden lion, which is the main symbol of the office's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Paul (bishop)
William Paul (baptised 14 October 1599 – 24 August 1665) was an English royal chaplain and bishop of Oxford. Life He was baptised at St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, on 14 October 1599, a younger son (one of sixteen children) of William Paul, a butcher of Eastcheap, London. He went to Oxford in 1614, and matriculated 15 November 1616 at All Souls' College. He became a fellow of All Souls' in 1618, graduated B.A. 9 June 1618, M.A. 1 June 1621, B.D. 13 March 1629, and D.D. 10 March 1632. After taking holy orders he was a frequent preacher in Oxford and was rector of a mediety of Patshall, Staffordshire, from 7 February 1626 till 1628. In 1632 or 1633 he became rector of Baldwin-Brightwell, Oxfordshire, and about that time was also made chaplain to Charles I of England, and canon-residentiary of Chichester, holding the prebend of Seaford, East Sussex, Seaford. After the outbreak of the First English Civil War the House of Lords resolved (5 October 1642) that he should be allowed to attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kitts
Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow channel known as "The Narrows (Saint Kitts and Nevis), The Narrows". Saint Kitts became home to the first Caribbean British and French colonies in the mid-1620s. Along with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on 19 September 1983. The island is one of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. It is situated about southeast of Miami, Florida, Miami, Florida, US. The land area of Saint Kitts is about , being approximately long and on average about across. Saint Kitts has a population of about 40,000, the majority of whom are of African diaspora, African descent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur—a fort which previously had been deemed impregnable. Career 1790–1805 Cotton was born at Lleweni Hall in Denbighshire, the second surviving son of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet and Frances Cotton (née Stapleton). When he was eight, Cotton was sent to board at the grammar school in Audlem some from the family's estate at Combermere Abbey, where he was tutored by the headmaster, the Reveren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet (''c.'' 1739 – 24 August 1809) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1796. Early life Cotton was the eldest son of Sir Lynch Cotton. He was educated at Westminster School, Shrewsbury School, and then entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1756. He was one of the founders of the Tarporley Hunt Club in 1762.Egerton-Warburton RE. "A short account of the Tarporley Hunt Club, from its foundation in 1762 to the year 1869". In ''Hunting Songs'' (Henry Young & Sons; 1912) (Retrieved 11 May 2010) Domestic life Cotton married Frances Stapleton, daughter and co-heiress of James Russel-Stapleton Esq in 1767. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet
Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (baptised 1730 – 1804), of Ray House, Essex, was a British diplomat and art collector. He was the ambassador to Venice for Great Britain from 1766 to 1774. Background He was the son of James Wright of Warwick (d. 1754) and Mary Huband (1700 – 1768). He is usually referred to as gentleman, but may have been an attorney at law by training or profession. Wright's parents were married on 20 May 1728 in Ipsley, Worcester, England. He was baptised on 8 April 1730 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England. He had a brother, John (1729 – probably died young), and two sisters, Mary (1734 – about 1807) and Jane (1736 – about 1765). His sister Mary Wright married Rice Charleton, an English physician, medical researcher, and Fellow of the Royal Society on 11 November 1759 at Walcot St. Swithin, Somerset, England. His sister Jane Wright married John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury), John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (26 April 1730 – 18 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hester Pitt
Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (; 8 November 1720 – 9 April 1803) was the wife of William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham, who was prime minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. The sister of George Grenville, who was prime minister from 1763 to 1765, she was also the mother of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and a niece of the noted Whig (British political party), Whig politician Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, who had served as her husband's mentor. Chatham and Elizabeth Grenville, her sister-in-law, are the only two women in British history to have been both the wife of a prime minister and the mother of another prime minister. Early life Born on 8 November 1720 in London, she was the only daughter of Richard Grenville (1678–1727), Richard Grenville and Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple. Marriage At 34, Lady Hester married Whigs (British political party), Whig politician William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt on 16 November 1754 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Pynsent
Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Somerton and east of Taunton in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 2,148. The parish includes the hamlet of Burton Pynsent. History The site of a Roman house has been discovered south of Fairview House. The site is on the Heritage at Risk Register due to ploughing. The unusual name Curry Rivel, comes from the Celtic word , meaning boundary and ''Rivel'' from its 12th century landlord Sir Richard Revel. In 1237 the king granted Henry de l'Orti a licence to empark his woods in Curry Rivel separating it from the control of the foresters of Castle Neroche. Curry Rivel was part of the hundred of Abdick and Bulstone. Notable structures Earnshill House was built in 1725 by John Strachan for Henry Combe, a prominent Bristol merchant. Burton Pynsent House was built around 1756 for William Pitt, after he inherited the estate from Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet. It forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheltenham
Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain. The town hosts several festivals of culture, often featuring nationally and internationally famous contributors and attendees; they include the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the Cheltenham Science Festival, the Cheltenham Music Festival, the Cheltenham Cricket Festival and the Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival. In steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup is the main event of the Cheltenham Festival, held every March. History Cheltenham stands on the small River Chelt, which rises nearby at Dowdeswell and runs through the town on its way to the Severn. It was first recorded in 803, as ''Celtan hom''; the meaning has not been resol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
