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Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet
Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (21 February 1783 – 3 February 1847) was a politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire and then as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (later called Tasmania). Eardley-Wilmot was the son of John Eardley Wilmot (1748–1815), barrister, and grandson of Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He was educated at Harrow School, called to the bar in 1806, appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1818 or 1819 and created a baronet in 1821 and in 1822 published ''An Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries''. This was followed in 1827 by ''A Letter to the Magistrates of England on the Increase of Crime'', by Sir Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, Bart. F.R.S., F.L.S. and F.S.A. He was a member of the House of Commons, representing North Warwickshire from 1832 until March 1843. In 1840 he attended an international meeting on 12 June 1840 on anti-slavery. A large pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/ Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest if territories are taken into account, before Darwin, Northern Territory. Hobart is located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, making it the most southern of Australia's capital cities. Its skyline is dominated by the kunanyi/Mount Wellington, and its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world, with much of the city's waterfront consisting of reclaimed land. The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart, to differentiate it from the City of Hobart, one of the five local government areas that cover the city. It has a mild maritime climate. The city lies on country which was known by the local Mouheneener people as nipaluna, a name which includes surrounding features such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Portrait Gallery (London)
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it opened in 1856. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square, and adjoining the National Gallery. It has been expanded twice since then. The National Portrait Gallery also has regional outposts at Beningbrough Hall in Yorkshire and Montacute House in Somerset. It is unconnected to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, with which its remit overlaps. The gallery is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Collection The gallery houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist. The collection includes photographs and carica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 United Kingdom General Election
The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote. Political situation The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since November 1830. He headed the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of All the Talents in 1806–07. In addition to the Whigs themselves, Grey was supported by Radical and other allied politicians. The Whigs and their allies were gradually coming to be referred to as liberals, but no formal Liberal Party had been established at the time of this election, so all the politicians supporting the ministry are referred to as Whig in the above results. The Leader of the House of Commons since 1830 was Viscount Althorp (heir of the Earl Spencer), who also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The last Tory prime minister, at the time of this election, was the Duke of Wellington. After leaving government office, Wellington continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stratford Dugdale
William Stratford Dugdale DL (1 April 1800 – 15 September 1871) was a British Tory (and later Conservative Party) politician. Early life He was the only son of Dugdale Stratford Dugdale of Merevale Hall, Warwickshire and his wife, the Hon. Charlotte Curzon, daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon. His father was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire. William was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford. He married Harriet Ella Portman in 1827, and the couple had 10 children. Member of Parliament Dugdale entered the unreformed House of Commons at the 1830 general election as an MP for the borough of Shaftesbury in Dorset. He did not contest that seat at the 1831 general election, when he was returned unopposed for the rotten borough of Bramber in Sussex.Stooks Smith, p. 551 Bramber was disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1832, and at the 1832 general election he was returned as a member for North Warwickshire. He held that seat un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwickshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system. History Boundaries and franchise The constituency, which seems first to have returned members to Parliament in 1293, consisted of the historic county of Warwickshire, excluding the city of Coventry which had the status of a county in its itself after 1451. (Although Warwickshire also contained the borough of Warwick and part of the borough of Tamworth, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Warwickshire was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Coventry.) As in other county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Companion To Tasmanian History
''The Companion to Tasmanian History'' was a book produced in 2005 by the Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies at the University of Tasmania, in conjunction with the Tasmanian Government celebrations of the Bicentenary of Tasmania. The project to compile the volume began 2002 with an editorial committee comprising Michael Roe, Henry Reynolds, Stefan Petrow and Alison Alexander from the University of Tasmania, as well as Michael Sprod of Astrolabe Books, and Barbara Valentine from Launceston. The alphabetical section contains some 1073 articles ranging through biographical sketches, places and issues that cover the whole length of Tasmanian history. Thematic articles : Appendices As well as the articles, the volume contains Appendices of Aboriginal places names, and all Government officials and members of Parliament since establishment of the colony. Publication details There was a digital version of the companion produced in 2006. See also *History of Tasmania T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmot, Tasmania
Wilmot is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Kentish in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about south-west of the town of Devonport. The 2016 census determined a population of 298 for the state suburb of Wilmot. History Wilmot was a Parish name prior to 1900 but no town of that name had been surveyed. A Wilmot post station existed in 1899. The town name was proclaimed in 1903, and Wilmot was gazetted as a locality in 1965. The former locality of Narrawa was incorporated into Wilmot in 2000. The locality was named for Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (21 February 1783 – 3 February 1847) was a politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire and then as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (lat ..., Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from 1843 to 1846. Geography Lake Barrington forms the eastern bound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Revell Eardley-Wilmot
Edward Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1814–1899) was a Church of England clergyman. He served for a time as an army officer, in the Bengal Artillery. Life He was the fifth child and fourth son of Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet and his first wife Elizabeth Emma Parry, born 11 February 1814, at Leek Wootton, Warwickshire. He became a second lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery in 1830. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1836, at age 22. He moved shortly to Trinity Hall, where he graduated B.A. in 1840, and M.A. in 1847. He was ordained deacon in 1840, and priest in 1841. Eardley-Wilmot was incumbent of St Nicholas' Church, Kenilworth from 1845 to 1855. He became an honorary canon of Worcester Cathedral in 1850. During this period, a new church, St John's, was built in the parish, in 1852, to a design by Ewan Christian. Frederick Robert Kite, who had been Eardley-Wilmot's curate at St Nicholas's, was appointed to St John's in 1854. He was then Vicar (1855-1861 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (16 November 1810 – 1 February 1892) was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Warwickshire from 1874 to 1885. Career Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot wrote a number of works, including a work in Latin in 1829, and in 1853, an update of his father's ''Abridgement of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England''. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) He also wrote, in 1860, an analytical review of Lord Brougham's Law Reforms, in which he listed "no less than forty Statutes which he has initiated and carried through Parliament, besides upwards of fifty Bills introduced by him at various periods. Great portions of the latter have formed the basis of Legislation, and have been incorporated into other Acts", with others remaining unadopted at that time. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) In 1855, he published ''A Tribute to Hydropathy'', Full text at Internet Archive (arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Hillier Parry
Caleb Hillier Parry (21 October 1755 – 9 March 1822) was an Anglo-Welsh physician credited with the first report of Parry–Romberg syndrome, published in 1815, and one of the earliest descriptions of the exophthalmic goiter, published in 1825. Life Born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on 21 October 1755, Parry was eldest son of Joshua Parry, a minister, and Sarah Hillier, daughter of Caleb Hillier of Upcott, Devon. He was educated first at a private school in Cirencester, and in 1770 entered Warrington Academy, where he stayed for three years. In 1773, Parry began studying medicine at Edinburgh. He continued his studies for two years in London, where he lived with Thomas Denman the obstetric physician. Returning to Edinburgh in 1777, Parry graduated M.D. in June 1778. Parry was admitted licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London in September 1778. Parry was appointed President of the Edinburgh Medical Society, and helped to procure its Royal Charter. In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-consecutive terms (the most of any British prime minister) beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Gladstone was born in Liverpool to Scottish parents. He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career as a High Tory, a grouping which became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834. Gladstone served as a minister in both of Peel's governments, and in 1846 joined the breakaway Peelite faction, which eventually merged into the new Liberal Party in 1859. He was chancellor under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855), Lord Palmerston (1859–1865) and Lord Russell (1865–1866). Gladstone's own political doctrine—which emphasised equa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convictism In Australia
Between 1788 and 1868, about 162,000 convicts were transported from Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The British Government began transporting convicts overseas to American colonies in the early 18th century. When transportation ended with the start of the American Revolution, an alternative site was needed to relieve further overcrowding of British prisons and hulks. Earlier in 1770, James Cook charted and claimed possession of the east coast of Australia for Britain. Seeking to pre-empt the French colonial empire from expanding into the region, Britain chose Australia as the site of a penal colony, and in 1787, the First Fleet of eleven convict ships set sail for Botany Bay, arriving on 20 January 1788 to found Sydney, New South Wales, the first European settlement on the continent. Other penal colonies were later established in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1803 and Queensland in 1824. Western Australia – established as Swan River Colony in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
