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Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Baronet (1791–1867) was a Scottish merchant and financier. He was a Tory and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1830 and 1847. Early life Reid was the son of Sir Thomas Reid of Ewell Grove and his wife Elizabeth Goodfellow. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1824 Political life Reid was the Member of Parliament for Dover, Kent from 1830 to 1831 and from 1832 to 1847. Slave ownership According to the ''Legacies of British Slave-Ownership'' at the University College London, Reid was awarded compensation in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837. Reid was associated with seventeen different claims, he owned over 3000 slaves in British Guiana, Jamaica, St Kitts, Trinidad and the British Virgin Islands. He received over £62,000 in compensation from these claims (worth £ in ) . Career Reid was head of the firm Reid, Irving & Co., and later a Director (1820 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tory (British Political Party)
A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase "God, King, and Country". Tories are monarchists, were historically of a high church Anglican religious heritage, and opposed to the liberalism of the Whig faction. The philosophy originates from the Cavalier faction, a royalist group during the English Civil War. The Tories political faction that emerged in 1681 was a reaction to the Whig-controlled Parliaments that succeeded the Cavalier Parliament. As a political term, Tory was an insult derived from the Irish language, that later entered English politics during the Exclusion Crisis of 1678–1681. It also has exponents in other parts of the former British Empire, such as the Loyalists of British America, who opposed US secession duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of The Bank Of England
The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming their successor. The governor of the Bank of England is also chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, with a major role in guiding national economic and monetary policy, and is therefore one of the most important public officials in the United Kingdom. According to the original charter of 27 July 1694 the bank's affairs would be supervised by a governor, a deputy governor, and 24 directors. In its current incarnation, the bank's Court of Directors has 12 (or up to 14) members, of whom five are various designated executives of the bank. The 121st and current governor is Andrew Bailey, who began his term in March 2020. Governors of the Bank of England (1694–present) See also * Chief Cashier of the Bank of England * Deputy Governor of the Bank of England References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1791 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts. * January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country, with this massacre. * January 12 – Holy Roman troops reenter Liège, heralding the end of the Liège Revolution, and the restoration of its Prince-Bishops. * January 25 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. * February 8 – The Bank of the United States, based in Philadelphia, is incorporated by the federal government with a 20-year charter and started with $10,000,000 capital.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p169 * February 21 – The United States opens diplomatic relations with Portugal. * March 2 – Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Rae Reid, 3rd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Reid, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Reid, 1st Baronet (1762–1824) was a Scottish-born London merchant who was a director and Governor of the East India Company. He was born the son of merchant James Reid and Helen Davidson of Dumfries and moved to London to enter the world of commerce himself. In about 1790 he became a partner with John Irving in the West India trading house of his relative John Rae, which expanded its operations to the East Indies and became Reid, Irving and Company. In 1803 he became a director of the East India Company, being elected again in 1805–08 and 1810–13. In 1815 and 1820 he served as Deputy-Governor of the company, followed in both cases by being made Governor the following year (1816 and 1821). He was also a director of the Imperial Insurance Office. He inherited Greystone Park, Dumfriesshire and also purchased estates at Ewell Grove and Woodmansterne in Surrey. He was made a Baronet (of Ewell) on 10 November 1823. He died in 1829 of a burst blood vessel and was burie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reid Baronets
There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Reid, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2019 one creation is extant. The Reid Baronetcy, of Barra in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 November 1703 for John Reid. The second Baronet represented Elgin Burghs in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1713. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1885. The Reid Baronetcy, of Ewell Grove in the County of Surrey and of Graystone Park in the County of Dumfries, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 November 1823 for Thomas Reid. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1903. The Reid Baronetcy, of Ellon in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 August 1897 for James Reid. He was physician to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V. The third Baronet serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet
Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet (19 November 1787 – 23 December 1867) was a Scottish politician who served as the Tory MP for Edinburghshire, Stamford and Dover. Background Clerk was the son of Cpt. James Clerk (d.1793), third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet and Janet Irving. He was born near Edinburgh. He studied at the High School in Edinburgh and then went to the University of Oxford, graduating DCL in 1810. Political career Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire from 1811 to 1832 and again from 1835 to 1837, for Stamford from 1838 to 1847 and then for Dover from 1847 to 1852. He served as one of the Commissioners of Weights and Measures from 1818 to 1821. He held political office as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1819 to 1830 (from 1827 to 1828 he was a member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral ( The Duke of Clarence), as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 5 August to 22 November 1830, as Parliamentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Royd Rice
Edward Royd Rice (25 April 1790 – 27 November 1878) was an English politician and first-class cricketer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover from 1847 to 1857. In cricket, he was associated with Middlesex and was active from 1826 to 1834, being recorded in two first-class matches in which he totalled 22 runs with a highest score of 13. Two of his sons, Admiral Sir Edward Bridges Rice and Admiral Sir Ernest Rice, achieved flag rank in the 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 F .... References 1790 births 1878 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Middlesex cricketers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dover UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Sportspeople from Dover, Kent Cricketers from Kent [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Minet Fector
John Minet Fector (28 March 1812 – 24 February 1868) was an English banker and politician. From 1848 he was called John Minet Laurie. Life He was born on 28 March 1812, the eldest son of John Minet Fector (died 1821), and his wife Anne Wortley Montagu Laurie, daughter of Sir Robert Laurie, 5th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1820. In 1833 Fector took control of the family bank in Dover, J. Minet Fector & Co.; some years later it traded as Fector & Co. In 1835 he was elected Member of Parliament for Dover, as a Tory with moderate reforming ambitions. He lost his seat in 1837, to the Whig Edward Royd Rice. He was elected again, for , in 1838. In 1841 he did not contest the seat. In 1842 he sold Fector & Co. to the National Provincial Bank. Fector added to the house and grounds of Kearsney Abbey, built on the Kearsney Manor estate by his father. He later sold it, around 1845. The building was mostly demolished in 1959. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Halcomb
John Halcomb (later Halcombe, 1790 – 3 November 1852) was an English serjeant-at-law, and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover between 1833 and 1835. Of several written works, his most significant was ''A Practical Treatise of Passing Private Bills through both Houses of Parliament'' (1836). Halcomb, who was later known as Halcombe, married Margaret Birch. Their fifth child, Arthur Halcombe Arthur William Follett Halcombe (16 January 1834 – 3 March 1900) was a New Zealand farmer, farm manager and immigration agent. He was born on 16 January 1834. He was the fifth child of John Halcomb (who was later known as Halcombe), MP for Dove ..., went to New Zealand as an immigration agent under William Fox. The daughter of his brother William, Sarah Holcomb, was the wife of William Fox. References External links * 1790 births 1852 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Serjeants-at-law (England) UK MPs 1832–1835 Tory MPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1847 United Kingdom General Election
The 1847 United Kingdom general election was conducted between 29 July 1847 and 26 August 1847 and resulted in the Whigs in control of government despite candidates calling themselves Conservatives winning the most seats. The Conservatives were divided between Protectionists, led by Lord Stanley, and a minority of free-trade Tories, known also as the Peelites for their leader, former prime minister Sir Robert Peel. This left the Whigs, led by Prime Minister Lord John Russell, in a position to continue in governmen The Irish Repeal group won more seats than in the previous general election, while the Chartists gained the only seat they were ever to hold, Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham's second seat, held by Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor. The election also witnessed the election of Britain's first Jewish MP, the Liberal Lionel de Rothschild in the City of London. Members being sworn in were however required to swear the Christian Oath of Allegiance, meanin ... [...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 to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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