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Thomas Pearce (British Army Officer)
Thomas Pearce, P.C. (c. 1670 1739), was an English army officer, a privy councillor and a member of parliament.D W Hayton, ''Pearce, Thomas, History of Parliament Onlineaccessed 24 December 2012/ref> During the War of the Spanish Succession he was deputy commander-in-chief in Portugal later serving in Gibraltar. He was appointed to Ireland in 1715, spending his last five years in Dublin where he died in 1739, General of his Majesty's Forces in Ireland. Family Third and youngest son of Edward Pearce (1620 1683) of Parson's Green Fulham and his wife Mary (1635 1728), daughter of Dudley Carleton and his second wife Lucy Croft. Thomas was baptised 1 March 1669/1670 at St Mary-in-the-Marsh Norwich near his father's Whitlingham estate. Pearce married Mary daughter of William Hewes of Wrexham and his wife Sarah daughter of Thomas Wayte, governor of Beeston Castle, Cheshire. They had three sons and two daughters, daughter Ann married her first cousin, noted Irish architect Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922. It served in the Second World War. However following the reduction of forces at the end of the Cold War and proposals contained in the Options for Change paper, the regiment was amalgamated with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, to form the new Royal Dragoon Guards in 1992. History Formation The regiment was formed in India, as the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards and 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards; it gained the distinction Royal in 1936. The regiment returned to the United Kingdom in 1929, was mechanised in 1938, and transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939 prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Second World War In 1939, equipped with Vickers Mk.VI light tanks, it deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), as the reconnaissance regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division under I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cope (British Army Officer)
Sir John Cope (July 1688 – 28 July 1760) was a British soldier, and Whig Member of Parliament, representing three separate constituencies between 1722 and 1741. He is now chiefly remembered for his defeat at Prestonpans, the first significant battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and which was commemorated by the tune "Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet?", which still features in modern Scottish folk music and bagpipe recitals. His military service included the wars of the Spanish and Austrian Successions. Like many of the senior officers present at Dettingen in 1743, victory resulted in promotion, and he was appointed military commander in Scotland shortly before the 1745 Rising. Although exonerated by a court-martial in 1746, Prestonpans ended his career as a field officer. In 1751, he was appointed governor of the Limerick garrison, and deputy to Viscount Molesworth, commander of the army in Ireland. He died in London on 28 July 1760. Biographical details Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution and became part of the English establishment in 1689. In 1751, it became the 5th Regiment of Foot, with the regional title 'Northumberland' added in 1782; in 1836, it was designated a Fusilier unit and became the 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot. After the 1881 Childers Reforms, it adopted the title Northumberland Fusiliers, then Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 3 June 1935. In 1968, it was amalgamated with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and Lancashire Fusiliers to form the present Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. History Formation to end of 17th century Although briefly designated as 'Irish' when raised in January 1675, the regiment was listed as one of three 'English' u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax Of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron MP (16 April 1657 – 6 January 1710 N.S.) was an English nobleman and politician. Life Thomas Fairfax was born on 16 April 1657, the great-grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron of the Scottish peerage, not to be confused with his cousin and Civil War leader Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron. His father was Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and his mother was Frances Barwick. Career Fairfax graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1675 and served in the Yorkshire Militia under the Earl of Danby. After the Glorious Revolution in 1688, he was appointed Lt-Colonel of Lord Castleton's Regiment of Foot, a new regiment raised to fight in the Nine Years' War. In 1694, William III made him Colonel of a Regiment of Foot and he was promoted to Brigadier in 1696, shortly before the Treaty of Ryswick ended the war in 1697. He left military service in 1703 as a Major-General. In 1690 and 1695, he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilson (MPI)
William Wilson, or variants, may refer to: Politicians American * Bill Wilson (activist) (born 1953), small government activist * Bill Wilson (Montana politician) (born 1961), Montana state representative * W. Eugene Wilson (William Eugene Wilson, 1929–2015), member of the North Carolina General Assembly * Will Wilson (Texas politician) (1912–2005), American politician, attorney, and judge in Texas * William A. Wilson (diplomat) (1914–2009), first U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See * William Bauchop Wilson (1862–1934), U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader and political figure ** SS William B. Wilson, a Liberty ship * William C. Wilson (New York politician), New York comptroller in 1906 * William E. Wilson (Indiana politician) (1870–1948), U.S. Representative from Indiana * William H. Wilson (New York politician) (c. 1873–1901), New York assemblyman * William H. Wilson (1877–1937), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1935–1937 * William K. Wilson (1817–1898), Wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Smyth (politician)
Charles Smyth (1693–1784) was an Irish politician who served as Member of Parliament for Limerick City for 45 years. Family Smyth was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh). His brothers included the lawyer and judge George Smyth and Arthur Smyth, Archbishop of Dublin. In 1728 he married Elizabeth, the wealthy young widow of Sir John Dickson Haman, 1st and last Baronet.Maurice Lenihan, ''The History of Limerick'' (1866). She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, who was killed at the Battle of Malplaquet, and the sister of Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet. Charles and Elizabeth's children included Thomas Smyth and John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort, both of whom followed their father into politics. Their grandson Charles Vereker, son of their daughter Juliana, later inherited the Gort viscountcy. Career Smyth was elected Member of Parliament for Limerick City in 1731 and represented the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick City (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Limerick City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Members of Parliament * 1559 Edward Arthur and Clement Fanning * 1585 Thomas Arthur and Stephen White * 1613 Sir Nicholas Arthur and James Galway * 1634 Sir Geffrey Galwey, 1st Baronet and Dominick White * 1639 Peter FitzAndrew Creagh and Dr Dominick FitzDavid White * 1654 ''Protectorate Parliament'' - (Limerick City and Kilmallock) William Purefoy and Walter Waller * 1658 ''Protectorate Parliament'' - (Limerick City and Kilmallock) Sir George Ingoldsby and Standish Hartstonge * 1661 Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet (1627–August 1701Oliver 1973 pp.42, 45) was an English-born lawyer who had a distinguished career as a judge in Ireland, but was twice removed from office. He was also a very substantial landowner in Ireland ... and Gerald Fitzgerald 1689–1801 Notes References * {{Authority control Historic constituencies in County Lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roche (MPI)
George Roche may refer to: * George Roche III George Charles Roche III (May 16, 1935 – May 5, 2006) was the 11th president of Hillsdale College, serving from 1971 to 1999. He was led to resign following a scandal surrounding an alleged sexual affair between Roche and his daughter-in-law, ... (1935–2006), president of Hillsdale College, 1971–1999 * George Roche (English footballer) (1889–1973), English footballer * George Roche (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer {{hndis, Roche, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Foord (MPI)
William Foord is the name of: *William Foord-Kelcey (1854–1922), English barrister, academic and cricketer *Bill Foord (1924–2015), cricketer *William Ford (divine) William Ford or Foord (1559 in Bury St Edmunds – in or after 1616) was a Church of England clergyman.Stephen Wright‘Ford, William (b. 1559, d. in or after 1616?)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ... (1559–?), Church of England clergyman See also * William Ford (other) {{Hndis, Foord, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ferne
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
