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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] |
Apley Hall
Apley Hall is an English Gothic Revival house located in the parish of Stockton near Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The building was completed in 1811 with adjoining property of of private parkland beside the River Severn. It was once home to the Whitmore & Foster families. The Hall is a Grade II* listed buildingImages of England: architectural description of listed building claimed as one of the largest in the county of . History The Whitmore family had been feudal landowners of Apley since 1572 when the manor was purchased by Willia ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1754 British General Election
The 1754 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Owing to the extensive corruption and the Duke of Newcastle's personal influence in the pocket boroughs, the government was returned to office with a working majority. The old parties had disappeared almost completely by this stage; anyone with reasonable hopes of achieving office called himself a 'Whig', although the term had lost most of its original meaning. While 'Tory' and 'Whig' were still used to refer to particular political leanings and tendencies, parties in the old sense were no longer relevant except in a small minority of constituencies, such as Oxfordshire, with most elections being fought on local issues and the holders of political power being determined by the shifting allegiance of factions and aristocratic families rather than the strengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1734–1741
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Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
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1773 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. * January 12 – The first museum in the American colonies is established in Charleston, South Carolina; in 1915, it is formally incorporated as the Charleston Museum. * January 17 – Second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution (1771) becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. * January 18 – The first opera performance in the Swedish language, ''Thetis and Phelée'', performed by Carl Stenborg and Elisabeth Olin in Bollhuset in Stockholm, Sweden, marks the establishment of the Royal Swedish Opera. * February 8 – The Grand Council of Poland meets in Warsaw, summoned by a circular letter from King Stanisław August Poniatowski to respond to the Kingdom's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1711 Births
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edward Hyde to replace Thomas Cary, as the governor of the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina. Hyde's policies are deemed hostile to Quaker interests, leading former governor Cary and his Quaker allies to take up arms against the province. * January 24 – The first performance of Francesco Gasparini's most famous opera ''Tamerlano'' takes place at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice. * February – French settlers at ''Fort Louis de la Mobile'' celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile (Alabama), by parading a large papier-mache ox head on a cart (the first Mardi Gras parade in America). * February 3 – A total lunar eclipse occurs, at 12:31 UT. * February 24 ** Thomas Cary, after declaring himself Governor of North Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grey (died 1777)
John Grey (''c.'' 1724 – 25 February 1777) was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed ''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973), p.272 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Bridgnorth in Shropshire. He was re-elected unopposed in 1761, and stood down in 1768 to be elected at Tregony instead. In May 1748, he married Lucy, daughter of Sir Joseph Danvers, 1st Baronet.''The Peerage of England'', p.45, Edward Kimber, accessed through Google books Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Weaver (MP)
Arthur Jerard Weaver (November 18, 1873 – October 18, 1945) was an American politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska. A Republican, he served as the 22nd Governor of Nebraska. Weaver was born near Falls City, Nebraska. He was educated at Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania and he earned an undergraduate degree in 1895 and a law degree in 1896 from the University of Nebraska. He was a founding member of the Beta Tau Chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1894. He was married to Maude E. Hart on September 2, 1908. Career After his graduation from the University of Nebraska, Weaver opened his own practice in Falls City, Nebraska. He was city attorney from 1899 to 1902 and county attorney from 1902 to 1903. In 1904 he suspended his practice to concentrate on his farming and stock-raising interests. He served on the city council and was elected mayor of Falls City in 1915. Weaver was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Whitmore (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General William Whitmore (14 May 1714 – 22 July 1771) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament (MP). He was the son of William Whitmore, MP of Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire. He joined the Army, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1760. in 1755 he was ordered to raise a new regiment, originally to be called the 55th Foot, but subsequently named the 53rd Foot. After the regiment was formed he was given its colonelcy, prior to the regiment sailing to Gibraltar for garrison duties. In 1758 he was transferred as colonel to the 9th Regiment of Foot, a commission he held until his death. He was Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth from 1741 to 1747 and from 1754 to 1771. He was made Warden of the Mint from 1766 to his death in 1771. He died unmarried, but left a son and 2 daughters. References * J. B. LawsonWHITMORE, William (1714–71), of Lower Slaughter, Glos.in ''The History of Parliament The History of Parliament is a project to write a compl ... [...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] |
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] |
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