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Wheler Achievement
Wheler is a surname, and may refer to: * Humphrey Wheler (''fl.'' 1600), English landowner and politician * Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet (''c.'' 1601–1666), English politician * Francis Wheler (1656–1694), Royal Navy officer * George Wheler (mill owner) (1836–1908), Canadian mill owner and political figure * George Wheler (travel writer) (1651–1724), English clergyman and travel writer * Granville Wheler (1701–1770), English clergyman and natural philosopher See also *Wheler baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wheler, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Wheler Baronetcy, of the City of Westminster i ... * Wheeler (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Wheler
Humphrey Wheler was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601. Wheler was the son of William Wheler of Martin Hassingtree, Worcestershire, and heir to his elder brother John. He was probably the Humphrey Wheler of Ludlow, who entered the Inner Temple in November 1581. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Droitwich. Wheler married Joan Davies daughter of William Davies. His son John was the father of Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet (''ca.'' 1611 – 6 August 1666) of the city of Westminster, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660. He was knighted by the Lord Protector in 1657 and was m .... References Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1601 Members of the Parliament of England for Droitwich {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet
Sir William Wheler, 1st Baronet (''ca.'' 1611 – 6 August 1666) of the city of Westminster, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660. He was knighted by the Lord Protector in 1657 and was made a baronet by King Charles II in 1660. Biography Wheler of John Wheler, of London, goldsmith, and his wife Martha (born 1585), daughter of Robert Herrick, of St. Martin's, Leicester, was "a 4th son, born in Holland" probably in 1611. In November 1640, Wheler was elected Member of Parliament for Westbury in the Long Parliament, in which he was a member. He was a Lay Member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643. He was knighted some time before 30 January 1649. He sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge. He was sometime of the First Fruits office. He was knighted at Hampton Court, on 26 August 1657, by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. In 1659 he represented Banffshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660, Whel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Wheler
Sir Francis Wheler (sometimes spelt Wheeler) (1656 – 19 February 1694) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Nine Years' War. Wheler spent the early part of his career in the Mediterranean, eventually being promoted to command his own ships, and being particularly active against the Algerine and Salé pirates that infested the region. He went on to serve in British waters, and was knighted by King James II. Wheler remained in the navy after the Glorious Revolution and his continued good service led to the command of a squadron. He fought at Beachy Head and Barfleur, and in 1692 was promoted to flag rank. He took a fleet out to attack French possessions in the Caribbean and North America, but his attack on Martinique ended in failure when large numbers of the troops involved became sick. He floated the idea of an attack on Quebec, but insufficient troops could be found, and an assault on Newfoundland was similarly considered but rejected after the defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wheler (mill Owner)
George Wheler (September 2, 1836 – July 6, 1908) was a mill owner and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Ontario North from 1878 to 1882 and Ontario West from 1882 to 1884 as a Liberal member. He was born in Markham, Upper Canada, the son of Edward Wheler, who came from Devonshire, England, and Anna Maria Reesor. Wheler was educated in Toronto and at Victoria College in Cobourg. In 1861, he married Harriet Hamilton. Wheler was reeve for Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbrid ... and warden for Ontario County. He served as postmaster of Uxbridge from 1865 to 1874. He was unseated in 1880 after an appeal but won the by-election held later that same year. Wheler resigned his seat in 1884. References * ''The Canadian parliamentary companio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wheler (travel Writer)
Sir George Wheler (20 January 1651 – 15 January 1724 ) was an English clergyman and travel writer. Life The son of Charles Wheler of Charing, Kent, colonel in the Life Guards, by his wife Anne, daughter of John Hutchin of Egerton, Kent, he was born on 20 January 1651 New Style date at Breda in the Netherlands, where his Royalist parents were in exile. He was educated at a school in Wye, Kent and Lincoln College, Oxford, matriculating on 31 January 1667. He was created M.A. on 26 March 1683, and D.D. by diploma on 18 May 1702. In 1671 he became a student at the Middle Temple. In October 1673 he set out for a tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy, and was at first accompanied by George Hickes, his tutor at Lincoln College. While in Italy he received some instruction in antiquities from Jean-Foy Vaillant; and at Venice, in June 1675, met Jacob Spon, with whom he travelled in Greece and the Levant in 1675 and 1676. Spon published a separate account of the journey in 1678 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville Wheler
Granville Wheler (August 1701 – 12 May 1770) was an English clergyman and scientist. Life He was third son of Sir George Wheler, born in August 1701, and was educated in Durham where his father was a canon at Durham Cathedral. He was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1717, graduating B.A. in 1721. He was Fellow of Christ's 1722–4, and proceeded to M.A. in 1734.Anita McConnell"Wheler, Granville (1701–1770)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 7 November 2016 He became rector of Leake, Nottinghamshire, in 1737, and prebendary of Southwell in 1753, posts he held until his death. In about 1717, he purchased Otterden Place, near Charing, Kent, from his brother's widow. There he carried out experiments into electricity with his friends, including John Godfrey, Thomas Ruddock and Stephen Gray, on the lines of those published by Benjamin Franklin and others, confirming Franklin's identification of lightning as an electric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheler Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wheler, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Wheler Baronetcy, of the City of Westminster in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of England on for William Wheler, Member of Parliament for Westbury and Queenborough, with remainder to his cousin Charles Wheler. The Wheler Baronetcy, of Otterden in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on for Granville Charles Hastings Wheler, Member of Parliament for Faversham. The title became extinct on his death two years later (. Ancestry and history of the Baronetcy of the City of Westminster Charles Lyttelton, a former Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and from an old Worcestershire family, said that the Whelers were seated in Worcestershire as early as Edward II. and bore coat armour. In a manuscript volume in the possession of Hanbury, Esq. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
