William Aislabie (1700-1781)
William Aislabie may refer to: *William Aislabie (governor) (died 1725), governor of Bombay, 1708–1715 *William Aislabie (1700–1781), Member of Parliament for Ripon, 1721–1781 * William Aislabie (1671–1725), his uncle, also Member of Parliament for Ripon, 1719–1722 *William Aislabie (died 1773) William Aislabie (died 1773), of Ditton, Surrey, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Aislabie was born before 1706, the only son of William Aislabie of Waverley governor of Bombay and brother of John Ais ...

William Aislabie (governor)
William Aislabie (3 December 1671 – 10 November 1725) was a British governor of the Bombay Presidency during the days of the East India Company. Life Aislabie was the fifth son of George Aislabie, of Studley Royal, and brother of John Aislabie. He was deputy Governor from 1704, following the death of John Burniston. He assumed the post of Governor in September 1708 and left office on 11 October 1715. He served as Member of Parliament for from the end of 1719 to 1722. At the end of his life, his brother John Aislabie bought the Waverley Abbey Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester. Located about southeast of Farnham, Surrey, it is situated on a flood-plain; surrounded by current and previous channels o ... estate from the Coldham family and set about building a house there for him. Unfortunately William died around the time the house was ready and the Waverley estate was sold. Family Aislabi ...
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William Aislabie (1700–1781)
William Aislabie (1700 – 17 May 1781) of Studley Royal, North Yorkshire was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for over 60 years from 1721 to 1781. His long unbroken service in the House of Commons was only surpassed, more than 100 years after his death, by the 63 years achieved by Charles Pelham Villiers at Wolverhampton. Background Aislabie was the son of John Aislabie of Studley Royal, North Yorkshire and his first wife, Anne Rawlinson daughter of Sir William Rawlinson of Hendon. He inherited and landscaped Hack Fall Wood, near Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire. Political career Aislabie's father bought Kirkby Fleetham estate for him in North Yorkshire on reaching his age of majority, c.1722 and he was first elected as Member of Parliament for Ripon on 17 May 1721 In the immediate aftermath of his father's disgrace for his connection with the South Sea Bubble, Aislabie's brother John Aislabie Jr. had previously held the seat. In 17 ...
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William Aislabie (1671–1725)
William Aislabie may refer to: *William Aislabie (governor) (died 1725), governor of Bombay, 1708–1715 *William Aislabie (1700–1781), Member of Parliament for Ripon, 1721–1781 *William Aislabie (1671–1725), his uncle, also Member of Parliament for Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ..., 1719–1722 * William Aislabie (died 1773), cousin of William Aislabie (1700–1781), also Member of Parliament for Ripon, 1727–1734 {{hndis, Aislabie, William ...
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Ripon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ripon was a constituency sending members to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1983, centred on the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire. History Ripon was first represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, and also returned members in 1307 and 1337, but it was not permanently represented until 1553, after which it returned two Members of Parliament. It was a parliamentary borough consisting only of the town of Ripon itself until the Great Reform Act of 1832; the right to vote was vested in the holders of the tightly controlled burgage tenements — count-of-head polls were accordingly rare — for, the last contested election in Ripon before the Reform Act 1832 was in 1715. By 1832 it was estimated that there were 43 men qualified to vote; the total of adult males over age 20 in the township in 1831 was recorded at 3,571. Such a burgeoning middle class population when considered under the 1832 Reform Act made for Ripon a relatively major b ...
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