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William Coventry, 5th Earl Of Coventry
William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (c.1676 – 18 March 1751), of London and later Croome Court, Worcestershire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1719. Early life Coventry was the son of Walter Coventry and his wife Anne (née Holcombe), daughter of Humphrey Holcombe, merchant, of St. Andrew's Holborn. He succeeded his father in 1692. He was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 13 April 1693, aged 16. His grandfather Walter Coventry was the youngest brother of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry. Career Coventry was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for Bridport at the 1708 British general election. He voted for naturalizing the Palatines in 1709 and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. At the 1710 British general election he was again returned unopposed. He voted for the amendment to the South Sea bill on 25 May 1711 and for the motion for ‘No Peace Without Spain’ on 7 December. He also voted against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Coventry, Countess Of Coventry (1691–1788)
Anne Coventry, Countess of Coventry or Anne Master (21 August 1691 – 21 March 1788) was a British noblewoman, who was a litigant over her inheritance. Life Anne Master was the daughter of Streynsham Master of Codnor Castle in Derbyshire.Matthew Kilburn, ‘Coventry , Anne, countess of Coventry (1691–1788)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200accessed 28 Nov 2014/ref> In 1719 her new husband, Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry, died. He had been paid a large dowry with the stipulation that Anne would have a £500 widow's pension if he should die. In order to receive her inheritance she had to sue William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry. She won this case on 18 May 1724. She married Edmund Pytts and died as his widow in Holt Castle in 1788 aged 96. She was buried with her husband in Holt, Worcestershire Holt is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke Of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC (15 July 16601 February 1718) was an English politician who was part of the Immortal Seven group that invited Prince William III of Orange to depose King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution. He was appointed to several minor roles before the revolution, but came to prominence as a member of William's government. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that faith until 1679 when—during the time of the Popish Plot and following the advice of the divine John Tillotson—he converted to the Church of England.Stuart Handley, âTalbot, Charles, duke of Shrewsbury (1660–1718)€™, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, retrieved 30 January 2011. Shrewsbury took his seat in the House of Lords in 1680 and three years later was appointed Gentleman-Extraordinary of the Bedchamber, suggesting he was in favour at the court of Charles II. With the accession in 168 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewey Bulkeley
Dewey may refer to: Places In the United States * Dewey, Arizona, a former unincorporated town, now part of the town of Dewey-Humboldt *Wasco, California, formerly Dewey, a city * Dewey, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Dewey, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Dewey, Missouri, a ghost town *Dewey, Montana, a census-designated place *Dewey, Oklahoma, a city *Dewey, South Dakota, an unincorporated community *Dewey, Utah, a ghost town *Dewey, Skagit County, Washington, an unincorporated community *Dewey, Wisconsin (other), various places *Dewey County, Oklahoma *Dewey County, South Dakota *Dewey Lake, Kentucky *Dewey Lake (St. Louis County, Minnesota) *Dewey Marsh, Wisconsin *Dewey Mountain, in Saranac Lake, New York Canada *Dewey, a former railway station near McGregor, British Columbia People and fictional characters *Dewey (given name) * Dewey (surname) *George Dewey, Admiral of the US Navy *John Dewey, American philosopher and educator *Melvil Dewey, Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Pitfield
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Walter (died 1746)
Peter Walter (c. 1663–1746) of Stalbridge House was a British scrivener and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1734. Walter was born about 1663, but his parentage is unknown. By 1694 he was the clerk of Richard Newman of Fifehead Magdalen, Dorset, whose niece Diana he married. By 1707 he had become steward for life to John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. Other nobles for whom he acted as agent included the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Essex and the 1st Earl of Uxbridge. At the 1715 general election Walter stood for Parliament at Bridport. He was initially defeated in the poll, but was returned as Member of Parliament on petition on 10 May 1715. He supported the Administration in all known divisions. He was elected again for Bridport at the 1722 general election. In 1724 he was appointed Clerk of the peace for Middlesex, a post he held for the rest of his life. He did not stand at Bridport at the 1727 general election, but was then brought in as MP for Winchelse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strangways (died 1716) (1803–1859), British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier
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John Strangways may refer to: * John Strangways (died 1676) (1636–1676), English politician * John Strangways (died 1666) (1585–1666), English politician See also * John Strangways, a fictional character in the ''James Bond'' series * John Fox-Strangways The Honourable John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier. Early life Fox-Strangways was the posthumous third son of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hoskins Gifford
John Hoskins Gifford (c.1693–1744), of Beaminster, Dorset, and Boreham, near Warminster, Wiltshire, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1734. Gifford was the second son of William Gifford of Beaminster, Dorset, and Horsington, Somerset and his wife Mary Hoskins, daughter of John Hoskins of Beaminster. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 7 December 1710, aged 17, and was admitted at Middle Temple in 1710. In 1713 he succeeded to the family estates in Wiltshire and Somerset on the death of his brother Benjamin Gifford, M.P. At the 1713 general election Gifford was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Bridport but did not stand in 1715 or 1722. At the 1727 election he was returned as MP for Westbury on the interest of Lord Abingdon and survived a petition against the return. In Parliament he voted against the army estimates in 1732 and the Excise Bill in 1733. He did not stand in 1734. Gifford married Elizabeth Watts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Strangways (died 1726) (1809–1859), explorer
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Thomas Strangways may refer to: * Thomas Strangways (1643–1713), Member of Parliament for Poole and for Dorset * Thomas Strangways (died 1726), Member of Parliament for Bridport and for Dorset * Thomas Bewes Strangways Thomas Bewes Strangways (23 July 1809 – 23 February 1859), generally called "Bewes Strangways" and "T. Bewes Strangways", was an explorer, early settler and Colonial Secretary of South Australia. Strangways was the second son of late Henry Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcestershire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire. It was split then into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, Worcestershire Eastern and Worcestershire Western constituencies. Boundaries Worcestershire was one of the historic counties of England. The constituency comprised the whole county, except for the boroughs of Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham and Worcester. Members of Parliament 1294–1478 Source: Treadway Russell Nash.Treadway Russell Nash, ''Collections for a History of Worcestershire'' (1783) 1479–1552 1553–1649 Source: TR Nash Commonwealth Parliaments Source: T. R. Nash, ''Collections for a History of Worcestershire'' (1783) MPs 1660–1832 Elections The county fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
