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William Montagu (younger)
William Montagu may refer to: *William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285–1319), English peer, soldier and courtier *William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1301–1344), English nobleman *William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397) *William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (1700–1739) *William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (1771–1843), British peer, soldier, colonial administrator and politician *William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester (1823–1890), British peer and Member of Parliament *William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester (1877–1947), British peer and politician * William Montagu (younger) (1652–1691), English MP for Midhurst and Stockbridge, imprisoned for debt *William Montagu (judge) (1618–1706), British judge *William Montagu (MP) (c. 1720–1757), British politician for Huntingdonshire and Bossiney *William Augustus Montagu (c. 1785–1852), British military officer *William Augustus Montagu (MP) (1752–1776), British politician *William Monta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu
William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu ( 1275 – 18 October 1319) (''alias'' de Montagu, de Montacute, Latinized to ''de Monte Acuto'' ("from the sharp mountain")), was an English peer, and an eminent soldier and courtier during the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. He played a significant role in the wars in Scotland and Wales, and was appointed steward of the household to Edward II. Perhaps as a result of the influence of his enemy, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, Edward II sent him to Gascony as Seneschal in 1318. He died there in October of the following year. Origins William Montagu was born in about 1275, the son and heir of Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (d. 26 September 1316), by either his first wife, Hawise de St Amand (died 1287), daughter of Amaury de St Amand, or his second wife, Isabel, whose parentage is unknown. The Montagu family was of Norman origin, later prominent in the West Country of England. They held extensive lands in Somerset, Dorset and Devon. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Montagu (judge)
Sir William Montagu (c.1618 – 26 August 1706) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1695. Life Montagu was a younger son of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his second wife Frances Cotton. He was educated at Oundle School and admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge on 15 April 1632. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 22 October 1635. In April 1640, Montagu was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in the Short Parliament. He was called to the bar on 11 February 1642. In 1660, Montagu was elected MP for Cambridge University in the Convention Parliament. He was elected MP for Stamford in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1676. He became Attorney-General to Queen Catherine in 1662, holding the post until 1676. He was Treasurer of the Middle Temple in 1663 and Autumn reader in 1664. In 1676 he became Serjeant-at-Law and was Chief Baron of the Exchequer from 1676 to 1686. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pepperell Montague
William Pepperell Montague (11 November 1873 – 1 August 1953) was a philosopher of the New Realist school. Montague stressed the difference between his philosophical peers as adherents of either "objective" and " critical realism". Montague was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley between 1899 and 1903, and at Columbia University from 1903 to 1947. He was president of the American Philosophical Association's eastern division in the years 1923–1924. He died in New York City. Works"PROFESSOR ROYCE'S REFUTATION OF REALISM" ''Philosophical Review'' 11 (1902): 43–55. * Holt, Edwin B; Marvin, Walter T; Montague, William P; Perry, Ralph B; Pitkin, Walter B; Spaulding, Edward G''The New Realism: Cooperative Studies in Philosophy'' (1912) *''The Ways of Knowing or the Methods of Philosophy'' (1925) *''Belief Unbound, a Promethean Religion for the Modern World'' (1930) *WP Montague and GP Adams, eds. ''Contemporary American Philosophy: Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Montagu Manning
Sir William Montagu Manning (20 June 1811 – 27 February 1895) was an English-born Australian politician, judge and University of Sydney chancellor. Early life Manning was born in June 1811 at Alphington, near Exeter, Devon, the second son of John Edye Manning and Matilda Jorden (''née'' Cooke).Sir William Manning ''Australian Town and Country Journal'' (Sydney), 6 May 1876, page 13. William Manning was educated in Tavistock, Southampton and . Manning then worked for an uncle, Serjeant Manning and was entered at |
William Augustus Montagu (MP)
Hon. William Augustus Montagu (1752–1776) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1776. Montagu was the second surviving son of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and his wife Dorothy (in some sources Judith), daughter of Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, and was baptized on 12 February 1752. He was educated at Eton College in 1759 and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 16 November 1768. He was also admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 8 December 1768. It was said of Montagu that he possessed great talents, and by good education had every opportunity of cultivating them…. but as ruined bydissipated company, habits of extravagance and total neglect of his health and constitution. It would appear that Lord Sandwich intended to use his son to support his interest in Parliament when the opportunity arose. Montagu was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Augustus Montagu
Vice-Admiral Sir William Augustus Montagu (4 December 1785 – 6 March 1852) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who served in a number of sea battles and was also in command of the naval brigade in the brief land campaign to capture Île de France in 1810. During his service he was present at the capture of numerous French frigates and later served in the War of 1812. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars he remained in service and commanded several ships in the Mediterranean before he retired from active service in 1837. He remained a commissioned officer and later rose through the ranks to become a vice-admiral. For his services he was knighted in the Royal Guelphic Order and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Family background Born in 1785, William Augustus Montagu was an illegitimate son of John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich, by Maria. He was baptised at St Anne's Church, Soho, Westminster. William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bossiney (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bossiney was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, one of a number of Cornish rotten boroughs. It returned two members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1552 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History Bossiney was one of a number of small parliamentary boroughs established in Cornwall during the Tudor period, and was not a town of any importance even when first enfranchised. The borough consisted of the hamlet of Bossiney itself and the nearby village of Trevena, both in the parish of Tintagel on the North Cornwall coast. In 1831, the borough contained only 67 houses, and had a population of 308. The right to vote was vested in the mayor and freemen of the borough, collectively called the burgesses; the freedom of the borough was hereditary, passing to the eldest son of any burgess possessing freehold property within the borough. The number of burgesses was always small, with only 25 being entitled to vote in 1831. In 1816 Oldfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Huntingdonshire was a United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency covering the county of Huntingdonshire in England. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Knights of the Shire (apart from 1654 to 1659, when it returned three); when elections were contested, the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system was used. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was divided between the new single-seat county divisions of Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency), Huntingdon and Ramsey (UK Parliament constituency), Ramsey with effect from the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, Huntingdon and Ramsey were re-united and the constituency was reconstituted, returning a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Montagu (MP)
William Montagu may refer to: *William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285–1319), English peer, soldier and courtier *William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1301–1344), English nobleman *William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397) *William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (1700–1739) *William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (1771–1843), British peer, soldier, colonial administrator and politician *William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester (1823–1890), British peer and Member of Parliament *William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester (1877–1947), British peer and politician * William Montagu (younger) (1652–1691), English MP for Midhurst and Stockbridge, imprisoned for debt *William Montagu (judge) (1618–1706), British judge * William Montagu (MP) (c. 1720–1757), British politician for Huntingdonshire and Bossiney *William Augustus Montagu (c. 1785–1852), British military officer *William Augustus Montagu (MP) (1752–1776), British politician *William Mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockbridge (UK Parliament Constituency)
Stockbridge may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Stockbridge, Edinburgh, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland * Stockbridge, Hampshire * Stockbridge, West Sussex * Stockbridge Anticline, one of a series of parallel east–west trending folds in the Cretaceous chalk of Hampshire * Stockbridge Village, Liverpool * Stockbridge (UK Parliament constituency) United States * Stockbridge, Georgia * Stockbridge, Massachusetts * Stockbridge, Michigan * Stockbridge Township, Michigan * Stockbridge, New York * Stockbridge, Vermont * Stockbridge, Wisconsin * Stockbridge (town), Wisconsin * Stockbridge Bowl, artificially impounded body of water north of Stockbridge, Massachusetts * Stockbridge Falls, a waterfall located on Oneida Creek southwest of Munnsville, New York Structures * Stockbridge Casino, a historic building in Stockbridge, Massachusetts * Stockbridge House, historic building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a.k.a. Amarillo Motel * Stockbridge High School, a high school in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Montagu, 1st Earl Of Salisbury
William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III. The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the royal household at an early age and became a close companion of the young Prince Edward. The relationship continued after Edward was crowned king following the deposition of Edward II in 1327. In 1330, Montagu was one of Edward's main accomplices in the coup against Roger Mortimer, who until then had been acting as the king's protector. In the following years Montagu served the king in various capacities, primarily in the Scottish Wars. He was richly rewarded, and among other things received the lordship of the Isle of Man. In 1337, he was created Earl of Salisbury, and given an annual income of 1000 marks to go with the title. He served on the Continent in the early years of the Hundred Years' War, but in 1340 he was captured by the Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midhurst (UK Parliament Constituency)
Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. Before the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was one of the most notorious of England's rotten boroughs. History From its foundation in the 14th century until 1832, the borough consisted of part of the parish of Midhurst, a small market town in Sussex. Much of the town as it existed by the 19th century was outside this ancient boundary, but the boundary was in any case academic since the townsfolk had no votes. As a contemporary, writer, Sir George Trevelyan explained in writing about the general election of 1768,G O Trevelyan, ''Life of Fox'', quoted by Porritt ''the right of election rested in a few small holdings, on which no human being resided, distinguished among the pastures and the stubble that surrounded them by a large stone set up on end in the middle of ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
