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William Nisbet (mason)
William Nisbet may refer to: *William Nisbet MP (1666–1724), one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain *William Nisbet (physician) (1759–1822), Scottish physician *William Hamilton Nisbet (1747–1822), British politician * William Nisbet (mason), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, 1746–1747 *William Nisbet of Dean Sir William Nisbet of Dean (c. 1570 – c. 1630) was a 16th/17th century Scottish merchant who twice served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Provost of Edinburgh from 1616 to 1619 and 1622 to 1623. Life He was the son of Henry Nisbet of Dean, P ..., Scottish merchant who twice served as Provost of Edinburgh See also * William Nesbit (other) {{hndis, Nisbet, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nisbet MP
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Representatives To The First Parliament Of Great Britain
The Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1 May 1707 to 26 May 1708, were not elected like their colleagues from England and Wales, but rather hand-picked. The forty five men sent to London in 1707, to the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, were co-opted from the Commissioners of the newly adjourned Parliament of Scotland (see List of Constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union). Legal background to the composition of the 1st Parliament Under the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland it was provided: "III. THAT the United Kingdom of Great Britain be Represented by one and the same Parliament to be stiled the Parliament of Great Britain. ... XXII. THAT ... A Writ do issue ... Directed to the Privy Council of Scotland, Commanding them to Cause ... forty five Members to be elected to sit in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain ... in such manner as b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nisbet (physician)
William Nisbet (1759–1822) was a Scottish physician notable for having authored many widely used medical books that emphasized practice.Hutt, M. (2004). Nisbet, William (1759–1822). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. Nisbet earned his MD degree at Aberdeen (1785) and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1786). He eventually moved to London where he practised in Fitzroy Square after 1801. Aside from his publications, there is very little historical record of his life. Among his books were: * ''First Lines of the Theory and Practice in Venereal Diseases'' (1787) * ''An Inquiry into the Cure of Scrophula and Cancer'' (1795) * ''The Clinical Guide'' (1800) * ''On the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood'' (1800) * ''A Practical Treatise on Diet'' (1801) * ''A Medical Guide for the Invalid to the Principal Watering Places of Great Britain'' (1804) Work * ''The new domestic medicine: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hamilton Nisbet
William Hamilton Nisbet (1747 – 17 July 1822) was a British politician. He was the eldest son of William Nisbet of Archerfield House, Dirleton and his wife Mary, the daughter and heiress of Alexander Hamilton of Pencaitland, Haddington and Dechmont Linlithgow, and also the heiress of James, 5th Lord Belhaven to the estates of Biel and Presmennan. He was educated at Eton School. He served in the British Army, initially as a cornet and then as sub-lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, retiring in 1774. He was very well to do from his own and his wife's inheritances and entered Parliament in 1777 as the member for Haddingtonshire, sitting until 1780. Ten years later he entered Parliament again as the MP for East Grinstead (1790–96) and Newport, Isle of Wight (1796-1800). On 31 January 1777, he married Mary Manners, daughter of Lord Robert Manners. They had one child, Mary Nisbet (bef. 1784–1855), who married Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nisbet (mason)
William Nisbet may refer to: *William Nisbet MP (1666–1724), one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain *William Nisbet (physician) (1759–1822), Scottish physician *William Hamilton Nisbet (1747–1822), British politician * William Nisbet (mason), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, 1746–1747 *William Nisbet of Dean Sir William Nisbet of Dean (c. 1570 – c. 1630) was a 16th/17th century Scottish merchant who twice served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Provost of Edinburgh from 1616 to 1619 and 1622 to 1623. Life He was the son of Henry Nisbet of Dean, P ..., Scottish merchant who twice served as Provost of Edinburgh See also * William Nesbit (other) {{hndis, Nisbet, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Grand Masters Of The Grand Lodge Of Scotland
This is a list of Grand Master Masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland: # 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin # 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie # 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740) # 1739–1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741) # 1740–1741: Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (G.M. of England; 1744) # 1741–1742: Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven # 1742–1743: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock # 1743–1744: James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss # 1744–1745: James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray # 1745–1746: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan # 1746–1747: William Nisbet # 1747–1748: Francis Wemyss-Charteris (de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss) # 1748–1749: Hugh Seton # 1749–1750: Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine (Jacobite Earl of Mar) # 1750–1751: Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton # 1751–1752: James Hay, Lord Boyd (afterwards 15th Earl of Erroll) # 1752–1753: Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nisbet Of Dean
Sir William Nisbet of Dean (c. 1570 – c. 1630) was a 16th/17th century Scottish merchant who twice served as Provost of Edinburgh from 1616 to 1619 and 1622 to 1623. Life He was the son of Henry Nisbet of Dean, Provost of Edinburgh in 1597/98, and his wife Jonet Bannatyne or Bellenden (d. 1621). His father died in 1608 and William inherited Dean House in western Edinburgh, extending it greatly. He was twice Provost of Edinburgh (he pre-dated the use of the term Lord Provost). In 1616 he succeeded Sir John Arnot. He served a second term 1622/23. During his first term of office, in 1617, he would certainly have met and hosted King James VI, in his role as leader of the capital city, on this the King's only return to Edinburgh after the Union of the Crowns. As Dean House lay in the parish of St Cuthberts Church he is buried there with his father. Dean House was demolished in 1842 and the grounds used to create Dean Cemetery. It had been downsized in the 18th century and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
