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William Sloper (died 1743)
William Sloper (c. 1658 – 14 January 1743) of West Woodhay House, Berkshire, England was an English officeholder and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1743. Sloper was the son of William Sloper of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 5 June 1679, aged 20 and was awarded B.A. from Gloucester Hall in 1683. He married Rebecca Abbott before 1708. Sloper was appointed Clerk to the Paymaster General by 1702, was Deputy Paymaster General from 1714 to 1720 and Deputy Cofferer of the Household by 1730 until his death. In 1714 he bought the West Woodhay House estate in West Berkshire. Sloper was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn at the 1715 general election. At the 1722 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Camelford, Cornwall. He was defeated at the poll at Great Bedwyn at the 1727 general election, but was returned on petition on 26 March 1729. He was re-elected for Bedwyn at the 1734 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Woodhay House
West Woodhay House is a Grade I listed building in the parish of West Woodhay, West Berkshire, UK. History and description The house was erected in 1635 and is attributed to Inigo Jones, although it is likely to have been designed and built by Edward Carter. East facing, it looks over a lawn and an ornamental lake beyond. It has two storeys of red brick with a central hall and projecting end wings. The porch has a rounded arch, which is flanked by Ionic pillars. Over the porch doorway is the date 1635 with the motto, ''Nisi Dominus aedificet Frustra'', a shortened version of Psalm 127, verse 1: ''Without the Lord, he builds in vain'', which, slightly altered, is also the motto of the city of Edinburgh. The poet and politician Sir Benjamin Rudyerd lived in the house and died there in 1658. In the eighteenth century, West Woodhay House was owned by William Sloper, MP, followed by his son William Sloper, who lived there with the soprano Susannah Cibber following her estrangement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Maria Cibber
Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne; February 1714 – 30 January 1766) was a celebrated English singer and actress. She was the sister of the composer Thomas Arne. Although she began her career as a soprano, her voice lowered in the early part of her career to that of a true contralto. She was universally admired for her ability to move her audiences emotionally both as an actress and vocalist. Possessing a sweet, expressive, and agile singing voice with a wide vocal range, Cibber was an immensely popular singer, even if at times her voice was criticized for a lack of polished technique. Charles Burney wrote of her singing that "by a natural pathos, and perfect conception of the words, she often penetrated the heart, when others, with infinitely greater voice and skill, could only reach the ear." Cibber was particularly admired by Handel, who wrote numerous parts especially for her including the contralto arias in his 1741 oratorio ''Messiah'', the role of Micah in ''Samson'', the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Murray (1689–1738)
Brigadier-General Robert Murray (7 January 1689 – 25 March 1738) was a Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament, the third son of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore and younger brother of John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore. Background After service with the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, he was colonel of the 37th Regiment of Foot from 1722 to 1735 and of the 38th Regiment of Foot from 1735 to his death. He was ultimately promoted Brigadier-General in 1735. He was MP for Wootton Bassett from 1722 to 1727 and for Great Bedwyn from 1734 to 1738. He died in March 1738 aged 49. , - References * R. S. LeaMURRAY, Hon. Robert (1689-1738), of Stanwell, Mdx.in ''The History of Parliament The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in w ...: the House of Commons 1715-1754'' (1970). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Seymour, Of Sherborne, Dorset
Francis Seymour (1697 – 23 December 1761), of Sherborne House, Dorset, was a British landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1732 to 1741. Seymour was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet and his wife Letitia Popham. In 1728, he succeeded to the estates of his paternal great-uncle Henry Seymour Portman MP, which included Sherborne House. He married on 30 July 1728 his cousin Elizabeth Popham, Dowager Lady Hinchingbrooke (died 20 March 1761), daughter of Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire, MP, and great granddaughter of Colonel Alexander Popham. Seymour was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn at a by-election on 29 April 1732. At the 1734 British general election he was elected in a contest as MP for Marlborough on the Bruce interest. He did not stand again in 1741. On all recorded occasions, he voted against the Administration of Walpole. Seymour died on 23 December 1761, leaving two children: *Mary S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Willys, 6th Baronet
Sir William Willys, 6th Baronet (c. 1685–1732) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1732. Willys was the second son of William Willys of Austin Friars, and his wife Catherine Gore, daughter of Robert Gore merchant of Chelsea and widow of George Evelyn. His father was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet and was a London merchant trading with Hamburg. Willys succeeded his brother in the baronetcy, which came to him from a cousin, on 17 July 1726. Willys was returned as Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) at a by-election on 31 January 1727. At the 1727 general election he stood instead at Great Bedwyn, probably with the support of his brother-in-law Francis Stonehouse Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome * Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural ..., a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pitt (soldier)
John Pitt (1698–1754) was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1720 and 1734. Pitt was the youngest son of Governor Thomas "Diamond" Pitt who made a fortune while in India and returned to Britain to found a political dynasty. He attended Eton College, and went into the army where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served as an aide-de-camp to George I. Pitt served as Member of Parliament for Hindon from 1720 to 1722, Old Sarum from 1724 to 1726 and Camelford from 1727 to 1734. From 1728 to 1737 he served as Governor of Bermuda. Pitt was cut out of his father's will after a dispute.Douglas p.24 He was the brother-in-law of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, the effective Prime Minister between 1717 and 1721, and the uncle of William Pitt. He was married to Mary Belasyse, the daughter of the Viscount Fauconberg. References Bibliography * Black, Jeremy. ''Pitt the Elder''. Cambridge University Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet ( – October 1762), of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 37 years between 1722 and 1762. Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and his wife Mary Pym, daughter of Sir Charles Pym, 1st Baronet of Brymore. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in 1711 and was admitted at the Inner Temple. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet on 7 January 1748. Hales entered Parliament at the 1722 British general election as Whig Member of Parliament for Minehead, being a member of the Duke of Dorset's faction and supporting the Walpole and Pelham governments. He subsequently also represented Camelford, Grampound, Hythe and East Grinstead, being an MP for most of the last forty years of his life. The only break in his Parliamentary career came in 1741: at the notoriously corrupt rotten borough of Grampound, his opponents had contrived a disagreement over who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coffin (1684-1766)
Richard Coffin may refer to: * Richard Coffin (1456–1523), Sheriff of Devon * Richard Coffin (1623–1700), Sheriff of Devon * Richard Coffin (1684–1766), British politician, MP for Barnstaple See also * Richard Pine-Coffin (1908–1974), British army officer {{hndis, Coffin, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Montagu (died 1748) (born 1979), British writer and journalist
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James Montague or Montagu may refer to: * James Montagu (MP) (died 1666), MP for Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) * James Montague (bishop) (1568–1618), English bishop * James J. Montague (1873–1941), American writer and poet * James Montagu (Royal Navy officer) (1752–1794), captain in the Royal Navy * James Montagu (judge) (1666–1723), English barrister, and judge * James Piotr Montague James Piotr Montague (born 28 July 1979) is a British writer. After studying Politics at Exeter University, Montague discovered a love for writing. His first book, ''When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone (Mainstream)'', follows his travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Moore, 4th Earl Of Drogheda
Henry Moore, 4th Earl of Drogheda (7 October 1700 – 29 May 1727), styled Viscount Moore from 21 May to 7 June 1714, was an Irish peer and rake who briefly served in the Parliament of Great Britain. He inherited his title and estates at the age of 13, when his father and grandfather died in quick succession. Drogheda rapidly became a debauchee, and after squandering large sums, died at the age of 26, leaving his younger brother a heavily encumbered estate. Moore was the eldest son of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda by his wife Lady Jane Loftus, the daughter of Arthur Loftus, 3rd Viscount Loftus. His father Charles was the heir apparent of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. Viscount Moore died on 21 May 1714, followed shortly after by his father the 3rd Earl on 7 June, upon which Henry succeeded in the earldom and family estates and quickly became a drunkard. Sent on the Grand Tour by his guardian, the Dowager Countess of Drogheda, he escaped from his gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Longueville
Charles Longueville (c. 1678–1750) was a British lawyer and Tory and later Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1741. Longueville was the eldest son of. William Longueville, barrister, of Inner Temple and his wife Elizabeth Peyton, daughter. of Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet, of Knowlton, Kent. His grandfather, Sir Thomas Longueville had been forced to sell the family estates of Bradwell, Buckinghamshire in 1650 as a result of the Civil War. He was admitted at Inner Temple on 5 February 1693 and at Clare College, Cambridge on 24 June1695. In 1702, he was called to the bar. He succeeded his father in 1721. Longueville was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Downton at the 1715 general election . He voted against the Government in all recorded divisions. In 1721 the committee enquiring into the South Sea Bubble revealed that he had accepted stock from the company without paying for it. At the 1722 general election, he was returned as MP for G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bruce (1668-1729)
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventually led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully during his reign to regain Scotland's place as an independent kingdom and is now revered in Scotland as a national hero. Robert was a fourth great-grandson of King David I, and his grandfather, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne during the "Great Cause". As Earl of Carrick, Robert the Bruce supported his family's claim to the Scottish throne and took part in William Wallace's revolt against Edward I of England. Appointed in 1298 as a Guardian of Scotland alongside his chief rival for the throne, John Comyn of Badenoch, and William Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews, Robert resigned in 1300 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
