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William Stourton (MP For Launceston)
William Stourton may refer to: * William Stourton (speaker), speaker of the English House of Commons, 1413 * William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton (c. 1430–1479), English peer * William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton (c. 1457–1523), English peer * William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton (c. 1505–1548), English peer * William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton (c. 1594–1672), English peer * William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton (died 1685), English peer * William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton (1704–1781), English peer * William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton (1776–1846), English peer * William Stourton, 25th Baron Mowbray (1895–1965), English peer and soldier {{hndis, Stourton, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton (speaker)
William Stourton (died 1413) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was Speaker of the House of Commons from May 1413 to June 1413 when he was serving as MP for Dorset. Biography He was the son and heir of John Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire. His younger half-brother was John Stourton (died 1438) of Preston Plucknett in Somerset, 7 times MP for Somerset, in 1419, 1420, December 1421, 1423, 1426, 1429 and 1435. He was knight of the shire in Parliament for Somerset in 1401, 1402 and January 1404, for Wiltshire in 1407 and for Dorset in 1410 and again in May 1413, when he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom). Stourton married Elizabeth Moigne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne, Dorset, by whom he had a son, John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (1400–1462), elevated to the peerage in 1448; and a daughter. He died in 1413 and was buried in Witham Priory Witham Charterhouse, also Witham Priory, at Witham Friary, Somerset, was established in 117 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton (died 1478) was an English nobleman, politician and administrator. Origins Born before 1426, he was the son and heir of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Wadham of Edge, Branscombe, Devon, Justice of the Common Pleas, and his second wife Joan Wrottesley. Career In 1447 he was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset, gaining the seat again in 1460, and by 1450 had been knighted. In that year he was on a commission of oyer and terminer for treasons in Wiltshire, followed in 1451 by appointment to the commission of the peace for Dorset, sitting later for Somerset and for Wiltshire as well. In 1455 he was the commissioner responsible for collecting Dorset's contribution to the defence of Calais and was ordered by the Privy Council to assist the Duke of York in quelling disturbances in Devon. Between 1457 and 1466 he was on the commission of array and on the commission of oyer and terminer for Dorset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton (c. 1457 – 1523) was a younger son of the second Baron Stourton. He succeeded his nephew Francis in 1487. Having no children of his own from his marriage to Catherine de la Pole (c. 1477 – 1513), daughter of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth of York Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. Elizabeth married Henry after his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which mark ..., the fifth Baron was succeeded by a younger brother Edward in 1523. William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton was born in 1457. He was the son of William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton and Margaret Chideocke. He married, secondly, Thomasine Wrottesley, daughter of Sir Walter Wrottesley and Jane Baron. He married, firstly, Katherine de la Pole, daughter of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth Plantagenet. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton (c. 1505 – 1548) was the eldest son of Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton, and his wife Agnes Fauntleroy, daughter of John Fauntleroy of Dorset. He succeeded his father as Baron Stourton in 1535. His wife was Elizabeth Dudley, daughter of Edmund Dudley, a key advisor to King Henry VII, and his first wife Anne Windsor, sister of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor. They had seven sons, including Charles, William and Arthur, and two daughters, including Ursula who married Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln. His affair with Agnes Rice, daughter of Rhys ap Gruffyd and grand-daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, caused much scandal. He brought Agnes to live in his house, and separated from his wife. At his death he left most of the Stourton estates to Agnes, resulting in years of litigation between her and his eldest son and heir Charles, who had quarrelled bitterly with his father, calling him a "false hypocrite" who belonged in pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton (c. 1594 – 25 April 1672) was the son of Edward Stourton and Frances Tresham. He married Frances Moore (d. 5 January 1662), daughter of Sir Edward More. William and Frances had five children; *William *Mary (d. 1650); married Sir John Weld *Frances; was a nun *Edward (1617 – January 1644); married and had issue *Thomas (d. 1684, in Paris); was a monk His eldest son William died young and childless, and he was succeeded by his grandson William, son of Edward. William was a royalist and a papist The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English language for Roman Catholicism, once frequently used by Protestants and Eastern Orthodo ..., and suffered heavily due to this. Stourhead, his home, was at one point garrisoned for the King and then, in September 1644, was ravaged by General Ludlow. References * Kidd, Charles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton (died 1685) was the grandson and successor of William Stourton. He was the son of Edward Stourton (1617-January 1644) and Mary Petre (c. 1624–1672), daughter of the 3rd Baron Petre He married Elizabeth Preston (died April 1688), daughter of Sir John Preston, in 1665. The couple had at least four sons; *Edward (1665–1720), became Baron in 1685. *Thomas 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 Ap ... (1667–1743), became Baron in 1720. *Capt. Charles Stourton (1669-18 Sept 1739), father of: ** Charles Stourton, who became Baron in 1743. ** William Stourton, who became Baron in 1754. *John Stourton (1673-3 October 1748) Notes References * Kidd, Charles and Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1995 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton (1704–1781) was a British peer. By his marriage to a co-heiress of the 8th and 9th Dukes of Norfolk, his descendant Alfred Stourton, 20th Baron Stourton (1829–1893) inherited in 1877 the ancient abeyant titles Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave, with many others,Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.810 created by writ and thus able to descend via female heirs. Biography He was the younger son of Charles Stourton (1669–1739), third son of William Stourton, 12th Baron Stourton. He was the younger brother and heir of Charles Stourton, 15th Baron Stourton (1702–1753). William's mother was Katherine Frompton (died 1736). William was the second of five children, with one elder brother and three younger sisters; Mary (1706–1764), Jane (1708–1769) and Katherine (1710–1777). In 1753 William succeeded his elder brother Charles as the 16th Baron Stourton. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1741. Marriage and issue On 11 October 1749 he married Winifred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton
William Stourton, 18th Baron Stourton (1776–1846) was a Roman Catholic English peer. He is chiefly remembered for the private memoirs of his relative Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife of King George IV, which she dictated to him, and which formed the basis for her first biography, published by his brother Charles Langdale in 1856.Leslie, Anita ''Mrs Fitzherbert'' London Hutchinsons 1960, p. 13. Family He was the eldest son and successor of Charles Philip Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton; his mother was Mary Langdale, daughter of Marmaduke, 5th Baron Langdale (his brother Charles adopted their mother's surname). He was educated at the English College, Douai. In 1793 he left France with two brothers named Oliveira, all escorted by John Lingard, one of the professors at Douai. For nearly a year, Lingard was a tutor to young Stourton at his father's residence. Lingard later became a noted historian. Like his brother Charles, he was deeply committed to the cause of Catholic Emancip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
