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William Tatton (MP)
William Tatton (1659–1736) was a career soldier in the British Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Career As a trusted associate of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough throughout the War of the Spanish Succession, in April 1704 the Duke appointed him Colonel of the Horse Guards. In August 1704 he led the advance party for the Duke's bold dash to the River Danube, which led to the crushing defeat of the French and Bavarian forces at the Battle of Blenheim. After this victory, Tatton was made Colonel of a Foot Regiment (which would later become the 24th Regiment of Foot and the South Wales Borderers), a post he held until 1708. After the war, the Army was involved in suppressing the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, when Tatton was responsible for bringing convicted rebels to London to be imprisoned. He finally reached the rank of Lieutenant-General. From 24 November 1729 until his death, he was Colonel of The Buffs, the 3rd Regiment of Foot, then still known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster
Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and much of the West End shopping and entertainment district. The name ( ang, Westmynstre) originated from the informal description of the abbey church and royal peculiar of St Peter's (Westminster Abbey), west of the City of London (until the English Reformation there was also an Eastminster, near the Tower of London, in the East End of London). The abbey's origins date from between the 7th and 10th centuries, but it rose to national prominence when rebuilt by Edward the Confessor in the 11th. Westminster has been the home of England's government since about 1200, and from 1707 the Government of the United Kingdom. In 1539, it became a city. Westminster is often used as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th Regiment Of Foot , or The Fourth of July
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Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Soviet drama See also * * * 1/4 (other) * 4 (other) * The fourth part of the world (other) * Forth (other) * Quarter (other) * Independence Day (United States) Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army Commanders In The War Of The Spanish Succession
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Military Personnel Of The Nine Years' War
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1736 Deaths
Events January–March * January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. * January 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. * February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor marries Maria Theresa of Austria, ruler of the Habsburg Empire. * March 8 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran on a date selected by court astrologers. * March 31 – Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York. April–June * April 14 – The Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh (Scotland), after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, when town guard Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire at the crowd. Porteous is arrested later. * April 14 – German adventurer Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff is crowned King Theodore of Corsica, 25 days after his arrival on Corsica on March 20. His reign ends on No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1659 Births
Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suffers heavy casualties, with over 11,000 of its nearly 16,000 soldiers killed, wounded or taken prisoner; the smaller Portuguese force of 10,500 troops, commanded by André de Albuquerque Ribafria (who is killed in the battle) suffers less than 900 casualties. * January 24 – Pierre Corneille's ''Oedipe'' premieres in Paris. * January 27 – The third and final session of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland is opened by Lord Protector Richard Cromwell, with Chaloner Chute as the Speaker of the House of Commons, with 567 members. "Cromwell's Other House", which replaced the House of Lords during the last years of the Protectorate, opens on the same day, with Richard Cromwell as its speaker. * Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Howard (British Army Officer, Born 1684)
Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard (1684 – 31 March 1753) was an officer of the British Army and the ancestor of the family of the present Earls of Effingham. Biography Background He was the only surviving son of George Howard of Great Bookham, by his wife Ann, daughter of Thomas Kidder, of Lewes. William Courthope ed., ''Debrett's Peerage'', 22nd edition (1838p. 208Granville Leveson-GowerThe Howards of Effinghamin ''Surrey Archaeological Collections''vol. IX(1888). Pedigree facing p. 436. George Howard was a younger son of Sir Charles Howard of Eastwick and a great-great-grandson of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham through his second son Sir William Howard of Lingfield; George's elder brother Francis had succeeded as fifth Baron Howard of Effingham in 1681.Patrick Cracroft-BrennanHoward of Effingham, Baron (E, 1553/4)in ''Cracroft's Peerage'' (2012). Retrieved 31 March 2013. Thomas Howard was baptised at Great Bookham on 13 August 1684. His father died on 13 Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl Of Londonderry
Thomas Innes Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry (c. 1688 – 12 September 1729) was a British Army officer, speculator and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1728. He served as Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1728 to his death in 1729. Origins He was the second son of Thomas Pitt (1653-1726) of Boconnoc in Cornwall, a wealthy merchant and President of Madras, by his wife Jane Innes, a daughter of James Innes. His nephew was William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder"), the father of William Pitt the Younger, both prime ministers of Great Britain. His father had been born at Blandford Forum in Dorset, the son of the Reverend John Pitt, rector of Blandford St Mary. Career He attended Mr Meure's academy at Soho Square in London from 1703 to 1706. In 1708 he joined the army and served as an ensign in the 9th Foot until April 1709. He was then a captain in Killigrew's Dragoons until February 1715. In the 1713 general election Pitt was returned a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Flower, 1st Viscount Ashbrook
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary Aldermary
The Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary a contraction of St Mary Aldermanbury (or St Mary Elder Mary) is an Anglican church located in Watling Street at the junction with Bow Lane, in the City of London. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt from 1510. Badly damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666, it was rebuilt once more, this time by Sir Christopher Wren; unlike the vast majority of Wren's City churches, St Mary Aldermary is in the Gothic style. History There has been a church on the site for over 900 years. Its name is usually taken to mean that it is the oldest of the City churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary.Godwin 1839, p.3, referring to a suggestion made by John Stow in his ''Survey of London''. The patronage of the rectory of St Mary Aldermary belonged to the prior and chapter of Canterbury, but was transferred to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1400.Daniel 1892, p.233 In 1510, Sir Henry Keeble financed the building of a new church. The tower was still unfinished when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny
William Nevill, ''de facto'' 16th (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny, (before 1701 – 1744) was an English peer who held office in the British Royal Household and built a country mansion. Life The son of Edward Nevill (1664-1701), a Captain in the Royal Navy who died aboard a ship off the coast of Virginia, and his wife Hannah (1668-1764), daughter of Gervase Thorpe of Brockhurst, he succeeded to the barony on the death of his cousin Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny, who had died without children. On 20 May 1725, he married his cousin's widow, who was Katharine, daughter of Lieutenant-General William Tatton and his wife Elizabeth Bull. Their elder son was George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny. Katharine died on 4 December 1729 after giving birth to a second son and on 20 May 1732 he married Lady Rebecca Herbert, daughter of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Margaret Sawyer, with whom he had more children. Leaving the family's old house at Birling, Kent, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 15th (''de jure'' 3rd) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1705 – 9 October 1724) was an English peer. Life Son of George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Anne Walker, he became baron when his elder brother George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny, died on 15 November 1723 without leaving children. On 6 May 1724, he entered into a Fleet Marriage A Fleet Marriage was a common example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 came into force on March 25, 1754. Specifically, it was one which took place in London's Fleet Prison or its en ... with Katherine Tatton, daughter of Lieutenant-General William Tatton and his wife Elizabeth Bull, sister of Sir John Bull, but he died later that year without children. The barony passed to his cousin William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny, who married his widow. As his elder sister Jane (d. 1786) was still alive, this implies that in 1724 at least the barony pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
