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William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven
William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC (1722 – 28 May 1794), known as Sir William Mayne, Bt, between 1763 and 1776, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790. Early life Mayne was the eldest son of the second marriage of William Mayne, of Powis Logie, Clackmannanshire. He was employed in the family business of Mayne and Barn at Lisbon until 1757, when he returned to England. From 1757 to 1765, he was a director of the Royal Exchange Insurance Company and was recorded as a merchant in trade directories until 1780. He married the Honourable Frances Allen, daughter of Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen, and heiress of her brother John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen, on 15 July 1758. Through his marriage, he gained considerable estates in Ireland. Political career Mayne was eager to enter Parliament and stood at the 1761 British general election at Canterbury where he was defeated. He was, however, returned in 1761 to the Irish House of Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privy Council Of Ireland
His or Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, commonly called the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council, or in earlier centuries the Irish Council, was the institution within the Dublin Castle administration which exercised formal executive power in conjunction with the chief governor of Ireland, who was viceroy of the British monarch. The council evolved in the Lordship of Ireland on the model of the Privy Council of England; as the English council advised the king in person, so the Irish council advised the viceroy, who in medieval times was a powerful Lord Deputy. In the early modern period the council gained more influence at the expense of the viceroy, but in the 18th century lost influence to the Parliament of Ireland. In the post-1800 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Irish Privy Council and viceroy Lord Lieutenant had formal and ceremonial power, while policy formulation rested with a Chief Secretary directly answerable to the British cabinet. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gatton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Gatton was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act. Around the time of that Act it was often held up by reformers as the epitome of what was wrong with the unreformed system. History The borough consisted of part of the parish of Gatton, near Reigate, between London and Brighton. It included the manor and estate of Gatton Park. Gatton was no more than a village, with a population in 1831 of 146, and 23 houses of which as few as six may have been within the borough. The right to vote was extended to all freeholders and inhabitants paying scot and lot; but this apparently wide franchise was normally meaningless in tiny Gatton: there were only 7 qualified voters in 1831, and the number had sometimes fallen as low as two. This position had existed long before the 19th century: Gatto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet
Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet PC (Ire) (c. 1707 – 7 February 1770) was an Irish barrister-at-law and politician. He was the third son of Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Sharpe, only daughter of Reverend William Sharpe. In 1751, he succeeded his older brother Matthew as baronet. He was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1768 and represented Tallow in the Irish House of Commons from 1757 to 1768. The following year, he stood for Carysfort, a seat he held until his death in 1770. On 24 August 1738, he married Charleton Tilson, second daughter of Thomas Tilson. They had six daughters and four sons. Robert, the oldest surviving son, succeeded to the baronetcy and was later raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Muskerry, while his younger brother Jocelyn Deane was also a Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet
Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet, (d. 30 September 1783) was an Irish baronet and politician. Biography The son of Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet and his wife Editha Proby, he succeeded in the baronetcy on 11 April 1743. Osborne served as High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1750 and served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Carysfort between 1761 and 1768, for Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Dungarvan between 1768 and 1783 and for Carysfort again in 1783, and was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council in 1770. Marriage and issue Sir William Osborne married (marriage licence, lic. 20 March 1749) Elizabeth Christmas, daughter of Thomas Christmas MP, of Whitfield, County Waterford, Whitfield, Co. Waterford and Elizabeth Marshall, and had eight children: * Elizabeth Osborne (1754 - November 1783), married on 19 March 1774 as his first wife John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Trotter
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hull (politician)
Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull, (7 May 1907 – 17 September 1989) was a senior British Army officer. He was the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), holding the post from 1961 to 1964, and the first Chief of the General Staff (CGS), holding that post until 1965, and, as such, was the professional head of the British Army. He later became Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) from 1965 to 1967, the professional head of the entire British Armed Forces. He served with distinction during the Second World War, fighting from 1942 to 1945 in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe, became the youngest divisional commander in the British Army, and, after the war was over, he advised the British government on the response to the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in the 1960s. Early life and military career Richard Amyatt Hull was born in Cosham, Hampshire on 7 May 1907, the son of Major-General Sir Charles Hull, and Muriel Helen Hull (née Dobell), and was educated at Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mayne (1724-1782), MP For Upper Gatton, By Joshua Reynolds, Circa 1776
Robert Mayne (1724–1782) was a British merchant, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1782. Mayne was the fifth son of William Mayne of Powis Logie, Clackmannanshire and his second wife Helen Galbraith, daughter of William Galbraith of Balgair, Stirling. He married Anne Knight, daughter of John Knight on 24 October 1763. By 1770 he was a banker in Jermyn St and traded under various partnerships. He married as his second wife Sarah Otway, daughter of Francis Otway on 15 June 1775. In 1774 Mayne's brother Sir William Mayne acquired control of both seats at Gatton. Robert Mayne was returned to replace his brother as Member of Parliament for Gatton at a by-election on 27 December 1774. While in Parliament he was also a major Government contractor provisioning troops in America or the West Indies with contracts from 1776 to 1782. In the 1780 general election he contested Stockbridge and Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin, New Hampshire
Berlin ( ) is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coös County in northern New Hampshire, United States. It is the northernmost city in New Hampshire. The population was 9,425 at the 2020 census, down from 10,051 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of Cascade in the south part of the city. Located in New Hampshire's Great North Woods Region or "North Country", Berlin sits at the edge of the White Mountains, and the city's boundaries extend into the White Mountain National Forest. Berlin is home to the Berlin and Coos County Historical Society's Moffett House Museum & Genealogy Center, Service Credit Union Heritage Park, the Berlin Fish Hatchery, and the White Mountains Community College, member of the Community College System of New Hampshire. Berlin is the principal city of the Berlin Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Coos County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Vermont. Because Quebec is less than away, Berlin has many people of French Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 British General Election
The 1790 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Political situation The Prime Minister since 1783, William Pitt the Younger, led a coalition of Whig and Tory politicians. The principal opposition to Pitt was a faction of Whigs led by Charles James Fox and the Duke of Portland. Dates of election The general election was held between 16 June 1790 and 28 July 1790. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the conduct of the elections). This was the first general election after the law had been changed in 1785 to limit the maximum duration of polling in county elections to fifteen days. Under the old law, the poll could remain open longer. For example, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1784 British General Election
The 1784 British general election resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents. Background In December 1783, George III engineered the dismissal of the Fox–North coalition, which he hated, and appointed William Pitt the Younger as Prime Minister. Pitt had very little personal support in the House of Commons and the supporters of Charles James Fox and Lord North felt that the constitution of the country had been violated. The doctrine that the government must always have a majority in the House of Commons was not yet established and Fox knew he had to be careful. On 2 February 1784 Fox carried a motion of no confidence which declared "That it is the Opinion of this House, That the Continuance of the present Ministers in their Offices is an Obstacle to the Formation of such an Administration as may enjoy the Confidence of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mayne
Robert Mayne (1724–1782) was a British merchant, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1782. Mayne was the fifth son of William Mayne of Powis Logie, Clackmannanshire and his second wife Helen Galbraith, daughter of William Galbraith of Balgair, Stirling. He married Anne Knight, daughter of John Knight on 24 October 1763. By 1770 he was a banker in Jermyn St and traded under various partnerships. He married as his second wife Sarah Otway, daughter of Francis Otway on 15 June 1775. In 1774 Mayne's brother Sir William Mayne acquired control of both seats at Gatton. Robert Mayne was returned to replace his brother as Member of Parliament for Gatton at a by-election on 27 December 1774. While in Parliament he was also a major Government contractor provisioning troops in America or the West Indies with contracts from 1776 to 1782. In the 1780 general election he contested Stockbridge and Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1780 British General Election
The 1780 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was held during the American War of Independence and returned Lord North to form a new government with a small and rocky majority. The opposition consisted largely of the Rockingham Whigs, the Whig faction led by the Marquess of Rockingham. North's opponents referred to his supporters as Tories, but no Tory party existed at the time and his supporters rejected the label. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The general election was held between 6 September 1780 and 18 October 1780. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
