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Daniel Lascelles (1655–1734)
Daniel Lascelles (6 November 1655 – 5 September 1734), English landowner and politician of Winton, Stank and Hallikeld, Stank and Northallerton, North Riding, Yorkshire, was elected to the House of Commons of England, House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency), Northallerton at a by-election on 3 February 1702. He did not stand for election again. He also served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1718–19. Lascelles was the son of Francis Lascelles (1612–1667) of Stank Hall, Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire and his wife Frances, daughter of St Quintin Baronets, Sir William St Quintin (1579–1649), Baronet of Harpham Yorkshire. Francis Lascelles, regicide (for which he was granted indemnity) and a dissenter had been a colonel in the Parliament's army and was MP for the North Riding in 1653. Francis's trade connections extended to Ireland and Barbados. Daniel Lascelles married twice. :By his first wife Margaret Metcalfe (died 1690) daughter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winton, Stank And Hallikeld
Winton, Stank and Hallikeld is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton District, Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. References Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl Of Harewood
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (7 January 1740 – 3 April 1820) was a British landowner, art collector, peer and, before which, member of parliament. Early life He was the son of Edward Lascelles, a senior customs official in Barbados, himself a son of Daniel Lascelles. Career On the death of his cousin, the childless Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, Edward inherited the family fortune made in the West Indies through customs positions and the slave trade. He vested much of his fortune in fine art. In 1799 he (or his immediate family benefit trust) was estimated to be the third-wealthiest small family unit in Britain, owning £2.9M (). He sat as Whig member of parliament for Northallerton from 1761 to 1774 and from 1790 to 1796. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harewood, of Harewood in the County of York. In 1812 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood, in the County of York. Personal life O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Yorkshire
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English MPs 1701–1702
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1734 Deaths
Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia in America. * February 16 – The Ostend Company, established in 1722 in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) to compete for trade in the West Indies (the Caribbean islands) and the East Indies (south and southeast Asia), ceases business as part of the agreement by Austria in the Second Treaty of Vienna. * March 12 – Salzburgers arrive at the mouth of the Savannah River in the British Colony of Georgia. April–June * April 25 – Easter occurs on the latest possible date (the next time is in 1886). * May 15 – Prince Charles of Spain (later King Charles III) becomes the new King of Naples and Sicily, five days after his arrival in Naples. * May 25 – Spanish forces under the command of José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1655 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan. * January 7 – Pope Innocent X, leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the Papal States, dies after more than 10 years of rule. * February 14 – The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile, beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655. * February 16 – Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker. * March 8 – John Casor becomes the first legally recognized slave in what will become the United States, as a court in Northampton County in the Colony of Virginia issues its decision in the Anthony Johnson (colonist)#Casor lawsuit, Casor lawsuit, the first instance of a judicial determination in the Thirteen Colonies holding that a person who has committed no crime could be held in servitude for life. * March 25 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan (moon), Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. April–June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aislabie
John Aislabie or Aslabie (; 4 December 167018 June 1742), of Studley Royal, near Ripon, Yorkshire, was a British politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1721. He was of an independent mind, and did not stick regularly to the main parties. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the South Sea Bubble and his involvement with the Company led to his resignation and disgrace. Background and education Aislabie's family were originally Yeoman farmers who lived in Hemingbrough. His father George Aislabie married into the highly influential Mallory family through Mary Mallory, daughter of Sir John Mallory of Studley Royal. He was educated at St Peter's School, York under the headship of Mr Thomlinson and admitted at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1687 and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1692. He inherited the Studley estate from his mother's family in 1693, and started serious development of the garden around 1716. He was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Hustler
Sir William Hustler (–1730), of Acklam, Middlesbrough, Acklam, Yorkshire, and Little Hatfield, Holderness, Yorkshire was an English draper and Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons between 1695 and 1710. He was a member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and was great patron of charity schools. Early life Hustler was the eldest son of William Hustler of Acklam and his wife Grace Savile, daughter of Sir John Savile of Lupset, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted on 14 May 1673 and succeeded his father in 1678. On 8 July 1680, he married Lady Anne Wentworth, widow of Wentworth baronets, Sir Matthew Wentworth of West Bretton, Bretton, Yorkshire, and daughter of William Osbaldeston (died 1707), William Osbaldeston of Hunmanby, Hunmanby, Yorkshire. He built Acklam Hall in Cleveland, England, Cleveland in the early 1680s Career Hustler was returned uno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dormer (MP) , Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and Northallerton
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Robert Dormer may refer to: *Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer (1551–1616) *Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610–1643) * Robert Dormer (MP for Wycombe) (1485–1552), MP for Chipping Wycombe, 1529 *Robert Dormer (1650–1726) Robert Dormer (1650–1726), of Lee Grange, Buckinghamshire and Lincoln's Inn Fields, was an English barrister, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (England), court of common pleas from 1706, and politician. He was a Member of Parliament, Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lascelles (1690–1753)
Henry Lascelles (1690 – 16 October 1753) was an English-born Barbados plantation owner. He was the son of Daniel Lascelles (1655–1734) and Margaret Metcalfe. He served as Collector of Customs for the British government in Barbados. He was a director of the British East India Company 1737–45, a financier, and Member of Parliament for Northallerton. He lived in his constituency, in Harewood, in Richmond-upon-Thames, and for periods in his twenties, at his family's plantation in Barbados. Family, early life The Lascelles family were increasingly prominent and politically involved Yorkshire landed gentry, at the time of Lascelles's birth, having owned land near Northallerton, in the Vale of Mowbray, rich farming country, since at least the late thirteenth century. They were based at Stank Hall, now a sheep farm, which the head of the family acquired in 1608 from land management profits. Lascelles's grandfather Francis Lascelles (c. 1612-1667) had been a Roundhead colonel in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northallerton
Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. Northallerton is an administrative centre for York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and North Yorkshire Council. There has been a settlement at Northallerton since Roman times. That grew in importance from the 11th century when King William II gifted land there to the Bishop of Durham, and it became an important religious centre. The Battle of the Standard fought nearby in 1138 involved the death of up to 12,000 Scots. Northallerton was an important stopping point for coaches on the road between Edinburgh and London until the arrival of the railway. History Early Due to its proximity to a Roman road, entrenchments and relics, the earliest settlement at Northallerton was a Roman military station. There is evidence that the Romans had a signal station on Castle Hills just to the west of the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street is a street in London, England, linking Aldgate at its eastern end with Lombard Street and Gracechurch Street in the west. It is a well-known thoroughfare in the City of London financial district and is the site of many corporate offices and headquarters. The name "Fenchurch" means "church in the fenny or marshy ground" and presumably refers to St Gabriel Fenchurch, which stood at the junction of Fenchurch Street and Cullum Street until it was destroyed by the Great Fire. To the south of Fenchurch Street and towards its eastern end is Fenchurch Street railway station, a mainline terminus with services towards east London and Essex. Other notable sites include the commercial buildings at 20 Fenchurch Street and 30 Fenchurch Street (formerly known as ''Plantation Place''). Streetscape Fenchurch Street is home to many shops, pubs and offices, including 20 Fenchurch Street, a 525 ft tall skyscraper completed in 2014. Located at No. 71 is Lloyd's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
