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George Finch (politician, Born 1794)
George Somerset Finch ( 1794 – 29 June 1870), of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, was a British landowner and politician. Background Finch was the illegitimate son of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, and Mrs Phoebe Thompson, and was educated at Harrow School (1805–11), Trinity College, Cambridge (1811). In 1808 he was granted a licence to use the Finch arms. and the Middle Temple (1817The Finch family at clutch.open.ac.uk/ref> On his father's death in 1826, the title went to his father's first cousin 10th Earl of Winchilsea, but the large Finch estate was not entailed, thus the estate that should have gone with the title instead was able to be given to him despite his illegitimacy, therefore he inherited substantial estates including the Earls of Winchilsea seat at Burley House near Oakham, Rutland and a large fortune. His estate generated an income of £29,000 a year. Political career Finch sat as Member of Parliament for Lymington between 1820 and 1821, for Stamford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burley House - Geograph
Burley may refer to: People * Burley (surname) * Burley Mitchell, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Places England * Burley, Hampshire, a village and civil parish * Burley, Leeds, an inner city area of Leeds * Burley, Rutland, a village and civil parish * Burley, Shropshire, a location * Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England, a village and civil parish United States * Burley, Idaho, a city * Burley Manor, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland * Burley, Washington, a census-designated place * Burley school, Chicago, a chicago public school Other uses * Burley (tobacco), grown primarily in central Kentucky and central Tennessee * Chumming (burley or berley in Australasia), the practice of luring various animals, usually pelagic predatory fish, by throwing meat-based groundbaits into the water * Burley Design, an American company * '' Re Burley'', a Canadian court decision See also * Burley Woodhead, a hamlet in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Finch (1835–1907)
George Henry Finch (20 February 1835 – 22 May 1907) was an English Conservative politician who represented Rutland in the House of Commons for nearly 40 years, becoming Father of the House of Commons in 1906. Finch was the son of George Finch, of Burley-on-the-Hill near Oakham and Belton. His father was the illegitimate son of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea (4 November 1752 – 2 August 1826), was an English peer, army officer and cricketer who was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisatio .... On the death of his father in 1870 he became an extensive landowner, inheriting Burley House, near Oakham, Rutland. His estate generated income of £29,000 a year. Finch was elected as the Member of Parliament for Rutland on 23 November 1867. He held the seat until his death in 1907. He married twice; firstly, in 1861, Emily Eglantyne Balfour, who died in 1865 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins in New York City. * January 6 – The ''Musikverein'', Vienna, is inaugurated in Austria-Hungary. * January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. * January 15 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (''A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion'' by Thomas Nast for ''Harper's Weekly''). * January 23 – Marias Massacre: U.S. soldiers attack a peaceful camp of Piegan Blackfeet Indians, led by chief Heavy Runner. * January 26 – Reconstruction Era (United States): Virginia rejoins the Union. This year it adopts a new Constitution, drawn up by John Curtiss Underwood, expanding suffrage to all male citizens over 21, including freedmen. * Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1794 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of Vermont and Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states. A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state. * January 21 – King George III of Great Britain delivers the speech opening Parliament and recommends a continuation of Britain's war with France. * February 4 – French Revolution: The National Convention of the French First Republic abolishes slavery. * February 8 – Wreck of the Ten Sail on Grand Cayman. * February 11 – The first session of the United States Senate is open to the public. * March 4 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Noel (politician)
Gerard James Noel PC, DL, JP (28 August 1823 – 19 May 1911), styled The Honourable Gerard Noel from birth, was a British Conservative politician. Early life Noel was the eldest son of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough and, his third wife, Arabella, daughter of Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 2nd Baronet. From his father's second marriage to Elizabeth Grey (a second daughter of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet), he had an elder half-brother Charles, who married Lady Ida Harriet Augusta (a daughter of William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll and Elizabeth FitzClarence, an illegitimate daughter of King William IV) who succeeded their father as the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough. From his parents marriage, he had three siblings, Henry Lewis Noel (who married their cousin Emily Elizabeth Noel), Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel (the wife of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet), and Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel (the wife of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk). From his father's fourth marriage in 1833 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe (15 May 1812 – 26 January 1857) was a British politician. Background Downe was the son of the Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby in North Yorkshire. Political career Downe was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Rutland (UK Parliament constituency), Rutland in 1841, a seat he held until 1846. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy. However, as this was an Peerage of Ireland, Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. Family Lord Downe married Mary Isabel, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Bagot (bishop), Richard Bagot, in 1843. They had eight sons and two daughters: * Maj.-Gen. Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe (1844–1924) * Lt.-Col. Hon. Lewis Payn Dawnay (1 April 1846 – 30 July 1910), Coldstream Guards, inherited Beningbrough Hall from his uncle Payan in 1891 * Hon. Alan Charles Dawnay (15 June 1847 – 3 March 1853 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland (16 January 1795 – 6 September 1867), known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet from 1851 to 1856, of Stocken Hall, Rutland, was a British peer and Whig Party (UK), Whig politician. Background Born at Normanton Hall, he was the eldest son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet and his first wife Katherine Sophia Manners, fourth daughter of John Manners (MP), John Manners. Heathcote was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1851, he succeeded his father as baronet and to his large estates in Rutland.Olney R. J. (1973); ''Lincolnshire Politics 1832-1885'', Oxford University Press, p.19. Career In 1820 he was elected to Parliament for Boston (UK Parliament constituency), Boston, a seat he held until 1830, and again from 1831 to 1832. He later represented South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Lincolnshire South from 1832 to 1841 and Rutland (UK Parliament constituency), Rutland from 1841 to 1856 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Manners, 6th Duke Of Rutland
Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG (16 May 1815 – 3 March 1888, in Belvoir Castle), styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician. Background and education Manners was the third but eldest surviving son of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland and Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland and Lord George Manners were his younger brothers. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, earning an MA in 1835. Political career Entering politics as Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1837, Manners became known as a voluble, if not particularly talented, protectionist. He briefly held office as a Lord of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert from 1843 to 1846. Following the resignation of Lord George Bentinck from the leadership of the protectionists in the House of Commons at the beginning of 1848, Granby (as he was then known) became the leader on 10 Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Chaplin (MP For Stamford)
Thomas Chaplin (17 April 1794 – 10 May 1863) was a British politician and Army officer. The son of Charles Chaplin, Thomas lived in Blankney in Lincolnshire. He was appointed as a captain in the Coldstream Guards, and also became a lieutenant-colonel. He served overseas in the Peninsular War, but was seriously injured at the Siege of San Sebastián in 1813, and receiving a pension of £50. At the 1826 UK general election, Chaplin stood for the Conservative Party in Stamford, winning the seat, and holding it in 1830. He was defeated in the 1831 UK general election, but regained his seat in 1832, holding it until 1838, when he resigned by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds The Chiltern Hundreds is an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three hundred (county division), ancient hundreds and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills. "Taking the Chiltern Hundreds" refers to one of the .... Unusually for a Conservative, he supported the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt
Charles Tennyson-d'Eyncourt (20 July 1784 – 21 July 1861), born Charles Tennyson, was a British politician, landowner and Member of Parliament for Stamford from 1831 to 1832 and for Lambeth from 1832 to 1852. He is also known for his social pretensions and his graceless behaviour towards his nephew, the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. Early life He was the younger son of Elizabeth (née Clayton) Tennyson and George Tennyson, who bought the family seat of Bayons, in the village of Tealby, Lincolnshire, along with 2,000 acres (8 km2) of land, and came in time to own a large part of the village. His elder sister, Elizabeth Tennyson, was the wife of Matthew Russell, MP. At the age of 12, his elder brother, George Clayton Tennyson, was disinherited by their father, put into a career in the Church, and the family fortune was bestowed on Charles. As a result, there was bad blood between the Tennysons of Somersby, where his brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Thomas Cecil
Lord Thomas Cecil (1797–1873) was a British peer and member of Parliament for Stamford from 1818 to 1832. Cecil was the youngest of the three sons of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter, by his second wife Sarah.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1363 He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1815. He married, on 8 August 1838, Lady Sophia Lennox, daughter of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Aubigny, (9 December 176428 August 1819) was a British peer, soldier, politician and Governor-General of British North America. Background Richmond was born to Gene ..., but they had no children. He died on 29 November 1873. References 1797 births 1873 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of the Parliamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Manning (British Politician)
William Manning (1 December 1763 – 17 April 1835) was a British merchant, politician, and Governor of the Bank of England. Biography Manning was the son of West India merchant William Coventry Manning and Elizabeth Ryan. Manning's sister Martha married American Revolutionary War patriot John Laurens. Manning joined his father's firm, taking control after his father's death in 1791. He was elected a Director of the Bank of England from 1792 to 1831 and its Governor between 1812 and 1814, having served as its Deputy Governor from 1810 to 1812. He worked as a merchant in the West Indies, acting as agent for St Vincent (1792-1806) and for Grenada (1825-1831). He also invested in the Australian Agricultural Company, becoming its Deputy Governor in 1826, and was president of the London Life Assurance from 1817 to 1830. The Manning River in New South Wales, Australia was named in his honour. Around the same time, he and several other merchants lobbied Secretary for Colonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
