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Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend
Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend (; 14 December 1630 – 10 December 1687), known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an England, English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1656 and 1660 and was raised to the peerage in 1661. Early life Townshend was the younger son of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet, of Raynham, and his wife Mary Vere, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury. He was a student at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1644 and travelled abroad in Italy and Switzerland from 1646 to 1648. In 1648 he succeeded his elder brother in the Townshend Baronets, baronetcy. Political career He was elected member of parliament for Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Norfolk in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament. Townshend was elected MP for Norfolk again in 1660 for the Convention Parliament ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (; 18 April 167421 June 1738) was a British Whig statesman. From 1714 to 1717, and again from 1721 to 1730, he served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department . He directed British foreign policy in close collaboration with his brother-in-law, prime minister Robert Walpole. He was often known as Turnip Townshend because of his strong interest in farming turnips and his role in the British Agricultural Revolution. Early life Townshend was the eldest son of Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, who was created Baron Townshend in 1661 and Viscount Townshend in 1682. The old Norfolk family of Townshend, to which he belonged, is descended from Sir Roger Townshend (d. 1493) of Raynham, who acted as legal advisor to the Paston family, and was made a justice of the common pleas in 1484. His descendant, another Sir Roger Townshend (c. 1543–1590), had a son Sir John Townshend (1564–1603), a soldier, whose son, Sir Roger Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bedingfield
Philip Bedingfield (died 1660) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. Bedingfield was the son of Thomas Bedingfield of Darsham, Suffolk and his wife Dorothy Southwell, daughter of John Southwell of Barham. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 1 May 1609, and at Gray's Inn on 17 February 1611. In 1636 he inherited the estate of Darsham on the death of his father but appears to have settled at Ditchingham, Norfolk. In 1654, Bedingfield was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the H .... Bedingfield died in 1660 and was buried at Ditchingham on 6 March 1660. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bedingfield, Thomas Year of birth missing 166 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wood (MP For Norfolk)
Robert Wood may refer to: Art * Robert E. Wood (painter) (born 1971), Canadian landscape artist * Robert William Wood (1889–1979), American landscape artist * Robert Wood (artist), accused and acquitted of the Camden Town murder Military * Robert B. Wood (1836–1878), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * Robert E. Wood (1879–1969), American soldier and businessman * Robert J. Wood (1905–1986), U.S. Army general * Robert Crooke Wood (1799–1869), American general, military physician and neurologist Politics * Robert Wood (antiquarian) (1717–1771), English civil servant and politician * Sir Robert Wood (mayor), English politician, mayor of Norwich * Robert James Wood (1886–1954), Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons * Robert Wood (American politician) (1885–1964), American politician, Wisconsin state assemblyman * Robert H. Wood (1844–?), African American mayor in Natchez, Mississippi and the first in the United States * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet
Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet (24 July 1608 – 6 May 1681), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660. Wodehouse was the son of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Blanche Carey, daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon. In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Norfolk in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 18 March 1658. In 1660 he was elected MP for Thetford in the Convention Parliament. Wodehouse married Lucy Cotton, daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet. His son Thomas predeceased him. He died in May 1681, aged 72, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, John. Lady Wodehouse died in June 1684. Sir Philip Wodehouse is known to have engaged in correspondence with Sir Thomas Browne Sir Thomas Browne ( "brown"; 19 October 160519 Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sotherton
Thomas Sotherton (by 1525 – 1583), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich in 1558 and 1559 and mayor of the city in 1565-66. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Sotherton (d.1540) of Norwich by Agnes Wright. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Steward of Norwich. They had four sons and four daughters. Children Children of Thomas Sotherton and Elizabeth Steward: * Augustine Sotherton of Hesleden (Hellesdon) near Norwich, ''m''. Anne, daughter of Thomas Peck of Norwich, and had: *# Samwell Sotheron of Hesleden, ''m''. Mary, daughter of Thomas Gilbert of Burlingham in Norfolk, and had Thomas, who ob. s.p, Gilbert and Anne *# Thomas *# Elias *# Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Warner of Hofton (Hoveton Hoveton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk, within The Broads, the Norfolk Broads. Hoveton is located south of North Walsham and north-east of Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilton (MP)
Robert Archibald Wilton (31 July 1868 – 18 January 1925) was a British journalist, and a proponent of antisemitic thought and conspiracy theories in the United Kingdom. Biography Wilton, who was born in Cringleford, Norfolk, was the son of a British mining engineer employed in Russia. In 1889 he joined the European staff of the ''New York Herald'', remained with that newspaper for 14 years and reported on both Russian and German affairs. He then took up an appointment as ''The Times'' correspondent in Saint Petersburg and became known as a keen observer of events in Russia during the last years of the Tsarist regime. After the Russian Revolution, he moved to Siberia. Following the collapse of the Kolchak government, Wilton managed to escape from Russia and eventually arrived in Paris, where, in 1920, he rejoined the ''New York Herald''. In 1924 he joined the staff of a newly-founded newspaper, the ''Paris Times'', which published in English. He died from cancer at the Hertford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Weld (MP For Norfolk)
Thomas Weld may refer to: * Thomas Welde (1594/5–1661), first minister of the First Church of Roxbury, Massachusetts * Thomas Weld (of Lulworth) Thomas Bartholomew Weld (1750–1810), known as Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle, was a member of the English Catholic gentry, landowner, philanthropist and bibliophile. He was connected to many of the leading Catholic families of the land, such ... (1750–1810), of Lulworth castle, Catholic philanthropist * Thomas Weld (cardinal) (1773–1837), British Roman Catholic Cardinal {{hndis, name=Weld, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet
Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet (24 March 1623 – 28 February 1672) of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1672. Hare was the son of Sir John Hare and his wife Elizabeth Coventry, only daughter of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry by his 1st wife Sarah Sebright. He was related to (great great great uncle) Sir Nicholas Hare, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1539 to 1540, who had purchased the Stow Bardolph estate in 1553. Hare was created a baronet, of Stow Bardolph in the County of Norfolk on 23 July 1641 and appointed Sheriff of Norfolk for 1650. He was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament in 1654, and then re-elected MP for Norfolk for the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656. In 1660, he was elected MP for King's Lynn in the Convention Parliament and MP for Norfolk in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament, sitting until his death in 1672. Hare died at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet
Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet ( 1614 – November 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1677. Biography D'Oyly was the son of William D'Oyly. He succeeded to the estates of his uncle Henry, and was known as Sir William, the elder. As heir to Susan D'Oyly, his cousin, he came into possession of Pond-hall ( Hadleigh), Topsfield, and Cossford, in Suffolk, and Shottisham (now more generally spelled Shotesham), Gostlings, and three manors in Warham, in Norfolk. He was serving abroad in the army of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and remained abroad after Gustavus Adolphus's death until he returned to take possession of the family fortune. He was knighted by King Charles I in 1642, for his gallant behaviour. William Betham''The Baronetage of England Volume 2''/ref> At the end of the First English Civil War in 1646 D'Oyly was commanding a regiment of the Norfolk Trained Bands, though he was excluded at the time of Pride's Purge. In 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet (20 March 1628 – 22 August 1683) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1683. Hobart was the son of Sir Miles Hobart (son of Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet), and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, and was born in Ditchingham, Norfolk. He succeeded his uncle John as baronet in 1647. On 22 February 1650 Hobart was commissioned by the Council of State as Colonel of a foot regiment of the Norfolk Trained Bands consisting of seven companies. The regiment was called out for service during the Scottish invasion of the Third English Civil War. In 1654, Hobart was elected member of parliament for Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Norfolk in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. After the Restoration Hobart was appointed Sheriff of Norfolk in 1667 and was host to King Charles II of England at Blickling in 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1783 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Sydney. He held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century. The cities of Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Sydney in New South Wales, Australia were named in his honour, in 1785 and 1788, respectively. Background and education Townshend was born in Frognal House, Sidcup, Kent, the son of the Hon. Thomas Townshend, who was the second son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, also known as "Turnip" Townshend for his agricultural innovations. Thomas Townshend the younger's mother was Albinia, daughter of John Selwyn. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. Political career Townshend was elected to the House of Commons in 1754 as Whig member for Whitchurch in Hampshire, and held that seat till his elevation to the peerage in 1783. He initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |