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James Du Pré
James Du Pré (1778–1870), of Wilton Park Estate, Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician. He was the son of Josias Du Pre (1721-1780), former List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras, Governor of Madras and educated at Eton College (1791) and Christ Church, Oxford (1796-1800). He succeeded his father to Wilton Park in 1780. Du Pré was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain (and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom) for Gatton (UK Parliament constituency), Gatton 29 Apr. 1800–1802, for Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Aylesbury 1802–1804 and for Chichester (UK Parliament constituency), Chichester 1807–1812. He was selected High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for 1825–26. He married in 1801 Madelina, the daughter of Sir William Maxwell, 4th Bt., of Monreith, Wigtown, a niece of the Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Duchess of Gordon. They had 3 sons and 8 daughters, one of whom was the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilton Park Estate
The Wilton Park Estate is located in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. History The Wilton Park estate once belonged to the monks of Burnham Abbey. It is mentioned in 1412, with John Amond as farmer. In 1702, it was acquired by the Basill family, who built a house on the estate. Sometime between 1760 and 1770, they sold the estate to Josias Du Pré, the future Governor of Madras. He commissioned the building of a mansion house on the estate, also known as the "White House", designed by Richard Jupp, which was completed in 1779. In 1939, the house was taken over by the War Office and used as an interrogation centre for Nazism, Nazi Prisoner of war, prisoners of war: German refugees working for the Allies would listen in secret into prisoners' conversations. After the World War II, Second World War, the house was used by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to re-educate prisoners of war into the British way of life: between January 1946 and June 1948, approx 4,500 Germans were made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet
Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet (24 June 1758 – 25 August 1832) was an English banker and politician. He was born in Philadelphia the son of Captain Walter Stirling, RN of Faskine, Lanark and his wife Dorothy Willing of Philadelphia. He was Captain commandant then Major commandant of the Somerset Place Volunteers in 1798, Lieut-Col. of the Prince of Wales's Loyal Middlesex Volunteers in 1803-08 and a member of the London and Westminster Light Horse in 1803–07. He was a director of the Globe Insurance Co. and a junior partner in the bank of Hodsoll and Michel (later Hodsoll and Stirling) in the Strand. He was elected MP for Gatton, Surrey from 1799 to 1802 and St Ives, Cornwall from 1807 to 1820. He was created a baronet in 1800 and appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1804–05. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1801. In 1794, he married Susannah, the daughter and heiress of George Trenchard Goodenough, FRS of Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke Of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, (''né'' Lennox; 3 August 179121 October 1860), styled the Earl of March from 1806–19, was a Scottish peer, soldier and prominent Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Upon the death of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, his uncle in 1836, he inherited the Clan Gordon, Gordon estates and per the terms of the bequest, adopted thus additional surname. His near-complete correspondence is now held at the West Sussex Archives. Early life Gordon-Lennox was born in 1791, the son and heir of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, Charles Lennox (1764–1819) by his wife, Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, Lady Charlotte Gordon, the eldest child of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon. In 1806, his father inherited the Dukedom of Richmond from his uncle the Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, third duke. From then until his father's death in 1819, Gordon-Lennox was styled Earl of March, a courtesy title, being one of his fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George White-Thomas
George White-Thomas (1750 – 24 June 1821) was a British politician and the Member of Parliament for Chichester from 1784 to 1812. See also * List of MPs in the first United Kingdom Parliament This is a list of the Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1801, which was the First Parliament of the United Kingdom after the Union with Ireland. The parliament was created by co ... References 1750 births 1821 deaths British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies {{England-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Steele (British Politician)
Thomas Steele PC (17 November 1753 – 8 December 1823) was a British politician at the turn of the nineteenth century. Early life Steele was born on 17 November 1753. He was the eldest son of Thomas Steele, Recorder of Chichester, and the former Elizabeth Madgwick of Cuckfield. His younger brother was Robert Steele, MP for Weobley. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Career His father was connected in Chichester politics with MP John Page, but transferred his allegiance when the Duke of Richmond secured control of the borough. After studying law at the Middle Temple he was elected as MP for Chichester in 1780, holding the seat until 1807. He held the post of Joint Secretary to the Treasury from 1783 to 1791, Joint Paymaster of the Forces from 1791 to 1804, and King's Remembrancer from 1797 to 1823. Personal life On 3 September 1785, Steele married Charlotte Amelia Lindsay, the daughter of Sir David Lindsay, 4th Baronet, of Evelick, Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cavendish (Aylesbury MP)
George Henry Compton Cavendish (14 October 1784 – 22 January 1809) was an English Whig politician and British Army officer, the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington. He was educated at Eton College. History of Parliament online article by R.G. Thorne. He was commissioned Cornet in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, 7th Dragoons in 1801, and subsequently promoted to Lieutenant in 1802, Captain in 1804, and Major in 1808, when in the latter year he joined his regiment serving in the . He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet
Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, (10 June 1757 – 11 March 1849) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, he fought with the Coldstream Guards under the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Duke of York during the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition, Flanders Campaign. He then commanded the 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers), Buckinghamshire Volunteers in the actions of St. Andria and Thuyl on the river Waal (river), Waal and participated in the disastrous retreat from the Rhine. He went on to be commander of the northern district of Ireland, in which post he played an important part in placating the people of Belfast during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Irish Rebellion, and then became Adjutant-General in Ireland. He went on to be Governor of Jamaica, commander of the Western Command (United Kingdom), Western District in England, commander of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cavendish (1783–1812)
William Cavendish MP (10 January 1783 – 14 January 1812) was an English nobleman and Whig politician. He was the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington. He was educated at Eton College, and Trinity College, Cambridge, between 1800 and 1803. He went on a continental Grand Tour in 1803–04, during which he visited Berlin to see the Prussian Army reviews. Although this was during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, his own military service was at home; he was commissioned Captain in the Derbyshire Militia in 1803, was promoted Major in 1804, and was its Colonel from 1811 until his early death. and remained so throughout the Middle ... Road incident deaths in England {{England-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bent
Robert Bent (c. 1745 – 1832), of 46 Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex and West Molesey, Surrey, was an English politician. He was a member of parliament for Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Waterside Theatre. It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milt ... 1802 to 29 February 1804. He was unseated for petition on the grounds of bribery. Bent and his wife had two sons- Jeffery Hart Bent and Ellis Bent, both judges- and three daughters. References 1740s births 1832 deaths People from the London Borough of Camden People from Molesey Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1802–1806 {{England-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1806 United Kingdom General Election
The 1806 United Kingdom general election was the second general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held from 29 October 1806 to 17 December 1806, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. The general election took place in a situation of considerable uncertainty about the future of British politics, following the sudden death of William Pitt the Younger and the formation of the Ministry of all the Talents. Parliament was dissolved on 24 October 1806. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 13 December 1806, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. Political situation Since the previous general election fighting in the Napoleonic Wars with France had resumed in 1803. Tory Prime Minister Henry Addington had resigned in 1804. William Pitt the Younger formed a new coalition of pro-government Whig and Tory politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake
Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake (27 July 1744 – 20 February 1808) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British general. He commanded British forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and later served as Commander-in-Chief, India, Commander-in-Chief of the military in British India. Background He was the son of Lancelot Charles Lake (d. 1751) of Harrow-on-the-Hill and his wife Letitia Gumley, daughter of John Gumley. He was educated at Eton College. Lake entered the foot guards in 1758, becoming lieutenant (captain in the army) in 1762, captain (lieutenant-colonel) in 1776, major in 1784, and lieutenant colonel in 1792, by which time he was a general officer in the army. He served with his regiment in Germany between 1760 and 1762, and with a composite battalion in the Battle of Yorktown (1781), Battle of Yorktown of 1781. After this he was equerry to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV of the United Kingdom, George IV. His younger brother Warwick Lake, Warwick served as a groom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrope Bernard
Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet (1 October 1758 – 18 April 1830) was a British politician and baronet. Background Born Scrope Bernard in Pestel Amberg (Perth Amboy) in New Jersey, he was the sixth and youngest son of Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet and Amelia Offley, daughter of Stephen Offley. In 1818, he succeeded his older brother Thomas as baronet. Bernard-Morland was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1779 and was promoted by seniority to Master of Arts two years later. In 1788, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (DCL). One year later, Bernard-Morland became a member of the College of Laws in London, and in 1795, he was promoted Judge of the Episcopal Court of Durham. In 1811, by Royal Licence, he assumed the surname of Bernard-Morland to inherit the estates of his father-in-law. Career In 1782, Bernard-Morland was appointed Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, an office he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
