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John Heathcote (1767–1838)
John Heathcote (14 November 1767 – 3 May 1838) was a British politician, MP for Gatton from 1796 to 1798, and for Ripon from 1798 to 1806. Biography He was the son of John Heathcote (died 1795) and Lydia Moyer, and the grandson of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet (1689–1759), MP for Grantham and Bodmin. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He was MP for Gatton from 1796 to 1798, and for Ripon from 1798 to 1806 and appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1809–10. He married on 5 November 1799 Mary Anne Thornhill (d. 27 July 1854), the daughter of George Thornhill. They lived at Conington Castle, Huntingdonshire, and had five children: * John Moyer Heathcote (9 November 1800 – 27 March 1892) * Mary Anne Lydia Heathcote (c. 1803 – 10 October 1876) married George Hussey Packe (1797 – 1874) and had two children * Reverend Robert Boothby Heathcote Reverend Robert Boothby Heathcote (13 May 1805 – 19 September 1865) was a Chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Heathcote (died 1795)
John Heathcote FRS (''c.''1727 – 29 July 1795) was a British Member of Parliament. He was born the second son of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet, of Normanton, Rutland, from whom he inherited estates at Steeple Gidding and Conington, Huntingdonshire in 1759. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn (1744). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 12 May 1768. He served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1767–68 and was the MP for Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ... from 29 June 1790 until his death. He married Lydia Moyer (d. 14 August 1822) on 27 October 1764, they had two children: * John Heathcote (14 November 1767 – 3 May 1838) * Lydia Heathcote (d. 18 March 1848, York) married on 6 June 1811 William Henry Dawnay 6th Viscount D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1767 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of '' The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the means to find longitude at sea, using tables of lunar distance. * January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront. * February 16 – On orders from head of state Pasquale Paoli of the newly independent Republic of Corsica, a contingent of about 200 Corsican soldiers begins an invasion of the small island of Capraia off of the coast of northern Italy and territory of the Republic of Genoa. By May 31, the island is conquered as its defenders surrender.George Renwick, ''Romantic Corsica: Wanderings in Napoleon's Isle'' (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910) p230 * Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of The United Kingdom For English Constituencies
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British MPs 1796–1800
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Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Cambridgeshire And Huntingdonshire
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Alumni Of Queens' College, Cambridge
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathcote Family
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1838 Deaths
Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration of Morse's new invention, the telegraph. * January 11 - A 7.5 earthquake strikes the Romanian district of Vrancea causing damage in Moldavia and Wallachia, killing 73 people. * January 21 – The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth is made, indicating in Yakutsk. * February 6 – Boer explorer Piet Retief and 60 of his men are massacred by King Dingane kaSenzangakhona of the Zulu people, after Retief accepts an invitation to celebrate the signing of a treaty, and his men willingly disarm as a show of good faith. * February 17 – Weenen massacre: Zulu impis massacre about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoikhoi and Basuto around the site of Weenen in South Africa. * February 24 – U.S. Representatives William J. Graves of Kentu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hussey Packe
George Hussey Packe (1 May 1796 – 2 July 1874) was a United Kingdom Member of Parliament, an army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in establishing the Great Northern Railway. Personal life George Hussey Packe was a scion of the family of Sir Christopher Packe, a 17th-century Lord Mayor of London. He was born at Hanthorpe House, Morton and Hanthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1796, the second son to Charles James Packe (1758–1837), of Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire, and his first wife Penelope, of Blythe Hall, Warwickshire. He married in 1824 Maryanne-Lidia (1796–1876), daughter of John Heathcote – of Connington Castle, Huntingdonshire, and MP for Ripon – and Mary Anne (née Thornhill). They had two children: Marianne Penelope Packe (1832–1921) and Hussey Packe (1846–1908).Sylvanus, Urban; ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1837), volume 7, p. 656Howard, Joseph Jackson, Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1899); ''Visitations of England and Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light side" and the "dark side", with the Mathematical Bridge connecting the two. The college has various distinguished or interesting alumni including Desiderius Erasmus, who studied at the college during his trips to England between 1506 and 1515. Other notable alumni include author T. H. White, Israeli politician Abba Eban, founding father of Ghana William Ofori Atta, newsreader and journalist Emily Maitlis, actor Stephen Fry, Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey (banker), Andrew Bailey, and the British Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament Stephen Kinnock and Liz Kendall. , the college held non-current assets valued at £111.18 million. The current president of the colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conington Castle
Conington Castle was a 16th-century house in Conington, Huntingdonshire, Conington, Huntingdonshire, England, built for Robert Bruce Cotton, Sir Robert Cotton. It was demolished in 1956 by the then owner John Horace Broke Heathcote. History Sir John Cotton (1662–1702) never lived in the house and it fell into ruin. His grandson, Sir John Cotton (1702–1731), pulled down part of it, and converted the rest into a farmhouse. The politician John Heathcote (1767–1838), John Heathcote (1767–1838) restored and improved the house. His eldest son, John Moyer Heathcote, made substantial alterations in 1840. In 1941 Norman Heathcote, John Norman Heathcote placed the castle at the disposal of the British Red Cross for use as a convalescent hospital. The buildings were modified and opened in October 1941 with accommodation for 80 patients. Mr Heathcote moved from the castle to the Home Farm. In 1955 Conington Castle was put on the property market by John Horace Broke Heathcote. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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