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John McClintock (1770–1855)
John McClintock (14 August 1770 – 12 July 1855) was an Irish magistrate for County Louth, and formerly Serjeant at Arms in the Irish House of Commons. Early years He was the eldest son of John 'Bumper Jack' McClintock, MP for Enniskillen and Belturbet in the Irish House of Commons who commissioned the building of this mansion at Drumcar House near Drumcar, northeast of Dunleer in 1777. His mother was Patience, daughter of William Foster, esq. M.P. for the Co. Louth, and first-cousin to John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel. His paternal grandfather was Alexander McClintock (died May 1775). In 1787, John McClintock enrolled at Trinity College Dublin, studying for three and a half years before attaining his degree of Bachelor of Arts. Career Though he had intended becoming a lawyer, McClintock was granted the office of Serjeant at Arms to the Irish House of Commons in 1794, aged 21, in conjunction with his younger brother, William Foster McClintock (died 1839). McClintock was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Louth (UK Parliament Constituency)
County Louth, otherwise known as Louth County or Louth, is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), and one from 1918 to 1922. Boundaries From 1801 to 1885, the constituency comprised the whole of County Louth, except for the parliamentary boroughs of Drogheda and Dundalk. Between 1885 and 1918 the county was divided into the county division constituencies North Louth and South Louth. In 1918, the reunited constituency covered the entire county of Louth plus a small part of County Meath near Drogheda. History Louth was a constituency in the first Dáil election in December 1918 when Sinn Féin won by 255 votes, its narrowest margin of victory in that election. John J. O'Kelly, a native of Kerry, resident in Glasnevin (Dublin), was Louth's first TD. The constituency was merged with Meath to form the 5 seat Louth� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lalor Shiel
Richard Lalor Sheil (17 August 1791 – 23 May 1851), Irish politician, writer and orator, was born at Drumdowney, Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The family was temporarily domiciled at Drumdowney while their new mansion at Bellevue, near Waterford, was under construction. Life His father was Edward Sheil, who had acquired considerable wealth in Cadiz in southern Spain and owned an estate in Tipperary. His mother was Catherine McCarthy of Springhouse, near Bansha, County Tipperary, a member of the old aristocratic family of MacCarthy Reagh of Springhouse, who in their time were Princes of Carbery and Counts of Toulouse in France. The son was taught French and Latin by the Abbé de Grimeau, a French refugee. He was then sent to a Catholic school in Kensington, London, presided over by a French nobleman, M. de Broglie. For a time he attended the lay college in St Patrick's College, Maynooth. In October 1804, he was removed to Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, and in Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1831 United Kingdom General Election
The 1831 United Kingdom general election saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result, it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to 1 June 1831. The Whigs won a majority of 136 over the Tories, which was as near to a landslide as the unreformed electoral system could deliver. As the Government obtained a dissolution of Parliament once the new electoral system had been enacted, the resulting Parliament was a short one and there was another election the following year. The election was the first since 1715 to see a victory by a party previously in minority. Political situation The ninth UK Parliament elected in 1830 lacked a stable Commons majority for the Tory government of the Duke of Wellington: the best estimate is that it there had 310 supporters, 225 opponents and 121 doubtful.D.R. Fisher, History of Parliament 182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 United Kingdom General Election
The 1830 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue. Polling took place in July and August and the Tories won a plurality over the Whigs, but division among Tory MPs allowed Earl Grey to form an effective government and take the question of electoral reform to the country the following year. The eighth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 24 July 1830. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 14 September 1830, 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. This election was the first since 1708 to cause the collapse of the government.B. Hilton, ''A Mad, Bad and Dangerous People?'' Political situation The Tory leader, at the time of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dawson (MP) , independent, day school in Summerlin, Nevada
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Alexander Dawson may refer to: * Alexander Dawson (MP) (''c'' 1771–1831), MP for County Louth 1826–1831 * Alexander Dawson (architect), New South Wales Government Architect 1856–1862 * Alexander Dawson School (other) ** Alexander Dawson School, private school located in Lafayette, Colorado ** The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain or Dawson is a private independent, college-preparatory, and day school in Summerlin, Nevada. The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain provides co-educational and secular education to over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ker (politician)
David Ker (February 1758 – January 21, 1805), born in northern Ireland, was a minister, educator, lawyer and judge, the first presiding professor (equivalent of a modern-day university president) of the University of North Carolina. Early life David Ker was born in February 1758 in Downpatrick, Ireland.William S. Powell, ''Dictionary of North Carolina Biography'', Volume 3, H-K, pp. 353-35/ref> He was of Scottish ancestry.Robert Haynes, ''The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795-1817'', Louisville, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2010, p. 5/ref> He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College in Dublin.Franklin E. Court, ''The Scottish Connection: The Rise of English Literary Study in Early America'', Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2001, p. 10/ref>Leslie Gale Parr, ''A Will of Her Own: Sarah Towles Reed and the Pursuit of Democracy in Southern Public Education'', Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2010, p. /ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 and 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a Vacancy (eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gordon (d
John, Johnny, Jonathan, or Jon Gordon may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Watson Gordon (1788–1864), Scottish portrait painter and a president of the Royal Scottish Academy * John Gordon (trombonist) (born 1939), American jazz trombonist * Jon Gordon (musician) (born 1966), American jazz saxophonist * John Gordon (scenic artist) (c. 1874–1911), in Australia, son of George Gordon * John Gordon (songwriter) (born 1963), Australian singer-songwriter and music producer * , wrote "Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)", 2010 * John Gordon (author) (1925–2017), English writer of teenage supernatural fiction * John R. Gordon (born 1964), English screenwriter * Jon Henry Gordon, makeup artist Military * John Gordon (militia captain) (1759–1819), American Appalachian pioneer and Indian fighter * John Gordon (Royal Navy officer) (1792–1869), court-martialed after HMS ''America'' incident * John William Gordon (1814–1870), British Army officer and Inspector-General of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McClintock Channel
M'Clintock Channel (also spelled McClintock Channel) is located in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The channel, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, divides Victoria Island from Prince of Wales Island. This channel is named after Sir Francis McClintock, an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, famous for his Canadian Arctic explorations. The channel is long, and between wide, making it one of the largest channels in the Arctic Archipelago. The channel connects Ommanney Bay and Parry Channel to the northwest and Larsen Sound Larsen Sound is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located south of Prince of Wales Island, west of the Boothia Peninsula, north of King William Island and east of Gateshead Island. To the west and north-west the ... to the southeast. Umingmalik is on the southeast boundary of the channel. References External linksM'Clintock Channel (MC)at the Polar Bear Specialist Group Victoria Island (Canada) Channels of Kitikme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Leopold McClintock
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin's lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845 attempting to be the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. McClintock's report was received more favorably than that of Rae, who was shunned and denied recognition for having discovered the lost expedition's fate. Rae's report ultimately guided McClintock to the correct area to conduct a search. McClintock also stirred controversy with his claim that Franklin, before his death, had essentially discovered the Northwest Passage, while in reality he had not. Rae, with his discovery of Rae Strait, had discovered the real ice-free passage through North America's Arctic archipelago. Early life McClint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Trench, 1st Earl Of Clancarty
William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty (23 June 1741 – 27 April 1805) was an Irish aristocrat and politician and later United Kingdom statesman at the time of the Act of Union. His family, through his son Richard, became prominent and hereditary members of the Netherlands' nobility. Early life Trench was born on 23 June 1741. He was one of six sons and five daughters born to Frances ( Power) Trench and Richard Trench. Among his siblings were Gen. Eyre Power Trench (who married Charlotte, widow of Lady Sir John Burgoyne, 7th Baronet and daughter of James Johnston), Nicholas Power Trench (who married Jane Butler, daughter of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet), and Anne Power Trench (wife of Charles Cobbe, MP, son of Thomas Cobbe and grandson of Charles Cobbe, Archbishop of Dublin). His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth ( Eyre) Trench and Frederick Trench, who represented Banagher and Galway County in the Irish House of Commons. His maternal grandparents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
