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John Wells (MP For Maidstone, 1820–1830)
John Wells (1761 – 22 November 1848) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1830. He was born in West Malling, Kent, the second son of William Wells, of Bickley Hall, Bromley in Kent and Holme Hall, Huntingdonshire, by his wife Elizabeth, sister of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet, Governor of the Bank of England. In 1796, he married Esther in Rochester; she was the daughter of John Puget, a London banker, by his wife, Esther, daughter of James Dunn, MP for Dublin from 1758 to 1762. Esther's siblings included John David Puget, of Pointer's Grove, near Totteridge, Hertfordshire, Director of the Bank of England, and Rear-Admiral Peter Puget, CB, who explored with Captain George Vancouver and after whom Puget Sound is named. The family lived at Bickley Hall, built for his uncle John Wells by Robert Mylne in 1780, and extended to a design by Sir Robert Smirke in 1810. He also owned the Malling Heath estate in Kent. He was among the leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. The English identity began with the History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxons, when they were known as the , meaning "Angle kin" or "English people". Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who invaded Great Britain, Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups: the West Germanic tribes, including the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes who settled in England and Wales, Southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons who already lived there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. "Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vancouver
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain George Vancouver (; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what became the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington (state), Washington, Oregon and California. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia. Various places named for Vancouver include Vancouver Island; the city of Vancouver in British Columbia; Vancouver River on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia; Vancouver, Washington, in the United States; Mount Vancouver on the Canadian–US border between Yukon and Alaska; and New Zealand's Mount Vancouver (New Zealand), fourth-highest mountain, also Mount Vancouver (New Zealand), Mount Vancouver. Early life Vancouve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 United Kingdom General Election
The 1830 United Kingdom general election was held on 29 July 1830 to 1 September 1830 in the wake of the death of King George IV, producing the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King William IV. The fractured Tories (British political party), Tory party under the Duke of Wellington paved the way for Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Earl Grey to form a government, which would go on to take the issue of Reform Act 1832, electoral reform 1831 United Kingdom general election, 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 British general election, 1708 to cause the collapse of the government.B. Hilton, ''A Mad, Bad and Dangerous People?'' Political situation The Tory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1820 United Kingdom General Election
The 1820 United Kingdom general election was held on 6 March 1820 to 14 April 1820, to elect members of the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ..., the lower house of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament. Triggered by the death of King George III, it produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King George IV. It was held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories (British political party), Tories under the Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs (British political party), Whigs. The sixth United Kingdom Parliament was Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, dissolved on 29 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester, Kent, Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river carried much of the town's trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent, which is known as the Garden of England. There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back before the Stone Age. The town, part of the borough of Maidstone, had an approximate population of 100,000 in 2019. Since World War II, the town's economy has shifted from heavy industry towards light industry and services. Toponymy Anglo-Saxon period of English history, Saxon charters dating back to show the first recorded instances of the town's name, ''de maeides stana'' and ''maegdan stane'', possibly meaning ''stone of the maidens'' or ''stone of the people''. The latt ... [...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, the lower house 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. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a Vacancy (economics), vacancy arises at another time, due to death or Resignation from the British House of Commons, resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1818 United Kingdom General Election
The 1818 United Kingdom general election was the 5th general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held on 17 June 1818 to 18 July 1818. It saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats. The Whigs were divided over their response to growing social unrest and the introduction of the Corn Laws. The fifth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 10 June 1818. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 4 August 1818, 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. The sixth Parliament lasted only about a year and a half, as King George III's death on 29 January 1820 triggered a dissolution of Parliament. Political situation The Tory leader was the Earl of Liverpool, who had been prime minister since his predecessor's assassination in 1812. The Tory Leader of the House of Commons was Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidstone (UK Parliament Constituency)
Maidstone was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency represented in the Parliament of England, Great Britain and from 1801 the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The parliamentary borough of Maidstone returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1552 until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member. The borough was abolished in 1918 and replaced with a county division of the same name, which was abolished for the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election, and partially replaced by the new Maidstone and The Weald (UK Parliament constituency), Maidstone and The Weald constituency. History Before the 19th century Maidstone was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough, electing two Members of Parliament, in 1552; at the time it was one of the largest English towns not already represented, and was one of a number of boroughs e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Kent
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." () Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now obsolete, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The high sheriff changes every March. The current High Sheriff is Jonathan Neame. This is a list of high sheriffs of Kent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard is a small body of water that used to be a shipyard on the River Thames in Blackwall, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987. History East India Company Blackwall was a shipbuilding area since the Middle Ages. In 1607, the Honorable East India Company (HEIC) decided to build its own ships and leased a yard in Deptford. Initially, this change of policy proved profitable as the first ships cost the Company about £10 per ton instead of the £45 per ton that it had been paying to have ships built for it. However, the situation changed as the Deptford yard came to be expensive to run. In 1614 the East India Company outgrew Deptford and ordered William Burrell to begin work on a new yard for repair, construction and loading of out-going ships. The site Burrell selected was at Blackwall, which was further down river and had deeper water, allowing laden ships to moor closer to the dock. The new yard was fully ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deptford Dockyard
Deptford Dockyard was an important Royal Navy Dockyard, naval dockyard and base at Deptford on the River Thames, operated by the Royal Navy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It built and maintained warships for 350 years, and many significant events and ships have been associated with it. Founded by Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII in 1513, the dockyard was the most significant royal dockyard of the Tudor period and remained one of the principal naval yards for three hundred years. Important new technological and organisational developments were trialled here, and Deptford came to be associated with the great mariners of the time, including Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. The yard expanded rapidly throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, encompassing a large area and serving for a time as the headquarters of naval administration, and the HM Victualling Yard, Deptford, associated Victualling Yard became the Victualling Board's main depot. Tsar Peter t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Malling And Larkfield
East Malling is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ... in Kent which includes the villages of East Malling and Larkfield. In 2011 it had a population of 14,185. History The parish was renamed from "East Malling" on 19 April 1962. References Civil parishes in Kent Tonbridge and Malling {{Kent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
