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Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne
Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (14 April 1779 – 3 May 1854), was a British politician. Background Born Nicholas Ridley, he was the younger son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet, and Sarah Colborne (d. 1806), daughter of Benjamin Colborne (see Viscount Ridley for earlier history of the family). In 1803 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Colborne. Political career Ridley-Colborne sat as Member of Parliament for Bletchingley (UK Parliament constituency), Bletchingley from 1805 to 1806, for Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Malmesbury from 1806 to 1807, for Appleby (UK Parliament constituency), Appleby from 1807 to 1812, for Thetford (UK Parliament constituency), Thetford from 1818 to 1826, for Horsham (UK Parliament constituency), Horsham from 1827 to 1832 and for Wells (UK Parliament constituency), Wells from 1834 to 1837. In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colborne, of West Harling in the County of Norfolk. Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ladbroke
Sir Robert Ladbroke (1713 – 31 October 1773) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1754 to 1770. He also served Lord Mayor of London in 1747. Ladbroke was a member of a Warwickshire family who set up in business in London, becoming an Alderman of London in 1741 and Sheriff of London in 1743. He was knighted in 1744. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1747 and a Member of Parliament for London from 1754 to 1770. In 1771 he became partner, with his son and son-in-law Walter Rawlinson, in the London bank of Ladbroke, Rawlinson and Porker. He purchased Idlicote House in Idlicote, Warwickshire in 1759. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Brown of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate. Their only son Robert, also both banker and politician, would later sell Idlicote and move to Surrey. Robert junior married Elizabeth Hannah Kingscote (b. 22 Mar 1751) on 19 September 1769 in the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow, Essex. Their son was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hurst (1750–1843)
Robert Hurst (1750 – 13 April 1843) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for boroughs from 1806 to 1829. Political career At the 1802 general election, Hurst was elected to the House of Commons for two constituencies: Shaftesbury and Steyning.Stooks Smith, page 556 The result of the election in Shaftesbury was disputed, but once the dispute had been settled in his favour he chose to represent Shaftesbury, and did not sit for Steyning in the remainder of the Parliament. At the 1806 general election he was returned again for Steyning, and held that seat until the 1812 general election, when he was elected as MP for Horsham, a seat which he held until 1829, when he resigned his seat by taking the Chiltern Hundreds The Chiltern Hundreds is an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three hundred (county division), ancient hundreds and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills. "Taking the Chiltern Hundreds" refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, (June 1799 – 23 March 1864), was a British businessman and a Whig politician who later became a Tory. Background and education William Bingham Baring was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 1799, the eldest son of the politician and banker Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1773–1848), and his wife Ann Louisa (died 1848), daughter of William Bingham. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated in classics in 1821. He received a Master of Arts in 1836 and an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law in 1856. Political career Baring sat as Member of Parliament for Thetford between 1826 and 1830 and 1841 and 1848, for Callington between 1830 and 1831, for Winchester between 1832 and 1837, and for Staffordshire North between 1837 and 1841. He was elected as a Whig in 1832 and 1835, and from 1837 as a Tory. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control from 1841 to 1845 and as Pay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord John FitzRoy
Lord John Edward FitzRoy (24 September 1785 – 28 December 1856), was a British politician. Background and education FitzRoy was the sixth son of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of Great Britain, by his second wife Elizabeth Wrottesley, daughter of the Very Reverend Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet, Dean of Worcester. He was the half-brother of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, and Lord Charles FitzRoy and the full brother of Admiral Lord William FitzRoy. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. Public life FitzRoy was returned to Parliament for Thetford in 1812 (succeeding his brother Lord William), a seat controlled by the FitzRoy family, and was a supporter of the Whig opposition. He was not re-elected in 1818 but returned to the House of Commons in 1820 as one of two representatives for Bury St Edmunds (succeeding his nephew Lord Euston), another seat controlled by the family. He continued to represent the constituency until 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Creevey
Thomas Creevey (March 17685 February 1838) was an English politician. He is best known for his insight into social conditions as revealed by his writings, which were published in 1903. Life Creevey was the son of William Creevey, a Liverpool merchant, and was born in that city. He went to Queens' College, Cambridge, Queens' College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, and graduated as seventh Wrangler (University of Cambridge), Wrangler in 1789. The same year he became a student at the Inner Temple, and was called to the Bar (law), bar in 1794. In 1802 he entered Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament through the Bernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Norfolk's nomination as member for Thetford (UK Parliament constituency), Thetford, and married a widow with six children, Mrs Ord, who had a life interest in a comfortable income. Creevey was a British Whig Party, Whig and a follower of Charles James Fox, and his active intellect and social qualities p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Charles FitzRoy (politician)
Charles FitzRoy may refer to: *Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1662–1730), 18th century nobleman *Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683–1757), nobleman who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland *Lord Charles FitzRoy (1718–1739), fourth son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton *Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (1737–1797), British statesman and soldier, MP for Bury St. Edmunds *Charles FitzRoy (British Army officer) (1762–1831), son of the above, general *Lord Charles FitzRoy (1764–1829), second son of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, general and MP for Bury St. Edmunds *Lord Charles FitzRoy (1791–1865), second son of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, British Army officer and MP for Bury St. Edmunds *Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy (1796–1858), governor of Prince Edward Island and New South Wales *Lord Charles Edward FitzRoy (1857–1911), third son of Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton, reverend *Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton (1892–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lowther (1753–1837)
Colonel James Lowther (23 February 1753 – 1837) was a British soldier and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 43 years from 1775 to 1818. He was the second son of Rev. Henry Lowther, rector of Aikton, and Dorothy Tatham. Rev. Henry was the great-grandson of Rev. Lancelot Lowther, rector of Long Marston and son of Sir Christopher Lowther (1557–1617). Rev. Lancelot founded the cadet branch of Lowther of Colby Leathes, the heads of which family were largely clerics with livings in the gift of the more senior branches of the Lowther family. James, however, took a more active role in the service of his fourth cousin, James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale. As one of " Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", he was member of parliament for Westmorland from 1775 until 1812, and then for Appleby from 1812 until 1818. He was also returned for Haslemere in 1790, but preferred to continue to sit for Westmorland. In addition to his political role, Lowther served as second to Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Courtenay (1738–1816)
John Courtenay (22 August 1738 – 24 March 1816) was an Irish officer in the British Army who became a politician in England. He was a Whig member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster from 1780 to 1807, and again in 1812. Courtenay was the second son of Henry Courtenay, a revenue officer from Newry, County Down in the Kingdom of Ireland. He was educated at Drogheda Grammar School. He was MP for Tamworth from 1780 to 1796, and then for Appleby from 1796 to 1807. He was re-elected for Appleby at the 1812 general election, but resigned his seat shortly after Parliament met in December. A member both of Brooks's and Whig Club, Courtenay aligned with Charles James Fox against the First Pitt ministry. As such, he supported reform measures, favouring the repeal of the Test Act in Scotland in 1791, abolition of the slave trade, and parliamentary reform; helped manage the impeachment of Warren Hastings; and, in ''A Poetical and Philosophical Essay on the French Revolution'' (1793) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. As prime minister, Grey won adoption of the Great Reform Act of 1832 which expanded the electorate in the United Kingdom; and passed the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 which abolished slavery in the British Empire. Grey was a long-time leader of the reform movement. He presented his first petition to extend the electoral franchise of voting as a member of parliament in 1792, and as prime minister he ultimately passed the Reform Act of 1832, which extended the franchise of voting in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and which was accompanied by extensions of the electoral franchise in Scotland and Ireland with the Scottish Reform Act 1832 and the Irish Reform Act 1832. He resigned as prime minister in 1834 over disagreements in his cabinet reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ramsay Cuthbert
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', US title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Gell (1775–1842)
Philip Gell (1775–1842) was a British Whig (British political faction), Whig politician.The House of Commons, 1790-1820, Volume 1 R. G. Thorne, p.16, accessed September 2010 Gell was a quiet MP who bought his constituency. He was the High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1822. Biography Gell was the son of Philip Eyre Gell and Dorothy () of Hopton Hall. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School. In 1797 he married Georgiana Nicholas. Gell was offered a position as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Malmesbury which he bought for £4,000. He was returned in 1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 for Malmesbury. In 1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 he was elected for Penryn (UK Parlia ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
