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Owen Wynne (1687–1756)
Owen Wynne (1687 – 1 June 1756) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fr ... from 1713 to 1756. He was an MP for Sligo Borough from 1713 until 1756. References 1687 births 1756 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Ireland
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the unreformed House of Commons in contemporary England and Great Britain. Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. The Irish executive, known as the Dublin Castle administration, under the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However, the Chief Secretary for Ireland was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the Speaker. From 1 January 1801, it ceased to exist and was succeeded by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Franchise The limited franchise was exclusively male. From 1728 until 1793, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo Borough (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Sligo'' was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ... until 1800. Members of Parliament *1613–1615 Henry Andrews and Edward Southworth *1634–1635 Arthur Jones and Edward Southworth *1639–1645 Keane O'Hara and Thomas Radcliffe (expelled) *1661–1666 Sir Henry Tichborne and Samuel Bathurst 1689–1801 References * {{Sligo constituencies Historic constituencies in County Sligo Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Walton (politician)
Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the biggest private employer in the world. For a period of time, Walton was the richest man in America. His family has remained the richest family in the U.S. for several consecutive years, with a net worth of around US$240.6 billion as of January 2022. Early life Samuel Moore Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy Lee, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He lived there with his parents on their farm until 1923. However, farming did not provide enough money to raise a family, and Thomas Walton went into farm mortgaging. He worked for his brother's Walton Mortgage Company, which was an agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance, where he foreclosed on farms during the Great Depression. He and his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Gethin
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc. People Surname * Alf Percy, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (other) * Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England * Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War *James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marine off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms Member of Congress, congressman/congresswoman or Deputy (legislator), deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian (other), parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Burton (Irish MP)
Samuel Burton of Burton Hall was an 18th-century Irish MP and High Sheriff of Carlow. He was born the eldest son of Benjamin Burton, a wealthy banker who was Member of the Irish House of Commons for Dublin city and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1706–7, and his wife Grace Stratford, daughter of Robert Stratford of Belan, County Kildare. He was elected MP for Sligo Borough in 1713 and appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1724. He was again elected MP in 1727, this time for Dublin Borough He married firstly Anne, daughter of Charles Campbell of Dublin, with whom he had three sons and a daughter. Anne was killed accidentally by the collapse of a scaffold in 1714 at the coronation of King George I. He was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, Benjamin, MP and Privy Councillor. His daughter Katherine married Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville (1708–1750) was an Irish peer, who is mainly remembered for having been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Ormsby
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) Places *Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada *Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska *Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) * Francisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wynne (1720–1778)
John Wynne (1720 – January 1778) was an Irish politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1751 to 1776, as a Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough 1751–60, for Leitrim 1761–68, and for Sligo Borough again 1768–76. References 1710 births 1778 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ormsby (Irish MP)
William Matthew Ormsby (1814 – May 12, 1860) was an early settler of Nevada who was instrumental in the establishment of Carson City and the Nevada Territory. Major Ormsby was killed leading a Militia force against Paiute Indians in what was called the Pyramid Lake War. Early life William Ormsby was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania in 1814. His title of "Major" may reflect service in the state militia. With thousands of other men, Ormsby moved to California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. His efforts at gold mining and horse sales in the West were mostly unsuccessful. He joined William Walker's filibustering expedition to Nicaragua and returned to California afterward. Nevada Undeterred by his earlier struggles, Ormsby moved to Genoa, Utah Territory (later Nevada) in 1857 as an agent for the Pioneer Stage Line. Ormsby and other supporters of the stage line favored western Utah Territory as the focal point of their overland stage route. Ormsby presided over a mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1687 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – With the end of latest of the Savoyard–Waldensian wars in the Duchy of Savoy between the Savoyard government and Protestant Italians known as the Waldensians, Victor Amadeus III, Duke of Savoy, carries out the release of 3,847 surviving prisoners and their families, who had forcibly been converted to Catholicism, and permits the group to emigrate to Switzerland. * January 8 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, is appointed as the last Lord Deputy of Ireland by the English crown, and begins efforts to include more Roman Catholic Irishmen in the administration. Upon the removal of King James II in England and Scotland, the Earl of Tyrconnell loses his job and is replaced by James, who reigns briefly as King of Ireland until William III establishes his rule over the isle. * January 27 – In one of the most sensational cases in England in the 17th century, midwife Mary Hobry murders her abusive husband, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1756 Deaths
Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops. * February 10 – The massacre of the Guaraní rebels in the Jesuit reduction of Caaibaté takes place in Brazil after their leader, Noicola Neenguiru, defies an ultimatum to surrender by 2:00 in the afternoon. On February 7, Neenguiru's predecessor Sepé Tiaraju has been killed in a brief skirmish. As two o'clock arrives, a combined force of Spanish and Portuguese troops makes an assault on the first of the Seven Towns established as Jesuit missions. Defending their town with cannons made out of bamboo, the Guaraní suffer 1,511 dead, compared to three Spaniards and two Portuguese killed in batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Ireland (pre-1801) For County Sligo 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
