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Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville
Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret (21 September 1721 – 13 February 1776) was an English nobleman and politician who was Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Yarmouth (1744–1747) and hereditary List of bailiffs of Jersey, Bailiff of Jersey from (1763–1776). Early life Robert Carteret, born in 1721 and was the son of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, who was the Lord President of the Council and Frances, Lady Carteret, Frances Worsley, daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet. He was educated at Westminster School (1731–1738) and St John's College, Oxford, St John's College (1738). Parliament Carteret in April 1744 tried to become the candidate for Cornwall, but was unsuccessful. He instead would run to be the Member of parliament, Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Yarmouth during a by-election in 1744, he would not run for re-election after his term. Marriage He married a French woman named Elizabeth (died 1766 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the Grammatical person, third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, Devon to the east, and the English Channel to the south. The largest urban area is the Redruth and Camborne conurbation. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and population of 568,210. After the Redruth-Camborne conurbation, the largest settlements are Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay, St Austell, and Truro. For Local government in England, local government purposes most of Cornwall is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, with the Isles of Scilly governed by a Council of the Isles of Scilly, unique local authority. The Cornish nationalism, Cornish nationalist movement disputes the constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is the weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (July 1667 – 22 September 1695) was son of Philip Carteret (courtier), Sir Philip Carteret (died 1672) and the grandson of Sir George Carteret, Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (died 1680). His mother was Lady Jemima Montagu, a daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich. Biography Carteret was left an orphan at the age of five, and was brought up by his grandmother Elizabeth de Carteret, a daughter of Philippe de Carteret II, Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur de Sark, whom Samuel Pepys called "the most kind lady in the world".C. H. Firth, "Carteret, Sir George, first baronet (1610?–1680" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) In 1681, when Carteret was fourteen, Charles II of England, King Charles II created him Baron Carteret, of Haynes, Bedfordshire, Hawnes, in recognition of his late grandfather's outstanding loyalty to the House of Stuart, both during the English Civil Wars and after the Restora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Granville, 1st Earl Of Bath
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC (29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701) was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title and various appointments. Personal details John was born on 29 August 1628 at Kilkhampton in Cornwall, the third son of Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–1643) and Grace Smythe (died 1647). His aunt Elizabeth Smythe was the mother of George Monck who played a leading role in the 1660 Stuart Restoration and it was this connection that later resulted in Grenville being raised to the peerage as Earl of Bath. One of thirteen children, John's two elder brothers died prematurely, making him heir to his father's considerable estates when Sir Bevil was killed at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643. Career During the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Granville fought in the regiment raised by his father for Charles I (1625–1649). Created a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Bevil Grenville
Sir Bevil Grenville (23 March 1596 – 5 July 1643) was an English landowner and soldier who sat as a Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 and 1642, although during those years there were few parliamentary sessions. When the First English Civil War broke out in August 1642, he joined the Royalists and played a leading role in their early campaigns in the West Country. He was killed in action at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643. Early life Bevil Grenville was born 23 March 1596 in Lower Brynn, near Withiel, Cornwall, eldest son of Sir Bernard Grenville (1567–1636) and Elizabeth Bevil (1564–1636), and grandson of Elizabethan hero and naval captain, Sir Richard Grenville (1542–1591). He had a younger brother, Richard (1600–1659), who later also fought for the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, acquiring a reputation for brutality and greed. Grenville entered Exeter College, Oxford, in 1611, and graduated in 1614, later saying he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wyche (ambassador)
Sir Peter Wyche PC ( 1593 – 7 October 1643) was a London merchant and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1627 to 1641. Early life Sir Peter was the sixth son of Richard Wyche (1554–1621), a merchant, and his wife Elizabeth ( Saltonstall) Wyche (1556–1626), daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Lord Mayor of London. His brother, Nathaniel Wyche, was a merchant and president of the East India Company. His paternal grandparents were Margaret ( Haughton) Wyche and Richard Wyche, a descendant of the fifteenth-century Lord Mayor of London, Henry Wyche. Career He was knighted by King Charles I on 16 December 1626, having received instructions from the king on 18 November, after his personal nomination. As ambassador, Sir Peter arrived at Constantinople on 10 April 1628, and remained at that post until he returned to England in May 1639. He secured a reduction of duty on English cloth. While in Constantinople he gave lodgings to the scholars and travellers John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Herbert (died 1677)
James Herbert (c. 1623 – April 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1677. Herbert was the son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Susan de Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 15 June 1638, aged 15. In May 1646, Herbert was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in the Long Parliament. He sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in December 1648. He was awarded MA at Oxford on 12 April 1648. In 1659, Herbert was elected MP for Queenborough in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Queenborough in 1660 for the Convention Parliament and in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament. He sat until his death in April 1677. Herbert owned Tythrop Park, Kingsey, Buckinghamshire, which his wife inherited from her grandfather in 1650. He died at the age of 54. Herbert married Jane Spiller daughter of Sir Robert Spiller of Lale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet (1613 – 11 September 1666), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640 and from 1660 to 1666. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War. Worsley was the son of Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet, and his wife Frances Neville, daughter of Sir Henry Neville of Billingbere, Berkshire. He inherited the Worsley baronetcy on the death of his father in 1621. In April 1640, Worsley was elected Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for Newport in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and held the seat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1658. After the Restoration in 1660, Worsley was elected MP for Newtown and held the seat until his death in 1666. Worsley died at Compton Hampshire at the age of 53. Worsley married Bridget Wallop, daughter of Sir Henry Wallop in 1634. His son Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl Of Winchilsea
Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea ( – 28 September 1689) was an English peer and diplomat who served as the English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1660 to 1669. Early life Finch was the only surviving son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea and the former Cecille Wentworth of Gosfield Hall, Essex. His paternal grandparents were Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Finch, ''suo jure'' 1st Countess of Winchilsea. His father inherited his grandfather's baronetcy from his uncle, Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet, who died without issue in 1619. His maternal grandparents were John Wentworth, High Sheriff of Essex and Cecily Unton. His first cousin was Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. Career On his return from Ottoman territory in June 1668, King Charles II remarked to Finch, "My Lord, you have not only built a town, but peopled it too". Winchilsea, in an obvious reference to Charles' own brood of nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war's outcome seemed uncertain for most of the war. However, Washington and the Continental Army's decisive victory in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 led King George III and the Kingdom of Great Britain to negotiate an end to the war in the Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris two years later, in 1783, in which the British monarchy acknowledged the independence of the Thirteen Colonies, leading to the establishment of the United States as an independent and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (1735–1826), of Haynes, Bedfordshire (known until 1776 as the Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne), was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Staffordshire (1757–1761), for Weobley (UK Parliament constituency), Weobley in Herefordshire (1761–1770) and was Master of the Household to King George III of the United Kingdom, George III 1768–1771. He was hereditary Bailiff of Jersey 1776–1826. Origins He was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth (1710–1751), by his second wife Louisa Carteret, daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763). He was thus the younger brother of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, later created Marquess of Bath. Education He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Arts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Carolina
The Province of Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712. The North American Carolina province consisted of all or parts of present-day Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Etymology "Carolina" is taken from the Latin word for "Charles" ( Carolus), honoring King CharlesI. First patents and settlements On October 30, 1629, King Charles I of England granted a patent to Sir Robert Heath for the lands south of 36 degrees and north of 31 degrees, "under the name, in honor of that king, of Carolana." Heath wanted the land for French Huguenots, but when Charles restricted use of the land to members of the Church of England, Heath assigned his grant to George, Lord Berkeley. King Charles I was executed in 1649 and Heath fled to France wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
