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Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet
Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, 1st Baronet CBE, DL (6 September 1861 – 26 July 1935) was a British Conservative politician. Biography Boles was the son of Reverend James Thomas Boles of Ryll Court, Exmouth, Devon. He was educated at Bradfield School and Exeter College, Oxford. Sir Dennis entered Parliament in 1911, upon the elevation to the peerage of Lord St Audries, was returned to Parliament for Wellington, Somerset, in 1911, a seat he held until 1918, and then sat for Taunton from 1918 to 1921. Apart from his political career, Boles was also Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, from 1910, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset and for 1923 the High Sheriff of Somerset. He was made a CBE in 1919 and in 1922 he has created a baronet, of Bishop's Lydeard in the County of Somerset. Boles married Beatrice, daughter of John Lysaght, in 1894. He died in July 1935, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom#Modern honours, knight if male or a dame (title), dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with the order, but are not members of it. The order was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V, who created the order to recognise 'such persons, male or female, as may have rendered or shall hereafter render important services to Our Empire'. Equal recognition was to be given for services rendered in the UK and overseas. Today, the majority of recipients are UK citizens, though a number of Commonwealth realms outside the UK continue to make appointments to the order. Honorary awards may be made to cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lysaght (company)
John Lysaght and Co. was an iron and steel company established in Bristol, England, and with later operations in Wolverhampton, Newport, and Scunthorpe. The company was acquired by GKN in 1920. The founder John Lysaght (1832–1895) was born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, into a prosperous family of landowners; his father was William Lysaght (1800–1840), a distant relation of the Barons Lisle. John Lysaght was sent to school in Bristol, and became friendly with the Clark family. In the 1851 census he is recorded as a civil engineer living with his widowed mother and family in Liscard, Cheshire. However, in 1856 he acquired from the Clark family a small hardware galvanisation business, utilising the Crawford hot-dip technique, at Temple Back, Bristol. Forlorn Britain: The Orb Steelworks, Newport . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 Births
This year saw significant progress in the Unification of Italy, the outbreak of the American Civil War, and the Emancipation reform of 1861, emancipation reform abolishing serfdom in the Russian Empire. Events January * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-powered carousel is recorded, in Bolton, England. * January 2 – Frederick William IV of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I of Germany, Wilhelm I. American Civil War: ** January 3 – Delaware votes not to secede from the United States, Union. ** January 9 – Mississippi in the American Civil War, Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. ** January 10 – Florida in the American Civil War, Florida secedes from the Union. ** January 11 – Alabama in the American Civil War, Alabama secedes from the Union. ** January 12 – Major Robert Anderson (Union officer), Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gerald Boles, 2nd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boles Baronets
The Boles Baronetcy, of Bishop's Lydeard in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 June 1922 for Dennis Boles, who represented Wellington and Taunton in the House of Commons as a Conservative. As of 2014 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded his father in that year. Boles baronets, of Bishop's Lydeard (1922) * Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, 1st Baronet (1861–1935) * Sir Gerald Fortescue Boles, 2nd Baronet (1900–1945) * Sir Jeremy John Fortescue Boles, 3rd Baronet (1932–2014) * Sir Richard Fortescue Boles, 4th Baronet (born 1958) The heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ... is the present holder's only son James Alexander Fortescue Boles (born 1993). Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC (18 October 1865 – 1 June 1946) was a British politician in the Conservative Party whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections. Biography Sir Arthur was born at Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire, into a distinguished family of Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish lineage. He had an elder brother, Boscawen Trevor, and two sisters, Helen Evelyn Trevor (who married Brig.-Gen. Hugh Archdale) and Alice Catherine Trevor. His mother, Helen Sophia Duff (1834–1930), was the eldest daughter of Admiral Norwich Duff. Her grandfather George Duff was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar. His father, Captain Boscawen Trevor Griffith, served with the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers and saw action during the Crimean War; he was also chairman of the Denbighshire Court of Quarter Sessions for many years. The captain was the only son of Thomas Griffith and his second wife, Elizabeth Mary Boscawen, the daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. George Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton
Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton (28 March 1880 – 1 December 1956), also known by Sir Gilbert Wills, 2nd Baronet of Northmoor, Dulverton, Northmoor & Langtry Manor, Manor Heath, was a British businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament from 1909 to 1929. Family Wills was the son of Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet, and his wife Annie (née Hamilton). The Wills family were owners of W. D. & H. O. Wills, tobacco importers and cigarette manufacturers, which later became part of Imperial Tobacco. Wills was President of the latter company and also served as a Member of Parliament for Taunton (UK Parliament constituency), Taunton from 1912 to 1918 and for Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency), Weston-super-Mare from 1918 to 1922. In the 1929 Dissolution Honours he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dulverton, of Batsford in the County of Gloucester. Lord Dulverton married Victoria May, daughter of Sir Edward Chichester, 9th B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Taunton By-election
The 1921 Taunton by-election was held on 8 April 1921. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Coalition Unionist MP, Dennis Fortescue Boles. It was won by the Coalition Unionist candidate Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC (18 October 1865 – 1 June 1946) was a British politician in the Conservative Party whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections. Biography Sir Arthur was born at .... References 1921 in England History of Taunton 1921 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Somerset constituencies 20th century in Somerset April 1921 in the United Kingdom {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 United Kingdom General Election
The 1918 United Kingdom general election was called immediately after the Armistice with Germany which ended the First World War, and was held on Saturday, 14 December 1918. The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government. These were nicknamed " Coalition Coupons", and led to the election being known as the "coupon election". The result was a massive landslide in favour of the coalition, comprising primarily the Conservatives and Coalition Liberals, with massive losses for Liberals who were not endorsed. Nearly all the Liberal MPs without coupons were defeated, including party leader H. H. Asquith. It was the first general election to be held after enactment of the Representation of the People Act 1918. It was thus the first election in which women over the age of 30 (with some property qualifications), and all men over the age of 21, could vote. Previously, all women and many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Wellington By-election
The 1911 Wellington by-election was held on 21 July 1911. The vacancy came about when the sitting MP Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood was elevated to the peerage. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate Dennis Boles. Vacancy Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood had been Conservative MP for Wellington, Somerset since 1892. The seat had been Conservative since it was gained from the Liberals in 1886. He was raised to the peerage as Baron St Audries, of St Audries in the County of Somerset and given a seat in the House of Lords. Electoral history Acland-Hood was returned at the last election unopposed. In the previous election before that the result was; Candidates Devonian Dennis Boles was chosen by the Conservatives to defend the seat, having never stood for parliament before. The Liberals chose C.H. Dudley Ward, who had stood here in 1906. Result The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Dennis Boles. Aftermath A General Election was due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer Hunting
Deer hunting is hunting deer for meat and sport, and, formerly, for producing Buckskin (leather), buckskin hides, an activity which dates back tens of thousands of years. Venison, the name for deer meat, is a nutritious and natural food source of animal protein that can be obtained through deer hunting. There are many different types of deer around the world that are hunted for their meat. For sport, often hunters try to kill deer with the largest and most antlers to score them using inches. There are two different categories of antlers. They are typical and nontypical. They measure tine length, beam length, and beam mass by each tine. They will add all these measurements up to get a score. This score is the score without deductions. Deductions occur when the opposite tine is not the same length as it is opposite. That score is the deducted score. Hunting deer is a regulated activity in many territories. In the United States, a state government agency such as a Department of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary At War
The secretary at war was a political position in the English and later British government, with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the Army, but not over military policy. The Secretary at War ran the War Office. After 1794 it was occasionally a Cabinet-level position, although it was considered of subordinate rank to the secretary of state for war. The position was combined with that of secretary of state for war in 1854 and abolished in 1863. Notable holders of the position include Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Robert Walpole, Henry Pelham, Henry Fox, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, William Windham and Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was an English historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 184 .... Secretaries at war, 1661 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
