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Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet (c. 1659–1718), of Hestercombe House, Kingston, Somerset, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ... and British House of Commons between.1685 and 1715. Early life and family Warre was the only son of John Warre, Sir John Warre of Hestercombe, where his family had lived since 1375, and his wife Unton Hawley, daughter of Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley. In 1669 his father died and he succeeded to the estates which made him one of the largest landowners in Somerset. He was created Warre baronets, baronet on 2 June 1673. He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne and matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 16 October 1674, aged 15., From 1678 to 1678 he was a Captain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hestercombe House
Hestercombe House is a historic country house in the parish of West Monkton in the Quantock Hills, near Taunton in Somerset, England. The house is a Grade II* listed building and the estate is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Originally built in the 16th century, the house was used as the headquarters of the British 8th Corps in the Second World War. Somerset County Council assumed ownership in 1951 and use the property as an administrative centre. Hestercombe House served as the Emergency Call Centre for the Somerset Area of Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service until March 2012. Hestercombe House is surrounded by gardens which have been restored to Gertrude Jekyll's original plans (1904–07) and have made it "one of the best Jekyll-Lutyens gardens open to the public on a regular basis", visited by approximately 70,000 people per year. The site also includes a 0.08 hectare (8,600 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October Club
The October Club was a group of Tory Members of Parliament, established after the 1710 general election. The Club was active until approximately 1714. The group took its name from the strong ale they reportedly drank.Pat Rogers, �October Club (''act''. 1711–1714)��, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, May 2010, accessed 2 August 2010. The group has been characterized as having High Church tendencies. After the Lord High Treasurer Robert Harley refused to set up an inquiry into the former administration's financial policies, on 5 February 1711 some Tories passed resolutions calling for inquires into suspected financial abuses. Initially 70 to 80 strong, the October Club attracted not just young and inexperienced backbenchers but older Tories such as Ralph Freeman, Sir John Pakington, Sir Justinian Isham, Peter Shakerley and Sir Thomas Hanmer. The group grew to have "perhaps 200 members". The group were, according to H. T. Dickinson, "a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 1701 English General Election
After the downfall of the Whig Junto during the previous Parliament, King William III had appointed a largely Tory government, which was able to gain ground at the election, exploiting the decline in Whig popularity follow the end of hostilities with France. During the election, the rival East India Companies attempted to secure the election of MPs sympathetic with their interests by interfering in the electoral process to some extent in at least 86 constituencies. Contests were held in 92 of the constituencies, just over a third of the total. The new Parliament lasted less than a year, and its proceedings were dominated by the attempt to confer the succession of the Crown on the House of Hanover. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used in England and Wales were the same throughout the period. In 1707 alone the 45 Scottish members were not elected from the constituencies, but were returned by co-option of a part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Crane (MP) (1901–1995), psychologist, physician and syndicated newspaper columnist
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George Crane may refer to: * George Levi Crane (1891–1952), American-born doctor and political figure in Saskatchewan * George W. Crane George Washington Crane III (April 28, 1901 – July 17, 1995) was an American psychologist and physician, best known as a conservative syndicated newspaper columnist (''Worry Clinic'', ''Test Your Horse Sense'') for 60 years (he had previou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hoar (MP)
Roger Sherman Hoar (April 8, 1887 – October 10, 1963) was an American state senator and assistant Attorney General, for the state of Massachusetts. He wrote and published science fiction under the pseudonym of Ralph Milne Farley. Family Hoar was the son of Sherman Hoar, grandson of former US Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, great-grandson of Samuel Hoar, and great-great grandson of American founding father Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Education and career Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Hoar attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He then received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1909 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1911. During World War I, he served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Hoar was a former Massachusetts assistant attorney general. He was a member of the Marquette University faculty in the graduate school of engineering, and also "taught scientific subjects at Harvard, the Coast Artillery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Palmer (MP)
Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop ''Hero''. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and was a descendant of Walter Palmer, one of the town's founders. Sealing career and Antarctic exploration During the 1810s the hides of Antarctic Ocean seals were highly valued as items for trade with China. Palmer served as second mate on board s first voyage, during which she became the first American vessel known to reach the South Shetland Islands. As a skilled and fearless seal hunter, Palmer achieved his first command at the early age of 21. His vessel, a diminutive sloop named , was only in length. Palmer steered southward in ''Hero'' at the beginning of the Antarctic summer of 1820–1821. Aggressively searching for new seal rookeries south of Cape Horn, on November 17, 1820, Palmer and his men became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Balch (17th Century MP)
Robert William Balch is a sociologist from the University of Montana. Balch is best known for his studies of Heaven's Gate (with David Taylor), the Aryan Nations, and the Love Family. Heaven's Gate Balch found a UFO flyer for Heaven's Gate at a Christian coffeehouse in Sedona, Arizona. At the time Balch was on unpaid leave from University of Montana. He called up graduate student David Taylor, asking him to drop everything and move with him to California. He and Taylor joined Heaven's Gate for 3 months in the 1970s, traveling with the cult and secretly taking extensive notes on his experience before eventually leaving to go resume his life. After leaving Heaven's Gate, Balch and Taylor published articles about Heaven's Gate. Eventually, they lost track of Heaven's Gate in the late 1970s. Balch's work as a sociologist took off from his studying of Heaven's Gate. He held a reunion for surviving ex-members in the late 90s that included "Ti"'s daughter. Education * Ph.D., Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bull (MP)
Henry Bull (1630 – 28 January 1692) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1692. Bull was the eldest surviving son of William Bull, barrister of Shapwick, Somerset and his wife Jane Southworth, daughter of Henry Southworth, merchant of London and Wells. He was baptised on 8 October 1630. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1651 and called to the bar in 1658. In April 1660, Bull was elected Member of Parliament for Wells in the Convention Parliament. He succeeded his father in 1676 and was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1683–84. He was elected MP for Milborne Port for the Second Exclusion Parliament in 1679 and again in 1681 and 1685. In 1689 he was elected MP for Bridgwater Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1695 English General Election
The 1695 English general election was the first to be held under the terms of the Triennial Act of 1694, which required parliament to be dissolved and fresh elections called at least every three years. This measure helped to fuel partisan rivalry over the coming decades, with the electorate in a constant state of excitement and the Whigs and Tories continually trying to gain the upper hand. Despite the potential for manipulation of the electorate, as was seen under Robert Walpole and his successors, with general elections held an average of every other year, and local and central government positions frequently changing hands between parties, it was impossible for any party or government to be certain of electoral success in the period after 1694, and election results were consequently genuinely representative of the views of at least the section of the population able to vote. The election of 1695, however, was comparatively quiet, being fought mainly on local issues. The new g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1685 English General Election
The 1685 English general election elected the only parliament of James II of England, known as the Loyal Parliament. This was the first time the pejorative words Whig and Tory were used as names for political groupings in the Parliament of England. Party strengths are an approximation, with many MPs' allegiances being unknown. 513 Members of Parliament were returned across 53 counties and 217 boroughs in England and Wales, most returning two members. Only 15 counties and 57 boroughs (a total of 100 seats) had contested elections, with the other candidates being returned unopposed. One borough had a double return, where multiple members were recorded elected, and another was subsequently voided by Parliament, forcing a by-election.Appendix IX: Franch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Malet
Sir John Malet (1623–1686) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1666 and 1685. Malet was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Malet of Poyntington and his wife Jane Mylles, daughter of Francis Mylles. His father was a judge and Royalist supporter. Malet entered Middle Temple in 1634 and matriculated at University College, Oxford on 18 January 1638 aged 15. He was called to the bar in 1641 but was automatically disbarred during the Interregnum. He was J.P. for Somerset from July 1660 to 1680 and commissioner for assessment from August 1660 to 1680. He was commissioner for sewers for Somerset in December 1660, and commissioner for oyer and terminer on the western circuit in 1661. In 1662 he was commissioner for loyal and indigent officers for Somerset. He succeeded to his father's estate in 1665. In 1666, Malet was elected Member of Parliament for Minehead. He was knighted on 20 February 1667. He was a member of the Green Ribbon Club. From 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Halswell Tynte, 1st Baronet
Sir Halswell Tynte, 1st Baronet (1649–1702) of Halswell House, Goathurst, Somerset, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1685. Early life Tynte was baptized on 4 February 1649, the only son of John Tynte and his wife Jane Halswell, daughter of Hugh Halswell of Halswell, Goathurst. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1666. His father died in 1669 and he succeeded to the estates. In 1671, he was admitted at Middle Temple. He married Grace Fortescue (buried 22 March 1694), daughter of Robert Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh, Devon, under a settlement dated 6 February 1671. In 1672, he succeeded to the Halswell estates of his grandfather Hugh Halswell. Career Tynte was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset in about 1672 and JP and commissioner for assessment in 1673. He was created baronet on 26 January 1674. From 1674 to 1675 he was High Sheriff of Somerset. He was also a Commissioner for Recusants in 1675. By 1679 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
