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Sir Henry Peachey, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Peachey, 1st Baronet (c. 1671–1737), of New Grove, Petworth, Sussex, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1701 and 1737. Early life Peachey was the eldest son of William Peachey of Newgrove a London merchant who acquired a seat at Petworth by marriage. In 1685 Peachey succeeded to Newgrove on the death of his father. He was educated at Eton College in 1685 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 22 November 1689, aged 18. He married Jane Garrett, (Jarrett) daughter of William Garrett (Jarrett- See the Jarrett family of Aldington Worcestershire.) of St Dionis Backchurch, London, on 16 May 1693. He was knighted on 22 March 1696. Career Peachey stood for Parliament at Midhurst in 1698 but was unsuccessful. At the second general election of 1701 he was returned in a contest as Whig Member of Parliament for Sussex. He acted as teller on 27 February 1702. He does not appear to have stood at the 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lumley
General Henry Lumley (18 October 1722) was a British soldier and Governor of Jersey. He was the second son of John Lumley and Mary Compton, and younger brother of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough. He was promoted captain in The Queen's Regiment of Horse on 13 June 1685, and served with the regiment during the War of the Grand Alliance, becoming noted for courage. On 10 August 1692, he was promoted colonel of the regiment, replacing Sir John Lanier, killed at the Battle of Steenkerque, and again to brigadier-general in 1693. He fought at the Battle of Landen, and helped cover the escape of William III during the retreat there. He was present in at the Siege of Namur (1695), and was promoted major general on 1 January 1696. Lumley returned to England after the Peace of Ryswick. He entered Parliament in 1701 as Knight of the shire for Sussex and again from 1702 to 1705. He later sat for Arundel from 1715 to 1722. He married first Elizabeth Thimbleby, and second An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1734–1741
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1737 Deaths
Events January–March * January 5 – Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign instruments of cession at Pontremoli in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in Italy, with the Empire receiving control of Tuscany and the Grand Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, in return for Don Carlos of Spain being recognized as King of Naples and King of Sicily. * January 9 – The Empires of Austria and Russia enter into a secret military alliance that leads to Austria's disastrous entry into the Russo-Turkish War. * January 18 – In Manila, a peace treaty is signed between Spain's Governor-General of the Philippines, Fernándo Valdés y Tamon, and the Sultan Azim ud-Din I of Sulu, recognizing Azim's authority over the islands of the Sulu Archipelago. * February 20 – France's Foreign Minister, Germain Louis Chauvelin, is dismissed by King Louis XV's Chief Minister, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury * February 27 – French scientists Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1670s Births
Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 167 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era A calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one '' epoch'' of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one. For example, it is the year as per the Gregorian calendar, which numbers its years in the Western Christian era (the Copt ... became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Lucius Verus, Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus and Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus become Roman Consuls. * The Marcomanni tribe wages war against the Roman Empire, Romans at Aquileia. They destroy Aqueduct (bridge), aqueducts and irrigation conduits. Marcus Aurelius repe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bootle
Sir Thomas Bootle (bapt. 16 May 1685 – 25 December 1753) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Robert Bootle of Maghull, Lancashire and studied law at Lincoln's Inn (1708) and the Inner Temple (1712) and was called to the bar in 1713. He served as King's attorney and serjeant within the Duchy of Lancaster from 1712 to 1727 and was created a KC by 1726. He succeeded his father in 1708 and bought the Lathom House estate at Lathom, near Skelmersdale, Lancashire. There he commissioned Giacomo Leoni to replace the existing house with the finest Palladian house in the county. Started in 1725 it was completed in 1740. He was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool in 1724, sitting until 1734 and for Midhurst from 1734 to 1753. He was Mayor of Liverpool for 1726–27. He was attorney-general of the county palatine of Durham from 1733 to 1753. He was chancellor to Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1740–51 and to George, Prince of Wales from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Eversfield (MP)
Charles Eversfield (15 September1683 – 1749) of Denne Place, near Horsham, Sussex, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1705 and 1747. Early life Eversfield was the only son. of Nicholas Eversfield of Charlton Court, near Steyning, Sussex and his wife, Elizabeth Gildridge, daughter of Nicholas Gildridge of Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1684, he succeeded to the estates of his father. He married Mary Duncombe, daughter of Henry Duncombe of Weston, Surrey on 21 July 1702. Career In 1695, Eversfield inherited the estate of Denne from his uncle Anthony Eversfield and with it an electoral interest at Horsham. As soon as he came of age, he successfully contested Horsham at the 1705 English general election, being listed as a ‘Churchman’. He was relatively inconspicuous in his first Parliament but voted against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705. He was returned again for Horsham, as a Tory at the 1708 British general election. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gott
Peter Gott (22 May 1653 – 16 April 1712), of Stanmer, Sussex and Hatton Garden, London, was an English ironmaster and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1690 and 1712. Early life Gott was the eldest son of Samuel Gott, ironmaster of Battle, Sussex, and his wife Joan Farnden, daughter of Peter Farnden of Sedlescombe, Sussex. He was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1670. He succeeded his father to his estates and iron workings in 1671. By licence dated 16 July 1677, he married his cousin Martha Western, the daughter of Thomas Western of St Dunstan-in-the-East, ironmonger. In 1685 he was a baron of the Cinque Ports when he helped carry the canopy over the Queen at the coronation. In 1690, with the resumption of war, he became one of the major suppliers of iron ordnance to the government. Career Gott was High Sheriff of Sussex, Sheriff of Sussex for the year 1688 to 1689. At the 1689 English general election, he stood for Parliament at Rye (UK Parliament constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Parker, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Parker, 2nd Baronet (c. 1673 – 14 May 1727), of Ratton, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex from 1705 to 1708 and again from 1710 to 1713. He succeeded as second baronet on 30 November 1691. He died on 14 May 1727. He married Mary Bagot (1672-1727) eldest daughter of Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet (21 March 1644 – 15 February 1704), a barrister and landowner, succeeded to the title 3rd Baronet of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, on the death of his father Sir Edward Bagot in 1673. He was educated at Christ ... (1644-1704) of Blithfield, Staffordshire in 1692.UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current References 1670s births 1727 deaths British MPs 1710–1713 English MPs 1705–1707 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies 202 Year of birth uncertain People from Eastbourne British MPs 1707–1708 {{England-GreatB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morley Trevor (the Elder)
John Trevor may refer to: Religion * John Trevor (died 1357), Bishop of St Asaph * John Trevor (died 1410), Bishop of St Asaph * John Trevor (1855–1930), Unitarian minister who formed The Labour Church Politicians *Sir John Trevor (1563–1630), MP and Surveyor of the Queen's Ships *Sir John Trevor (1596–1673), his son, MP from 1620, member of the Council of State during the Protectorate *Sir John Trevor (1626–1672), his son, Secretary of State for the Northern Department during the 17th century *Sir John Trevor (speaker) (1637–1717), Speaker of the House of Commons and Master of the Rolls in the late 17th and 18th centuries *John Morley Trevor (the elder) (1681–1719), grandson of the Secretary of State for the Northern Department, MP for Lewes and Sussex *John Morley Trevor (the younger) (1717–1743), son of the above, MP for Lewes * John Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden (1748–1824), 18th century British diplomatist * John B. Trevor (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton Bt ( 1653 – 23 February 1712) was a moderate English Whig politician and Member of Parliament for several constituencies. He is best remembered as the father of two British prime ministers (Henry Pelham and the Duke of Newcastle) who, between them, served for 18 years as first minister. Pelham was born in Laughton, Sussex, the son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet and his wife Lucy Sidney (daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester). Pelham was educated at Tonbridge School and Christ Church, Oxford. He sat for East Grinstead from October 1678 until August 1679. In October 1679 he was returned for Lewes, serving until 1702; he subsequently chose to sit for Sussex, a seat he held until 1705. Personal life On 26 November 1679 Pelham married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Sir William Jones, Attorney General from 1650 to 1679 and his wife Elizabeth Alleyn, with whom he had two daughters: * Hon. Elizabeth Pelham (died 11 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
