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Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet
Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and 1st Baronet Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (27 March 1753 – 26 January 1811) was a Scotland, Scottish politician. The second son of Sir John Anstruther, 2nd Baronet, he was knighted in 1797, raised to the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1798, and also succeeded as 4th Baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on the death of his elder brother, Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet, Philip, in 1808. He served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Anstruther Burghs, in Fife, from 1783 to 1790, 1796–1797 and 1806–1811, and for Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency), Cockermouth, in Cumberland, from 1790 to 1796. He was appointed a Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Privy Counsellor in 1806. Life He was born on 27 March 1753, the second son of Sir John Anstruther of Elie House, Fife. He was educated at Glasgow University under John Millar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Bengal
Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. Navy submarine * Chief petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies * Chief warrant officer, a military rank Other titles * Chief ''x'' officer, a corporate title in the c-suite * Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan in Ireland and Scotland * Chief engineer, the most senior licensed mariner of an engine department on a ship, typically a merchant ship * Chief mate, or Chief officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel * Chief of staff, the leader of a complex organization * Fire chief, top rank in a fire department * Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan * Tribal chief, a leader of a tribal form of government * Chief, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1806 United Kingdom General Election
The 1806 United Kingdom general election was the second general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held from 29 October 1806 to 17 December 1806, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. The general election took place in a situation of considerable uncertainty about the future of British politics, following the sudden death of William Pitt the Younger and the formation of the Ministry of all the Talents. Parliament was dissolved on 24 October 1806. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 13 December 1806, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. Political situation Since the previous general election fighting in the Napoleonic Wars with France had resumed in 1803. Tory Prime Minister Henry Addington had resigned in 1804. William Pitt the Younger formed a new coalition of pro-government Whig and Tory politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Campbell (died 1832)
General Alexander Campbell ( – 24 February 1832) of Monzie Castle, Perth was a British Army general and Member of Parliament. He was born the only son of Robert Campbell of Finab and Monzie, and Inverawe, Argyll, who was the MP for Argyll. He succeeded his father in 1790. He joined the British Army in 1769 as an ensign in the 42nd Foot. He transferred as a lieutenant to the 2nd Royals in 1770 and as a captain to the 50th Foot and then the 62nd Foot in 1772. After serving as a major in the 74th Foot (1777) he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the 62nd Foot in 1782 and the 3rd Foot Guards in 1789. He was made a colonel in the 116th Foot in 1794, and promoted major-general in 1795. He was colonel of the 7th West India regiment in 1796 and raised to lieutenant-general in 1802. He was Colonel of the 13th Foot from 1804 to 1813, promoted full general in 1812 and transferred to be Colonel of the 32nd Foot from 1813 to his death. He served in the American War of Independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dundas
William Dundas (1762 – 14 November 1845) was a Scottish politician. The son of Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the younger, he became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1788. He was a member of parliament (MP) for the Anstruther Burghs from 1794 to 1796, for the Northern Burghs from 1796 to 1802, for Sutherland in 1802 and 1806, for Cullen in 1810 and Edinburgh from 1812 to 1831. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1800 and was Secretary at War from 1804 to 1806. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1812. He was appointed Keeper of the Signet in 1814, and Lord Clerk Register The office of Lord Clerk Register (Scottish Gaelic: ''Clàr Morair Clèireach'') is the oldest remaining Great Officer of State in Scotland, with origins in the 13th century. It historically had important functions in relation to the maintenanc ... in 1821 References * * External links * 1762 births 1845 deaths Lords of the Admiralty Members of the Parliament o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Burrow (MP)
Edward Burrow may refer to: * Edward Burrow (priest) (1785–1861), English divine and miscellaneous writer * Edward Burrow (MP) for Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency) Cockermouth was the name of a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295, and again from 1641, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 170 ... in 1796 * Edward J. Burrow (1869–1934), British engraver and founder of Edward J. Burrow and Co., a printing and publishing firm See also * Edward Burrough (1634–1663), English Quaker leader * Edward Burroughs (1882–1934), British Anglican bishop * Edward Burrows (1917–1998), American conscientious objector * Edward Rupert Burrowes (1903–1966), Guyanese artist and art teacher {{hndis, Burrow, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1796 British General Election
The 1796 British general election returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain. They were summoned before the Union of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801. The members in office in Great Britain at the end of 1800 continued to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–02). Political situation Great Britain had been at war with France since 1793. The Prime Minister since 1783, William Pitt the Younger, led a broad wartime coalition of Whig and Tory politicians. The principal opposition to Pitt was a relatively weak faction of Whigs, led by Charles James Fox. For four years after 1797 opposition attendance at Westminster was sporadic as Fox pursued a strategy of secession from Parliament. Only a small group, led by George Tierney, had attended frequently to oppose the ministers. As Foord observes "only once did the minority reach seventy-five, and it was often less than ten". Dates of election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baynes Garforth
John Baynes Garforth (1727? – 15 October 1808), born John Baynes, was an English attorney and man of business for James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale. As one of " Lord Lonsdale's ninepins", he sat as a Member of Parliament for two of Lonsdale's pocket boroughs from 1780 through 1802. Baynes was baptized on 24 January 1727. He was the second son of Ralph Baynes of Mewith Head Hall in Bentham, and his second wife Elizabeth Garforth. In 1744, he succeeded his maternal uncle Edward in the Garforth estates and adopted his surname. Trained to the law, he qualified as an attorney in 1750 and practiced in London. Before 1755, he had married a Miss Shrimpley there, by whom he had one son and two daughters. He acted as the attorney for Robert Mackreth, and was involved in his transactions with James Fox-Lane, which terminated in a lawsuit won by the latter. However, he is principally known for his role as steward, agent, and attorney for Sir James Lowther (created Earl of Lonsdale in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clarke Satterthwaite
James Clarke Satterthwaite (1746–1827) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Satterthwaite was a placeman for James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (5 August 173624 May 1802) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 27 years from 1757 to 1784, when he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Lonsdale. Life .... He died on 28 November 1827. References 1746 births 1825 deaths Cumbria MPs Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies British MPs 1796–1800 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1784–1790 UK MPs 1801–1802 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Carlisle {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Senhouse (politician)
Humphrey Senhouse (1731–1814) was a British Tory politician from a Cumberland family. He was the eldest son of Humphrey Senhouse (1705–1770), a landowner and High Sheriff who had founded the port of Maryport,Angus J. L. Winchester‘Senhouse, Humphrey (1705–1770)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 and the heiress Mary, daughter of Sir George Fleming, Bt, Bishop of Carlisle. Humphrey junior was elected at a by-election in 1786 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth, which was generally regarded as a pocket borough. He held that seat until the 1790 general election, when he was returned as an MP for Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish ....Stooks Smith, page 51 He did not contest the seat at the 1796 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 British General Election
The 1790 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of Great Britain, House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Political situation The Prime Minister since 1783, William Pitt the Younger, led a coalition of Whigs (British political party), Whig and Tories (British political party), Tory politicians. The principal opposition to Pitt was a faction of Whigs led by Charles James Fox and the William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Duke of Portland. Dates of election The general election was held between 16 June 1790 and 28 July 1790. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the conduct of the elections). This was the first general election after the law had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Cemetery
The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on its west by the Dean Gallery. A 20th-century extension lies detached from the main cemetery to the north of Ravelston Terrace. The main cemetery is accessible through the main gate on its east side, through a "grace and favour" access door from the grounds of Dean Gallery and from Ravelston Terrace. The modern extension is only accessible at the junction of Dean Path and Queensferry Road. The cemetery Dean Cemetery, originally known as Edinburgh Western Cemetery, was laid out by David Cousin (an Edinburgh architect who also laid out Warriston Cemetery) in 1846 and was a fashionable burial ground for mainly the middle and upper-classes. The many monuments bear witness to Scottish achievement in peace and war, at home and abroad and are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
