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Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet (September 1701 – 14 February 1773), of Glynllifon and Bodvean, Caernarvonshire and Melai, Denbighshire was a Welsh politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1740 and 1768. Early life Wynn was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet and his wife Frances Glynn. He was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge on 17 June 1720. Before 1735, he married Jane Wynne, daughter of John Wynne, MP, of Melai, Denbigh and Maenan, Caernarvon and his wife Sydney Wynn, sister of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet. Career Wynn was surveyor general of mines in North Wales, constable of Caernarvon Castle, forester of Snowdon and steward of Bardsey from 1727 to 1761. He was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for the year 1732 to 1733. Wynn was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency), Caernarvonshire at a by-election on 2 January 1740. At the 1741 British general election he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glynllifon
Glynllifon is an old estate which belonged to the Baron Newborough, Barons Newborough, near the village of Llandwrog on the main A499 road between Pwllheli and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales. The original mansion was until recently a privately owned hotel. Parc Glynllifon The greater part of the original park, Parc Glynllifon, now includes Coleg Glynllifon agricultural college, craft workshops and many educational facilities. There are also a cafe and maze at the entrance, and exhibits such as an 1854 De Winton horizontal stationary steam engine and Cornish boiler, which were restored by Fred Dibnah, can be seen. Many fairs are held in Glynllifon Park car park, especially steam and craft fairs. The park is open to the public and includes gardens of historical and scientific importance; they have been designated National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, Historical Garden (Grade I) status as well as a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Cadw and the Countryside Council fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custos Rotulorum Of Caernarvonshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire. * Sir Richard Bulkeley c. 1544 * John "Wynn" ap Maredudd bef. 1550–1559 * Maurice Wynn bef. 1562 – aft. 1577 * Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester bef. 1579–1588 * William Maurice bef. 1594–1596 * Sir Thomas Mostyn 1596–1618 * Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet 1618–1627 * Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet 1627–1646 * ''Interregnum'' * Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet 1660–1674 * Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley 1679–1689 * Lord Edward Russell 1689–1714 * Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven 1714–1739 * Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet 1739–1755 * Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet 1756–1773 * Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough 1773–1781 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire. ReferencesInstitute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1701 Births
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * march 8th – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar. * January 18 – The electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia becomes the Kingdom of Prussia, as Elector Frederick III is proclaimed King Frederick I. Prussia remains part of the Holy Roman Empire. It consists of Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia. Berlin is the capital. * January 28 – Battle of Dartsedo: The Chinese storm the Tibetan border town of Dartsedo. * February 17 (February 6, 1700 O.S.) – The 5th Parliament of William III in England assembles. Future British Prime Minister Robert Walpole enters the House of Commons for the first time and soon makes his name as a spokesman for Whig policy. * April 20th – Mecklenburg-Strelitz is created as a north German duchy. * June 9 – Safavid troops retrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet
Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet, (c. 169310 August 1755) of Escot House in the parish of Talaton in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons for 39 years from 1715 to 1754. Origins Yonge was the son and heir of Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet, and his second wife Gwen Williams, daughter of Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet of Penryn, Cornwall. He was a great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge (1579–1649), a lawyer, merchant and notable diarist, whose diaries (1604–45) are valuable material for the contemporaneous history of Great Britain. Career In 1715 Yonge was returned as Member of Parliament for his family's Rotten Borough of Honiton, in Devon and held the seat until 1754. He was also returned for Tiverton at the general elections of 1727, 1747 and 1754 but only took the seat in 1754. In the House of Commons he attached himself to the Whigs, and making himself useful to Sir Robert Walpole, was rewarded with a commissionership of the Treasury i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caernarfon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Caernarfon was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP). The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. The District of Boroughs was abolished in 1950, and replaced with a county constituency of the same name, which was itself abolished in 2010. History Known as Carnarvon until 1832, and then as the Carnarvon Boroughs or Carnarvon District of Boroughs from 1832 to 1950 and as Caernarvon from 1950 to 1983, it is named after Caernarfon, the main town within the constituency. Its most famous member was David Lloyd George, who was MP for 55 years. When Lloyd George became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister in 1916 it became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wynne (MP For Caernarvon)
Robert John Wynne (November 18, 1851 – March 11, 1922) was an American who served as United States Postmaster General from 1904 to 1905, and as Consul General at the American embassy in the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1910. He was also a distinguished and popular journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines in the late 1800s. Early life Wynne was born in New York City in 1851. His father was a veteran of the Mexican–American War. He was educated in the city's public schools,"Robert J. Wynne Dies in Washington." ''New York Times''. March 12, 1922. but also had a number of private tutors. He was just 10 years old when the American Civil War broke out. He wanted to enlist, but was too young. His father served in the Civil War, however, and young Robert accompanied him to the front and saw several battles. In 1870, Wynne became a telegraph operator for the '' Cincinnati Gazette'', living part-time in Washington, D.C. He was hired at the request of General Henry V. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Myddelton (1726–1795)
Richard Myddelton (26 March 1726 – March 1795), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a Welsh landowner and politician. Early life He was the eldest son of two sons and two daughters born to Mary ( Liddell) Myddelton and John Myddelton, MP of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire. His father, the younger son of Richard Myddelton of Shrewsbury, inherited his father's estates, including Chirk Castle, when his elder brother Robert died young and without issue in 1733. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Liddell of Bedford Row, London. He was educated at Eton School from 1739 to 1743, and matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1744. He succeeded to his father's Welsh estates, including Chirk Castle, in 1747. Career He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Denbigh Boroughs from 1747 to 1788. He also acted as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire from 1748 to his death and as custos rotulorum of Denbighshire from 1749 to death. As Lord Lieutenant he took personal command of the Denbighshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Myddelton
John Myddelton (1685 – 9 April 1747), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a Welsh landowner and politician. He was born the younger son of Richard Myddelton of Shrewsbury and inherited his father's estates, including Chirk Castle, when his elder brother Robert died young and unmarried in 1733. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Denbigh Boroughs on 27 April 1733 – 1741 and Denbighshire in 1741 – 23 February 1742. He died in 1747. He had married Mary, the daughter of Thomas Liddell of Bedford Row, London, with whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters and was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard, also an MP for Denbigh. References 1685 births 1747 deaths John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ... British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bodvell
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Griffith (1687–1739)
John Griffith (V) (c. 1687–1739) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1740. Griffith was the second son of John Griffith and his wife Elizabeth Bulkeley, daughter of Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley. He is numbered as the fifth of that name in the Griffith family of the Cefn Amwlch estate, Penllech, now in Gwynedd. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1703, aged 15. He succeeded to the estate of his elder brother William in March 1715. Griffith was returned as Whig Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire in succession to his brother at a by-election on 27 April 1715. He was returned unopposed at the general elections of 1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel '' Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), ..., 1727 and 1734. He voted for the septennial bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Wynn
Glyn Wynn ( 1739–1793) was a Welsh soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 22 years from 1768 to 1790. Early life and army Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sydney Williams-Wynn, daughter of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet. He joined the army in 1755 and was a lieutenant in the 13th Foot in 1758. He was captain in the 90th Foot in 1759 and in the Coldstream Guards in 1763, also becoming Lieutenant-Colonel. He was appointed prothonotary and clerk of the Crown for Carnarvonshire Anglesey and Merion in 1762 and held the post until his death. He married Bridget Pugh, daughter. of Edward Philip Pugh of Penrhyn-Creuddyn, Carnarvonshire on 11 January 1766. Political career Wynn stood for Carnarvon on his family interest and was returned as Member of Parliament unopposed in the 1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough
Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (1736 – 12 October 1807),Harris & Hradsky, p. 47. known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, from 1773 to 1776, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1807. Career Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet. He went to Italy on the "Grand Tour" in 1759–60. He sat as a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency), Carnarvonshire from 1761 to 1774, for St Ives (UK Parliament constituency), St Ives from 1775 to 1780 and for Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency), Beaumaris from 1796 to 1807. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire between 1761 and 1781 and raised and commanded the Carnarvon Militia.''Burke's'': 'Newborough'.Owen, pp. 47–8. Wynn succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1773 and in 1776 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Newborough, of Newborough. Marriages and ch ...
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