|
Sir Patrick Houston, 1st Baronet
Sir Patrick Houstoun of that Ilk, 1st Baronet (or Houston; died 1696) was a Scottish politician who served as a shire commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire in 1661 and Dunbartonshire in 1681–1682 and of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland for Dunbartonshire in 1678. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted and then created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on 29 February 1668. Early life Houstoun was the oldest son of Sir Ludovick (or Louis) Houstoun of that Ilk (d. 1662) by his spouse, Margaret, daughter of Patrick Maxwell of Newark. Personal life Sir Patrick Houston married Anne Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton, 1st Lord Bargany, and had issue, five sons and four daughters. Of the latter, three made very notable Scottish marriages: * Margaret, married Sir Humphery Colquhoun of Luss, Bt. * Anne, married three times: (1) Sir James Inglis, 1st Baronet, Sir John Inglis, 2nd Baronet of Cramond, (2) Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, (3) Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Commissioner
A commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the Parliament of Scotland and the associated Convention of the Estates. Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy are equivalent terms in other countries. The Scottish Parliament (also known as the Three Estates) and the Convention of the Estates were unicameral legislatures, so commissioners sat alongside prelates (the first estate) and members of the nobility (the second estate). Burgh commissioners Burgh commissioners were the third estate, and were the longest-established and most powerful group of commissioners to parliament. They first attended in 1326. Burgh commissioners often acted and lobbied collectively, assisted by the fact that the Convention of Royal Burghs often met in association with parliamentary sessions. Shire commissioners From the 16th century, the second estate of the nobility was reorganised by the selection of shire commissioners from the lower nobility: th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Houstoun, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Houstoun of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet (or Houston; died December 1717) was a shire commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire from 1685 to 1686 and 1702 to 1707 and for Stirlingshire in 1689 then from 1689 to 1702. He was the son of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet of that Ilk, whom he succeeded to the baronetcy in 1696. Sir John married Lady Anne (3 March 1671 – April 1738), daughter of John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort and Sophia, daughter of Robert Maitland. She was the heiress of Lundin. Their son and his successor, Sir John Houston, 3rd Baronet of that Ilk, M.P. Notes References 1717 deaths Nobility from Renfrewshire Scottish knights 102 102 may refer to: *102 (number), the number * AD 102, a year in the 2nd century AD * 102 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC * 102 (ambulance service), an emergency medical transport service in Uttar Pradesh, India * 102 (Clyde) Field Squadron, Royal E ... Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Perth And Kinross
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Commissioners To The Parliament Of Scotland
Shire () is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries. It is generally synonymous with county (such as Cheshire and Worcestershire). British counties are among the oldest extant national divisions in the world. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the 10th century. Today, 23 counties bear the "-shire" suffix in England, 23 in Scotland, and 10 in Wales. In some rural parts of Australia, a shire is a local government area; however, in Australia, it is not synonymous with a "county", which is a lands administrative division. Etymology The word ''shire'' derives from the Old English , from the Proto-Germanic (), denoting an 'official charge' a 'district under a governor', and a 'care'. In the UK, ''shire'' became synonymous with ''county'', an administrative term introduced to England through the Norman Conquest in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Scotland 1681–1682
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1696 Deaths
Events January–March * January 21 – The Recoinage Act, passed by the Parliament of England to pull counterfeit silver coins out of circulation, becomes law.James E. Thorold Rogers, ''The First Nine Years of the Bank of England'' (Clarendon Press, 1887 p. 41 * January 27 – In England, the ship (formerly ''Sovereign of the Seas'') catches fire and burns at Chatham, after 57 years of service. * January 31 – In the Netherlands, undertakers revolt after funeral reforms in Amsterdam. * January – Colley Cibber's play '' Love's Last Shift'' is first performed in London. * February 8 (January 29 old style) – Peter the Great, who had jointly reigned since 1682 with his mentally ill older half-brother Tsar Ivan V, becomes the sole Tsar of Russia when Ivan dies at the age of 29. * February 15 – A plot to ambush and assassinate King William III of England in order to restore King James and the House of Stuart to the throne is foiled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Unknown
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Houston, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Houstoun of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet (or Houston; died December 1717) was a shire commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire from 1685 to 1686 and 1702 to 1707 and for Stirlingshire in 1689 then from 1689 to 1702. He was the son of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet of that Ilk, whom he succeeded to the baronetcy in 1696. Sir John married Lady Anne (3 March 1671 – April 1738), daughter of John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort and Sophia, daughter of Robert Maitland. She was the heiress of Lundin. Their son and his successor, Sir John Houston, 3rd Baronet of that Ilk, M.P. Notes References 1717 deaths Nobility from Renfrewshire Scottish knights 102 102 may refer to: *102 (number), the number * AD 102, a year in the 2nd century AD * 102 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC * 102 (ambulance service), an emergency medical transport service in Uttar Pradesh, India * 102 (Clyde) Field Squadron, Royal E ... Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Houston, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, both extinct. The Houston Baronetcy, of Houston in the County of Renfrew, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 29 February 1668 for Patrick Houston. The third Baronet represented Linlithgowshire in Parliament. After the death of the eighth Baronet in circa 1835, no-one successfully claimed the title, although there were living heirs. The Houston Baronetcy, of West Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 January 1922 for the shipowner and Conservative politician Robert Houston. The title became extinct on his death in 1926. His wife Lucy, Lady Houston, was a benefactor and philanthropist. Houston baronets, of Houston (1668) *Sir Patrick Houston, 1st Baronet (died 1696) *Sir John Houston, 2nd Baronet Sir John Houstoun of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet (or Housto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism achieved the Unification (physics)#Unification of magnetism, electricity, light and related radiation, second great unification in physics, where Unification (physics)#Unification of gravity and astronomy, the first one had been realised by Isaac Newton. Maxwell was also key in the creation of statistical mechanics. With the publication of "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" in 1865, Maxwell demonstrated that electric force, electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. He proposed that light is an undulation in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena. (Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
