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Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet, Order of the Bath, KB (28 March 1634 – 8 May 1697) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1697. Life Temple was the son of Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet of Stowe House, Stowe and his second wife Christian Leveson, daughter of Sir John Leveson. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 6 November 1648 and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 23 December 1648. He inherited the Temple Baronets, baronetcy on the death of his father in September 1653. In 1654, Temple was elected Member of Parliament for Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency), Warwickshire in the First Protectorate Parliament and in 1659, he was elected MP for Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency), Buckingham in the Third Protectorate Parliament. Temple was elected MP again for Buckingham in 1660 for the Convention Parliament (1660), Convention Parliament. He was made Knight of the Bath on 18 April 1661. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodcote
Woodcote is a village and civil parish in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about southeast of Wallingford and about northwest of Reading. It is in the Chiltern Hills, and the highest part of the village is above sea level. Woodcote lies between the Goring Road and the A4074. It is centred on the village green and Church Farm, with the village hall centred on the crossroads. In 2001 the parish had a population of 2715. History Prehistoric artefacts have been found in the area, including a polished hand-axe from about 3000 BC found in the nearby hamlet of Exlade Street and on show in Reading Museum and a 28 cm carved stone head Romano-Celtic, probably 1st–2nd century, with typical protruding eyes, exaggerated lips and flattened nose. The folds of skin on the neck and musculature at the back of the head have been carefully detailed. It is of white oolite limestone, and was found at Wayside Green, Woodcote, and is now in Reading Museum (Ref 401 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet
Sir Roger Burgoyne, 2nd Baronet (1618 – 16 September 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1656. Burgoyne was the son of Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet of Sutton, Bedfordshire, and Wroxall, Warwickshire, and his wife Jane Kempe, daughter of Julius Kempe, of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex. William Betham ''The Baronetage of England'' Volume 1/ref> He was baptised at Wroxall on 10 March 1618. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 22 October 1634 and admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 11 November 1637. In 1641, Burgoyne was elected Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire in the Long Parliament after the sitting MP was raised to the House of Lords. He was knighted on 18 July 1641 He sat in parliament until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge. In 1656 he was elected MP for Warwickshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament. Burgoyne succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1657. He pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Purefoy
William Purefoy (c. 1580 – 8 Sep 1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.David PlantWilliam Purefoy, Regicide, c.1580–1659the British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website Born into a long-established Warwickshire family, Purefoy was educated at Cambridge University and Gray's Inn. He travelled extensively on the continent of Europe, returning with extreme Calvinist views. He was elected member of parliament for Coventry in 1628 until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. After serving a year as the High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1631 he was elected in April 1640 MP for Coventry for the Short Parliament, and re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. He held a command in the parliamentary army in 1648 and was a member of the Council of State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Willoughby (MP For Warwickshire)
Thomas Willoughby (born 1593) colonist, born Wollaton, Nottingham, England was one of the first settlers in John Guy's colony at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... Willoughby is the third-eldest child of Bridget and Percival Willoughby. Willoughby, a noted black sheep of the family, was sent, along with his guardian Henry Crout, to Cuper's Cove to mend his ways and help in establishing his father's land ownership on the Bay de Verde Peninsula. He landed at Renews in 1612 before proceeding to Cuper's Cove. Willoughby had taken part in the exploration of the territory around the peninsula and took part in the fishery and was allowed to return to England in 1613. The winter prior to his departure back to England he tried to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lucy (1619–1677)
Richard Lucy (1619 – 21 December 1677) of Charlecote Park, Warwickshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1653. Life Lucy was the third of the six sons of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote and his wife Alice Spencer of Claverden, Warwickshire. He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 17 September 1634, aged 14. From 1637 to 1640, he travelled abroad. He was Sheriff of Warwickshire from 1646 to 1647. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1652. He inherited Charlecote Park in 1658 after the death of his two elder brothers, Spencer and Richard. In 1653, Lucy was nominated Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in the Barebones Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Warwickshire in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament and in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. He succeeded to the estate of Charlecote on the death of his brother in 1658. In 1659 he was elected MP for Warwickshire and for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) and chose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John St Nicholas
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 Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham
Charles George Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham (27 October 1842 – 9 June 1922), known as The Lord Lyttelton from 1876 to 1889, was a British peer and politician from the Lyttelton family. He was a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. Biography Cobham was the eldest son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, and Mary Glynne. Alfred Lyttelton was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton College, Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected to the British House of Commons, House of Commons for East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency), East Worcestershire in 1868, a seat he held until 1874. Apart from his parliamentary career he also served as high sheriff of Bewdley, Bewdley, Worcestershire. Cobham succeeded his father as fifth Baron Lyttelton in 1876. In 1889 he also succeeded his distant relative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, as eighth Baron and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester (1686 – 14 September 1751), was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1741. He held office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty from 1727 to 1741. Early life Lyttelton was the only surviving son of Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, MP, and his wife Anne Temple, daughter of Thomas Temple of Frankton, Warwickshire. He married Christian Temple, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet, of Stowe, on 8 May 1708. On the death of his father in 1716, he inherited the baronetcy and Lyttelton family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley. Career Lyttelton was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for Worcestershire at a by-election on 6 March 1721. He was returned again at the 1727 British general election and was appointed as one of the Lords of the Admiralty in 1727, holding the post unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville (1678–1727)
Sir Richard Grenville (1678 – 17 February 1727) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. Part of the Grenville family that welded great influence during the eighteenth century his descendants have included three Prime Ministers. Early life Grenville was the son of Sir Richard Grenville of Wotton in Buckinghamshire and his wife Eleanor Temple, daughter of Sir Peter Temple of Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire and his wife Eleanor Tyrell. He married Hester Temple, the daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet by a licence of 25 November 1710. Her brother was Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham whose peerage was entailed upon her and her sons. This cemented the close link between the two Buckinghamshire families. After his death Grenville's sons would join the Cobham's Cubs political faction led by his brother-in-law. Political career Grenville was proposed as Whig candidate for Buckinghamshire at the 1715 general election but by an agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple
Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham (''née'' Temple; bapt. 7 May 1684 – 6 October 1752) was an English noblewoman. She was the mother and grandmother of the Prime Ministers George Grenville and William Grenville. Life and family She was the daughter (and eventual co-heir) of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt. (1634–1697), of Stowe, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Mary Knapp. Hester married Richard Grenville of Wotton in Buckinghamshire on 25 November 1710, and became the mother of five sons, all of whom served as members of parliament: * Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), MP. * George Grenville (1712–1770), MP; was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765. He married Elizabeth Wyndham and had children. (George's son, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, also became prime minister.) * James Grenville (1715–1783), MP; served as a minister under his brother-in-law William Pitt the Younger. He married Mary Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard West (archdeacon)
Richard West (1670?–1716) was an English churchman and academic, and was archdeacon of Berkshire from 1710. Life He was born at Creaton, Northamptonshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1688; then moved to Merton College, Oxford, in March 1689. He graduated B.A. in 1691, and M.A. in 1694; and was a Fellow of Magdalen College from 1697 to 1708. He received the Lambeth degree of D.D. in 1708. West served as chaplain to Gilbert Burnet. He was vicar of Inglesham from 1702, and canon of Winchester Cathedral from 1706. He became archdeacon of Berkshire in 1710, and was rector of East Hendred, from 1713. Works West published editions of Pindar (1697) (with Robert Welsted) and Theocritus (1699). A sermon of 1700 for the Sons of the Clergy was printed. The tract ''The True Character of a Churchman'' was printed under West's name in the Somers ''Tracts''; it was a product of the debate over "occasional conformity" of religious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
