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Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys
Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys (1797–1881) was a British peer, previously a member of Parliament. He was the son of another Thomas Stonor and Katherine Blundell, daughter of the art collector Henry Blundell. Career In 1817, he went to study at Paris University. Thomas Stonor sat as a Member of Parliament for Oxford for the Whigs from 1832 to 1833. His election was declared void following an election petition and his brother-in-law, Charles Towneley unsuccessfully stood at the by-election that followed. He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1836. He succeeded to his title in 1839, after Queen Victoria terminated its abeyance in his favour. He was the appointed Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen from 1846 to 1852, 1853–1858, 1859–1866, and finally from 1868 to 1874. Family Thomas married Frances Towneley, daughter of Peregrine Edward Towneley (1762–1846) and Charlotte Drummond of Towneley Hall, Burnley on 25 July 1821. They had the following issue: * Charlotte (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Stonor, Baron Camoys (1797-1881)
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Francis Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys
Francis Robert Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys (9 December 1856 – 14 July 1897) was a British aristocrat who served as Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria. Early life Francis Robert Stonor was born on 9 December 1856 in Oxfordshire, England. He was the eldest son of The Hon. Francis Stonor, Senior Clerk of the House of Lords, and Eliza (née Peel) Stonor (–1883), who married in September 1855. His siblings included Hon. Sir Harry Julian Stonor, the Hon. Julia Caroline Stonor, and Maj. Hon. Edward Alexander Stonor. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys and the former Frances Towneley, a direct descendant of William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan. His father, the second son, and uncle, the first son, both predeceased his grandfather. Another uncle was the Most Rev. Edmund Stonor, the Catholic Archbishop of Trapezus, and among his nine aunts was the Hon. Harriet Stonor, the wife of Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden. His mother was the youngest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1797 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli, a peace treaty between the United States and Ottoman Tripolitania, is signed at Algiers (''see also'' 1796). * January 7 – The parliament of the Cisalpine Republic adopts the Italian green-white-red tricolour as their official flag (this is considered the birth of the flag of Italy). * January 13 – Action of 13 January 1797, part of the War of the First Coalition: Two British Royal Navy frigates, HMS ''Indefatigable'' and HMS ''Amazon'', drive the French 74-gun ship of the line '' Droits de l'Homme'' aground on the coast of Brittany, resulting in over 900 deaths. * January 14 – War of the First Coalition – Battle of Rivoli: French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte defeat an Austrian army of 28,000 men, under '' Feldzeugmeister'' József Alvinczi, near Rivoli (modern-day Italy), ending Austria's fourth and final attempt to relieve the fortress city of Mantua. * Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Robert Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys
Francis Robert Stonor, 4th Baron Camoys (9 December 1856 – 14 July 1897) was a British aristocrat who served as Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria. Early life Francis Robert Stonor was born on 9 December 1856 in Oxfordshire, England. He was the eldest son of The Hon. Francis Stonor, Senior Clerk of the House of Lords, and Eliza (née Peel) Stonor (–1883), who married in September 1855. His siblings included Hon. Sir Harry Julian Stonor, the Hon. Julia Caroline Stonor, and Maj. Hon. Edward Alexander Stonor. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Stonor, 3rd Baron Camoys and the former Frances Towneley, a direct descendant of William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan. His father, the second son, and uncle, the first son, both predeceased his grandfather. Another uncle was the Most Rev. Edmund Stonor, the Catholic Archbishop of Trapezus, and among his nine aunts was the Hon. Harriet Stonor, the wife of Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden. His mother was the younge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Camoys
The barony of Camoys was created twice. From 26 November 1313 to 1 April 1335 Ralph de Camoys (d. 1336) was summoned to Parliament by writ, and is thereby held to have become Baron Camoys of the first creation. Ralph de Camoys (d. 1336) married firstly, Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Brewes, 1st Lord Brewes (d. 1291), and secondly, Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (executed 27 October 1326). By his first wife, Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Braose, 1st Baron Braose, Ralph de Camoys (d. 1336) had a son, Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys (d. 1372). Thomas married Margaret, and by her had a son, Ralph Camoys. This first creation of the barony expired with the death on 11 April 1372 without male heirs of Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys, his son Ralph having predeceased him. The heir of Thomas de Camoys (d. 1372) was his nephew, another Thomas de Camoys (d. 1421), who was the grandson of Ralph de Camoys (d. 133 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fane (1775–1850)
John Fane (9 July 1775 – 4 October 1850), of Wormsley nr. Watlington, Oxfordshire, was a British Tory politician. Background A member of the Fane family headed by the Earl of Westmorland, Fane was the son of John Fane, of Wormsley, Oxfordshire, and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield. Political career Fane succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire in 1824, a seat he held until 1831. He also served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1835. An anti-Catholic, he generally supported the Tory line. Family Fane married Elizabeth, daughter of William Lowndes-Stone-Norton, in 1801. They had several children, including his heir John Fane, Reverend Frederick Adrian Scrope Fane (1810–1894) and George Augustus Scrope Fane (1817–1860). He died in October 1850. His wife survived him by 15 years and died in November 1865.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hughes Hughes
William Hughes Hughes (2 September 1792 – 10 October 1874) was a British politician. Born in the Soho area of Westminster as William Hughes Hewitt, he qualified as a solicitor and in 1814 became a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1821, the same year that his father died. His maternal grandfather died in 1825, and as principal beneficiary of his will, Hewitt became wealthy, inheriting around £85,000. In accordance with the terms of the will, he adopted his grandfather's surname, and thereafter referred to himself as Hughes Hughes. He was called as a barrister in 1827, although it is not clear whether he ever practised. Hughes contested the Oxford constituency at the 1826 UK general election as a Whig. At the time, he strongly opposed Catholic emancipation, supported only gradual abolition of slavery, and called for changes to the Corn Laws, but not necessarily their abolition. He was expected to win a seat unop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Langston
James Haughton Langston (25 May 1796 – 19 October 1863) was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. Life He was the son of John Langston of Sarsden House, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Sarah. He was educated at Eton College (1811). He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1814, graduating DCL in 1819. In 1812 Langston succeeded his father, inheriting the Sarsden estate. He was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1819–20 and verderer of Wychwood Forest. Langston served as MP for New Woodstock from 1820 to 1826 and Oxford from 1826 to 1834 and from 1841 to 1863. He died in 1863. He had married the Hon. Julia Moreton, the daughter of Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie. They had one daughter who survived into adulthood, Julia Julia may refer to: People *Julia (given name), including a list of people with the name *Julia (surname), including a list of people with the name *Julia gens, a patrician family of Ancient Rome *Julia (clairvoyant) (fl. 1689), la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet
Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet (died 1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. Goring was the son of Sir Henry Goring (also written as Henrie Goringe) of Burton, West Sussex, and his wife Eleanor Kingsmill, daughter of Sir William Kingsmill, of Sydmonton, Hampshire. He was baptised 28 April 1595. He was created a baronet on 14 May 1622. He succeeded his father on 16 July 1626. In 1628, he was elected Member of Parliament for Sussex and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Goring died in 1658 and was buried at Burton on 25 February 1658. Goring married Bridget Fraunceys, daughter of Sir Edward Fraunceys and Elizabeth Astlowe, and had nine children, including Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet, Percy (who also became an MP), and remained so throughout the Middle ... English MPs 1628–1629 Place of birth missing People from Duncton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh De Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys
Hugh de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys (1413–1426) succeeded his grandfather Thomas de Camoys as Baron in 1419. The second Baron had no children, so the title went into abeyance between his sisters Margaret and Alianora. The title was called out of abeyance in 1839 for Thomas Stonor, a descendant of Margaret.C. Clark and W. Finnelly, ''Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, and Claims of Peerage: During the Sessions 18311846 Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway's bridge, over the Venetian Lagoon betwee ...', Vol. 6, 1838 & 1839 (V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton, London 1842)pp. 789-867(Google). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Camoys, Hugh De Camoys, 2nd Baron 1413 births 1426 deaths 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas De Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys
Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys (c. 1351 – 28 March 1421), KG, of Trotton in Sussex, was an English peer who commanded the left wing of the English army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Origins Thomas de Camoys was the son of Sir John Camoys of Gressenhall in Norfolk, by his second wife Elizabeth le Latimer, daughter of William le Latimer, 3rd Baron Latimer. Sir John Camoys was the son of Ralph de Camoys (d. 1336) by his second wife Elizabeth le Despenser, a daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (executed 27 October 1326). Career From 20 August 1383 to 26 February 1421 he was summoned several times to Parliament by writ, by which he is held to have become 1st Baron Camoys, of the second creation. The first creation of that title had expired on the death of his uncle Thomas de Camoys, 2nd Baron Camoys (d. 11 April 1372), to whom he was heir. In 1380 Camoys was in the retinue of his cousin William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer in an expedition to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
