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Winchcombe Howard Packer
Winchcombe Howard Packer (20 November 1702 – 1746), of Donnington and Shellingford, Berkshire, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1731 to 1746. Packer was the eldest son of Robert Packer of Shellingford and Donnington. He was educated at Westminster School between 1715 and 1717. In 1718 he succeeded to the Bucklebury estate of his aunt Frances, Viscountess Bolingbroke daughter of Sir Henry Winchcombe. She was the wife of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke who went into exile after supporting the Pretender in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. The inheritance came under challenge from the Crown while Bolingbroke was under attainder, and from Bolingbroke himself when he was restored and returned to England in 1725. Packer succeeded his father to Shellingford in 1731. Packer was returned unopposed as a Tory Member of Parliament for Berkshire at a by-election 5 May 1731 in succession to his father. He voted consistently against the Government. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shellingford
Shellingford, historically also spelt Shillingford, is a village and civil parish about south-east of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 Local Government Act transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 173. In the 10th century the toponym was spelt ''Scaringaford'' and in the 11th century it was ''Serengeford''. 13th century forms of the name included ''Salingeford, Schalingeford, Shallingford, Sallingford'' and ''Schillingford''. In the 18th century it was recorded as ''Shillingworth''. The spelling Shillingford has been discontinued to avoid confusion with the village of Shillingford near Wallingford, also in Oxfordshire. History Abingdon Abbey held the manor of Shellingford from 931 to 1538. In 1598 the courtier Sir Henry Neville bought the manor. He installed John Parkhurst as rector in 1602: Parkhurst was later master of Balliol College, but returned to Shellingf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |