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Augustus Arkwright
Augustus Peter Arkwright (2 March 1821 – 6 October 1887) was a Royal Navy officer and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Arkwright was the seventh son of Peter Arkwright J.P. of Rock House, near Matlock, and his wife Mary Anne Hurt, daughter of Charles Hurt. He was the grandson of Richard Arkwright Junior. Between 1829 and 1832, he was educated at Seaforth near Liverpool and in 1833 at the age of 12 went to Portsmouth Naval College. He left there in June 1835 and joined HMS ''Barham'' at the age of 14. He also served on HMS ''Curacoa'' and HMS ''Stag''. He passed his examination to become mate/sub lieutenant on 14 October 1840 and served as mate on HMS ''Pantaloon'' on the Africa, Mediterranean, and Home stations and on the survey ship HMS ''Bonetta''. He obtained his lieutenant's commission on 6 February 1845 and served on HMS ''Trafalgar'' and HMS ''Caledonia''. He became a commander on 23 June 1859 and retired as command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Mercury
The ''Derby Mercury'' was a local, broadsheet newspaper, based in Derby, Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ..., England. It ran from 1732 until 1900. References Publications disestablished in 1900 1732 establishments in England Publications established in 1732 Newspapers published in Derbyshire {{England-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Derbyshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Derbyshire was a United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom constituencies. It originally returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created when Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), Derbyshire constituency was split into North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Derbyshire under the 1832 Reform Act. It was abolished in 1885, together with the constituencies of South Derbyshire and East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), East Derbyshire. In 1885 the area of the three constituencies was split between the new smaller constituencies of Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency), Chesterfield, Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), Mid Derbyshire, North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), North-East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Derbysh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK MPs 1868–1874
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs For English Constituencies
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Royal Navy Officers
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People From Matlock, Derbyshire
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1887 Deaths
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1821 Births
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John Frederick Cheetham
John Frederick Cheetham PC (1835 – 25 February 1916) was a cotton mill-owner in Cheshire and a Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for two five-year periods, in the 1880s and the 1900s. Cheetham was born in Stalybridge, Cheshire, the eldest son of John Cheetham, a prosperous cotton manufacturer who became a Member of Parliament for South Lancashire in 1852. The family business had been started by George Cheetham (1757–1826) at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and was based on mills in Castle Street, Stalybridge and Bankwood Mills, Stalybridge. Sometime in the 1870s he took over control of the family business, which at that time employed 1,400 in the two mills. He contested several elections before being returned as MP for North Derbyshire at the 1880 general election. He held that seat for five years, until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election, when he stood unsuccessfully in the new High Peak constituency, losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Edward Cavendish
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cavendish MP (28 January 1838 – 18 May 1891) was a 19th-century British politician, soldier, and nobleman. Born in Marylebone, Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire,''The Annual register of world events: a review of the year'', Vol.133, ed.Edmund Burke, (Longmans, Green and Co., 1892), 160. by his wife, Lady Blanche Howard (a daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and a niece of the 6th Duke of Devonshire). His father and his two surviving brothers were all Members of Parliament (MPs): his eldest brother Spencer, MP for North Lancashire 1857–91 and later 8th Duke of Devonshire, led the Liberal Party and was asked three times to be Prime Minister by Queen Victoria; the middle brother, Frederick was MP for the West Riding and Chief Secretary for Ireland and was assassinated in 1882. Cavendish was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade. On retirement from the regular army he joined the 2nd Derbyshire Militia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet
Sir William Jackson, 1st Baronet (28 April 1805 – 31 January 1876) was an English industrialist, railway entrepreneur and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1847 and 1868. Early life Jackson was the 7th son of Peter Jackson of Warrington and his wife Sarah Mather. His father was a surgeon, man-midwife and pharmacist and a respected member of the business community of Warrington, but died in 1811 leaving his large family impoverished. Peter Jackson had been the seventh son of an enterprising Middlewich businessman, James Jackson and his wife Martha Pickmore. The family, hailing from Cheshire, was originally called Oulton, but became 'Jackson' through marriage with a woman of property in the 17th century. Jackson's mother was descended from the Mathers of Lowton whose family included Cotton Mather and Richard Mather. Business career Jackson was sent to work at an ironmongers in Ranelagh Street in Birkenhead before he was twelve. There he had the chanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord George Cavendish (1810–1880)
Lord George Henry Cavendish (19 August 1810 – 23 September 1880) was a British nobleman and politician. Early life Lord George was born on 19 August 1810. He was the second son of Hon. William Cavendish and Louisa O'Callaghan. He was known as George Henry Cavendish until 1858, when his brother succeeded as Duke of Devonshire and he was given precedence as the son of a duke by Royal Warrant of Precedence. His paternal grandparents were George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (a younger son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire) and Lady Elizabeth Compton (a daughter of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton). His maternal grandparents were Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore and Frances Ponsonby (daughter of John Ponsonby). Career He replaced his older brother, William, as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Derbyshire when the latter succeeded their grandfather as Earl of Burlington. Cavendish would retain the seat until his death in 1880. He raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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