1869 Brecon By-election
The 1869 Brecon by-election was fought on 24 April 1869. The by-election was fought due to the voiding of the election of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Howel Gwyn Howel Gwyn (24 June 1806 – 25 January 1888) of Dyffryn, Neath, was a British Conservative politician, who represented Penryn and Falmouth (1847–57) and Brecon (1866–68). Early life Gwyn was the son of William Gwyn and Mary Anne Roberts .... It was won by the Liberal candidate Edward Villiers. References 1869 in Wales 1860s elections in Wales History of Powys Brecknockshire 1869 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies {{Wales-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brecon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Brecon was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election. Boundaries From its first election in 1542 until some time before 1715, the constituency consisted of a number of boroughs within the historic county of Brecknockshire or Breconshire in Wales. From then until 1885 the seat represented the parliamentary borough of Brecon alone. The constituency should not be confused with the county constituency of Breconshire, which existed from the sixteenth century until 1918. On the basis of information from several volumes of the ''History of Parliament'', it is apparent that the history of the borough representation from Wales and Monmouthshire is more complicated than that of the English boroughs. The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. VIII, c. 26) provided for a single borough seat for each of 11 of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Howel Gwyn
Howel Gwyn (24 June 1806 – 25 January 1888) of Dyffryn, Neath, was a British Conservative politician, who represented Penryn and Falmouth (1847–57) and Brecon (1866–68). Early life Gwyn was the son of William Gwyn and Mary Anne Roberts. His mother was the daughter of John Roberts of Barnstaple, Devon. He was educated privately at Neath and at Swansea Grammar School. Public life Gwyn participated in the public life of several Welsh counties. He was High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1837, of Carmarthenshire in 1838 and of Breconshire in 1844. Gwyn successfully contested Penryn and Falmouth at the 1847 General Election and continued to represent the borough until 1857. He represented Brecon from 1866 until 1869 when he was unseated by petition. Having been returned for Brecon in 1868 it was generally accepted that his supporters had been caught engaged in bribery. The following year, a petition was brought forward to unseat him due to allegations of bribery and illegal act ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edward Villiers, 5th Earl Of Clarendon
Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon, (11 February 1846 – 2 October 1914), styled Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870, was a British Liberal Unionist politician from the Villiers family. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1900 and 1905. Background and education Clarendon was the second but eldest surviving son of the prominent Liberal Party (UK), Liberal statesman George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and his wife Lady Katherine Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam. He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. Political career Clarendon was elected to Parliament for Brecon (UK Parliament constituency), Brecon in 1869, a seat he retained until the following year, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1895 he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in the Unionist Government 1895-1905, Unionist administration of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lord Claud Hamilton (1843-1925) , British soldier and c ...
Claud Hamilton may refer to: * Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician * Claud Hamilton of Shawfield (died 1614) Scottish landowner * Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), Irish nobleman * Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn (1659–1691), Irish and Scottish nobleman * GER 'Claud Hamilton', a steam locomotive * Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808), British nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Abercorn * Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), British nobleman and politician, son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton * Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), British Member of Parliament, son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn * Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975) Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (10 November 1889 – 2 August 1975) was a British Army officer and courtier. Family and education The youngest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe, he was educated at Wel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1869 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1869 to Wales and its people. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (until 7 February); William Owen Stanley (from 2 March) *Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar *Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn * Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse *Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor * Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph *Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Baronet *Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot *Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn *Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort *Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley *Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Will ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1860s Elections In Wales
Year 186 ( CLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 186 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus. * Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers. New Zealand * The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence). Births * Ma Liang, Chinese official of the Shu Han state (d. 222) Deaths * April 21 – Apollonius the Apologist, Christian martyr * Bian Zhang, Chinese official an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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History Of Powys
Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. Geography Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire, and part of historic Denbighshire. With an area of about , it is now the largest administrative area in Wales by land and area (Dyfed was until 1996 before several former counties created by the Local Government Act 1972 were abolished). It is bounded to the north by Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Wrexham County Borough; to the west by Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire; to the east by Shropshire and Herefordshire; and to the south by Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Caerphilly County Borough, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and Neath Port Talbot. The largest towns are Newtown, Ystradgynlais, Brecon, Welshpool, Llandrindod W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brecknockshire
, image_flag= , HQ= Brecon , Government= Brecknockshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= Brycheiniog , Status= , Start= 1535 , End= 1974 , Code= BRE , CodeName= Chapman code , Replace= Brecknock, Powys , Motto= Undeb Hedd Llwyddiant (Unity, Peace, Prosperity) , Divisions= , DivisionsNames= , DivisionsMap= , Image= , Map= , Arms= , Civic= , PopulationFirst= 47,763Vision of Britain 1831 Census/ref> , PopulationFirstYear= 1831 , AreaFirst= , AreaFirstYear= 1831 , DensityFirst= 0.1/acre , DensityFirstYear= 1831 , PopulationSecond= 54,213 , PopulationSecondYear= 1901 , AreaSecond= , AreaSecondYear= 1911 , ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1869 Elections In The United Kingdom
Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is formed in London ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |