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Carrickfergus (UK Parliament Constituency)
Carrickfergus was a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland represented List of United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies in Ireland 1801–1885, from 1801 to 1885 by one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP. History and boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus which was a county corporate in County Antrim. It was disenfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland, 1885 general election. The county of the town of Carrickfergus became part of the county constituency, county division of East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency), East Antrim.Seventh Schedule (Counties at Large); Part III (Ireland). Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1830s * On petition, the election was declared void and the writ for the seat was suspended. Elections in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest town and one of the oldest towns in Ireland as a whole. Carrickfergus Castle, built in the late 12th century at the behest of Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy, was the capital of the Earldom of Ulster. After the earldom's collapse, it remained the only English outpost in Ulster for the next four centuries. Carrickfergus was the administrative centre for Carrickfergus Borough Council, before this was amalgamated into the Mid and East Antrim District Council in 2015, and forms part of the Belfast Metropolitan Area. It is also a townland of 65 acres, a civil parish and a barony. History Middle Ages The town is said to take its name from Fergus Mór (Fergus the Great), the legendary king of Dál Riata. According to one tale, his sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tories (British Political Party)
The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of Parliament of England, England, Parliament of Scotland, Scotland, Parliament of Ireland, Ireland, Parliament of Great Britain, Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. They first emerged during the 1679 Exclusion Crisis, when they opposed Whigs (British political party), Whig efforts to exclude James II of England, James, Duke of York from the succession on the grounds of his Catholic Church, Catholicism. Despite their fervent opposition to state-sponsored Catholicism, Tories opposed his exclusion because of their belief that inheritance based on birth was the foundation of a stable society. After the succession of George I of Great Britain, George I in 1714, the Tories had no part in government and ceased to exist as an organised political entity in the early 1760s (although the term continued to be used in subsequent years as a term of self-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.The basic Google book link is found at: https://books.google.com/ . The "advanced" interface allowing more specific searches is found at: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Books are provided either by publishers and authors through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners through the Library Project. Additionally, Google has partnered with a number of magazine publishers to digitize their archives. The Publisher Program was first known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. The Google Books Library Project, which scans works in the collections of library partners and adds them to the digital inventory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conway Richard Dobbs
Conway Richard Dobbs (1795 – 28 February 1886) was an Irish politician. Dobbs lived at Acton House in County Armagh, and served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He stood in Carrickfergus at the 1832 UK general election, and was elected as a Tory A Tory () is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain. The To .... However, an election petition was raised, and he was unseated, and the seat remained unfilled until the next general election. In 1841, Dobbs served as Sheriff of Antrim. He was placed on the naval reserve list in 1851 and retired as a commander in 1864. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobbs, Conway Richard 1795 births 1886 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922) Royal Navy officers Tory MPs (pre-1834) UK M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 United Kingdom General Election
The 1832 United Kingdom general election was held on 8 December 1832 to 8 January 1833. The first election to be held in the newly-reformed House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, the Whigs (British political party), Whigs under Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Earl Grey won a landslide victory with a majority of 224 seats. Earl Grey, Prime Minister since November 1830, led the first predominantly Whigs (British political party), Whig administration since 1806–07, supported by Radicals and allied politicians, though no formal Liberal Party existed yet. John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, Viscount Althorp led the House of Commons and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Tories, led by the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, had not fully adopted the Conservative label. In Ireland, Daniel O'Connell's Irish Repeal Association campaigned for the repeal of the Acts of Union 1800, Act of Union, presenting independent candidates. The election took place from Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord George Hill
Lord George Augusta Hill (9 December 1801 – 6 April 1879) was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and landowner. Hill was the posthumous son of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire, the 2nd Marquess of Downshire and his wife Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, Mary, Marchioness of Downshire, granddaughter of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, the 1st Baron Sandys. Lord George was born three months after his father's death by suicide. Military and political career He entered the British Army in May 1817, initially a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards, promoted to lieutenant in 1820. He transferred to the Royal Irish Dragoons as a captain in 1825. In April 1830 he became aide-de-camp to John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, Sir John Byng, Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Ireland, at the rank of Major (United Kingdom), major, but on 6 July he took half-pay. In the 1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 general election, Hill was elected MP for Carrickfergus (UK Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 United Kingdom General Election
The 1830 United Kingdom general election was held on 29 July 1830 to 1 September 1830 in the wake of the death of King George IV, producing the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King William IV. The fractured Tories (British political party), Tory party under the Duke of Wellington paved the way for Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Earl Grey to form a government, which would go on to take the issue of Reform Act 1832, electoral reform 1831 United Kingdom general election, the following year. The eighth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 24 July 1830. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 14 September 1830, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. This election was the first since 1708 British general election, 1708 to cause the collapse of the government.B. Hilton, ''A Mad, Bad and Dangerous People?'' Political situation The Tory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1820 United Kingdom General Election
The 1820 United Kingdom general election was held on 6 March 1820 to 14 April 1820, to elect members of the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ..., the lower house of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament. Triggered by the death of King George III, it produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King George IV. It was held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories (British political party), Tories under the Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs (British political party), Whigs. The sixth United Kingdom Parliament was Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, dissolved on 29 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chichester, 3rd Marquess Of Donegall
George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883), styled Viscount Chichester until 1799 and Earl of Belfast between 1799 and 1844, was an Anglo-Irish landowner, courtier and politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1830 to 1834, as well as from 1838 to 1841, and as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1848 and 1852. Ennobled in his own right in 1841, he was also Lord Lieutenant of Antrim from 1841 to 1883 and was made a Knight of St Patrick in 1857. Background and education Lord Donegall was born at Great Cumberland Place, London, the eldest son of Viscount Chichester (who became the 2nd Marquess of Donegall in 1799) by his wife Anna May, daughter of Sir Edward May, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, before serving for a time as a captain with the 11th Hussars. He was known by the courtesy title Viscount Chichester from birth until 1799 and as Earl of Belfast from 1799 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1818 United Kingdom General Election
The 1818 United Kingdom general election was the 5th general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held on 17 June 1818 to 18 July 1818. It saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats. The Whigs were divided over their response to growing social unrest and the introduction of the Corn Laws. The fifth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 10 June 1818. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 4 August 1818, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. The sixth Parliament lasted only about a year and a half, as King George III's death on 29 January 1820 triggered a dissolution of Parliament. Political situation The Tory leader was the Earl of Liverpool, who had been prime minister since his predecessor's assassination in 1812. The Tory Leader of the House of Commons was Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet (c.1769–1847) was an Irish politician who represented Carrickfergus (UK Parliament constituency), Carrickfergus and Belfast (UK Parliament constituency), Belfast in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the patronage of the Marquess of Donegall. In the years after 1816 he became a convert to the cause of Catholic relief. Life He was the son of the Rev. William Chichester LL.D. of Broughshane, rector of Clonmany from 1768 to 1791, and his wife Mary Anne Harvey, daughter of George Harvey of Malin Hall. The Rev. Edward Chichester, author and father of William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill, was his younger half-brother. They were descendants of John Chichester, second son of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, whose eldest son was Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall. Arthur Chichester matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1791, aged 22, graduating B.A. in 1795. Having entered Lincoln's Inn in 1791, he entered King's Inns in 1798, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1812 United Kingdom General Election
The 1812 United Kingdom general election was the fourth general election after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, held from 5 October 1812 to 10 November 1812, taking place at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. The fourth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 29 September 1812, four months after the Earl of Liverpool succeeded to the premiership following the assassination of Spencer Perceval. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 24 November 1812, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. Political situation Following the 1807 election the Pittite Tory ministry, led as prime minister by the Duke of Portland (who still claimed to be a Whig), continued to prosecute the Napoleonic Wars. At the core of the opposition were the Foxite Whigs, led since the death of Fox in 1806 by Earl Grey (known by the courtesy title of Viscount Howick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
