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Edmund Lambert
Edmund Lambert (1666 – 1734), of Boyton, Wiltshire, was an English lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1722. Lambert was baptized on 26 July 1666, the eldest son of Thomas Lambert of Boyton and his wife Eleanor Topp, daughter of Edward Topp of Stockton, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1682 and entered Middle Temple in 1683. He was called to the bar in 1689. Before June 1689, he married Sarah Blake, daughter of Peter Blake of Andover, Hampshire. He succeeded his father in 1692. Lambert was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Hindon at the 1708 general election. He voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. He was returned again at the 1710 election and was listed as a 'Tory patriot' opposed to the continuance of the war. He was a member of the October Club. However, he supported the French commerce bill, which had potentially adverse effect on the woollen industry and that reduced his support among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyton, Wiltshire
Boyton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the Wylye Valley within Salisbury Plain, about south-east of Warminster and north-west of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Corton. The A36 Salisbury-Warminster road passes north of the villages. The parish is on the right (south) bank of the Wylye, opposite Upton Lovell (near Corton) and Codford St Peter (near Boyton). Its area extends south-west to the higher ground of Corton Down, Boyton Down and Rowdean Hill. In the far south is the Great Ridge Wood, which lies mostly within Boyton and covers about a quarter of the parish. History Prehistoric sites in the parish include Corton Long Barrow. The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 17 households at Boyton and six at Corton. In the thirteenth century, there was a castle in the village. An occupant of the castle was Hugh Giffard and his wife Sibyl, who was the daughter and co-heiress of Walter de Cormeilles. Hugh was father of the Walter Giffard who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherrington
Sherrington is a small village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England. The part of the Great Ridge Wood known as Snailcreep Hanging lies entirely within Sherrington. Location Sherrington is near the larger village of Codford and is near the edge of Salisbury Plain. It is southeast of the town of Warminster and northwest of the city of Salisbury. Sherrington is part of the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History There are a number of prehistoric barrows in the parish.Crowley ''et al.'', 1995, pages 234-242 Sherrington has the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle,Pevsner and Cherry, 1975, page 469 presumed to have been made late in the 11th or early in the 12th century. Now a scheduled ancient monument, the mound rises to a height of 5.5m and is 48m across. The village has a large mill pond. The ''Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorsetshire'' (1855) says of Sherrington: Parish church Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1660s Births
Year 166 ( CLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pudens and Pollio (or, less frequently, year 919 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 166 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 * Dacia is invaded by barbarians. * Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni. * Emperor Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons Commodus and Marcus Annius Verus as co-rulers (Caesar), while he and Lucius Verus travel to Germany. * End of the war with Parthia: The Parthians leave Armenia and eastern Mesopotamia, which both become Roman protectorates. * A plague (possibly small pox) comes from the East and spreads throughout the Roman Empire, lasting for roughly twenty years. * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of Parliament For Salisbury
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Kenton
Francis Kenton (c. 1689 - 1755) was the member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ... for the parliament of 1722 to 1727.KENTON, Francis (?1689-1755), of Castle St., Salisbury, Wilts. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 7 February 2019. References Members of Parliament for Salisbury[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham
Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (c. 1695 – 18 June 1763), was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1747 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Feversham. Duncombe was the son of Anthony Duncombe and Jane Cornwallis, daughter of Frederick Cornwallis, younger son of Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. In 1721 he succeeded to half of the enormous estates of his uncle, Sir Charles Duncombe. The same year he was returned as Member of Parliament for Salisbury at a by-election on 6 May 1721. He retained the seat in the general elections of 1722 and 1727. At the 1734 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Downton instead and again in 1741. He vacated his seat in 1747 when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Feversham, Baron of Downton, in the County of Wilts Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Swanton
Francis Swanton (c.1605 – 1661) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1661. Swanton was the son of William Swanton of Wincanton, Somerset and his wife Elizabeth Aubrey, daughter of Thomas Aubrey of Chaddenwicke, Wiltshire. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1630 and was called to the bar in 1638. He was Clerk of assize for the Western circuit from 1637 to 1656, J.P. for Wiltshire from about 1641 until his death and J.P. for Somerset from 1648 to 1657. His small estate was sequestrated because he had acted as clerk of assize under the Royalists during the Civil War but he managed to convincedthe sequestrators that he had acted under force majeure and was not only excused the fine but also allowed to continue in post. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from December 1649 to 1652 and was J.P. for Cornwall, Devon and Hampshire in 1651. In 1655 he was commissioner for oyer and terminer for the Western circuit. He was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jones (died 1736)
Richard Jones (died 1736) was the member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Marlborough for the parliament of 23 January 1712 to 1713 and for Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency), Salisbury for the parliament of 1713 to 1715.JONES, Richard (bef.1679-1736), of Ramsbury, Wilts. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 7 February 2019. References Members of Parliament for Salisbury Members of Parliament for Marlborough 17th-century births 1736 deaths British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Fox
Sir Stephen Fox (27 March 1627 – 28 October 1716) of Farley in Wiltshire, of Redlynch Park in Somerset, of Chiswick, Middlesex and of Whitehall, was a royal administrator and courtier to King Charles II, and a politician, who rose from humble origins to become the "richest commoner in the three kingdoms".Ferris He made the foundation of his wealth from his tenure of the newly created office of Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces, which he held twice, in 1661–1676 and 1679–1680. He was the principal force of inspiration behind the founding of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, to which he contributed £13,000. Origins Stephen Fox was a younger son of William Fox, of Farley, Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer, by his wife Margaret Pavy, a daughter of Thomas Pavy of Plaitford, Hampshire.Hayton His eldest surviving brother was John Fox (1611–1691), Clerk of the Acatry to King Charles II. Stephen's sister was Jane Fox (1639–1710), who married Nicholas Johnson (died 1682), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lockwood (politician)
Richard Lockwood (c. 1676–1756) of Dews Hall, near Maldon, Essex was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1741. Early life Lockwood was the only surviving son of Richard Lockwood of Gayton, Northamptonshire, and his wife Susanna Cutts, daughter of Edward Cutts of Maldon, Essex. He was educated probably at Westminster School in 1684. Career He became a wealthy merchant in the Turkish trade, and succeeded his father in about 1697. In 1711 he became an Assistant in the Levant Company and was also given an office as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Political career At the 1713 general election Lockwood was returned as Member of Parliament for Hindon. He was an outsider but stood on a joint ticket with the younger Reynolds Calthorpe, and it was possibly his wealth which accounted for the partnership. He was classed as a Whig because of his association with the Calthorpes, but was probably a closet Tory. He was Assistant to the Levant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynolds Calthorpe (1689-1714)
Reynolds Calthorpe of Elvetham in Hampshire (12 August 1655 in Ampton – 1719) was a Whig Member of Parliament for Hindon. He was the third and youngest son of Sir James Calthorpe (died 1658) and Dorothy Reynolds, second daughter of Sir James Reynolds of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, and sister to Sir John Reynolds. Calthorpe represented Hindon in the 4th (1698 – 13 May 1701) and 6th (1698 – 13 May 1701) Parliaments of William and Mary; the 2nd (1705–1708) Parliament of Ann; and the 1st (1707), 2nd (1708) and 5th (1715) Great-Britain Parliaments. He was also a High Sheriff of Suffolk. Calthorpe was buried in Elvetham with a memorial (with bust) by James Hardy. Family Calthorpe's first wife was his cousin Priscilla Reynolds (died 19 August 1709), daughter of Sir Robert Reynolds (and widow of Sir Richard Knight of Chawton) whom he married at Westminster Abbey, 11 April 1681; and with whom he had an only son Reynolds (6 November 1689 – 1714), and who was Member for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lee Warner
Henry Lee Warner (23 July 1688 – 13 December 1760) was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1713. Warner was the son of Henry Lee and his wife Dorothy Howe, daughter of Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Grimston. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and entered Inner Temple in on 26 March 1706. Supported by his uncle Sir James Howe, 2nd Baronet Warner was elected Member of Parliament for Hindon on 15 May 1711 and held the seat until 1713. He made little impact in parliament although he saw through an Act of Parliament concerning his inheritance of family estates that were left to his deceased brother. He decided not to stand in 1713 and instead he undertook a Grand Tour of Europe, visiting France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands until 1716. On his return he settled at Walsingham Abbey in Norfolk together with his father. In 1736 he inherited the manor of Berwick St Leona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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