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Fife (UK Parliament Constituency)
Fife was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1885, when it was divided into East Fife (UK Parliament constituency), East Fife and West Fife (UK Parliament constituency), West Fife. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Fifeshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Fifeshire. History The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the Plurality voting system, first past the post system until the seat was divided in 1885. Boundaries The constituency covered the county of Fife. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Elections in the 1860s Wemyss's death caused a by-electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife (Parliament Of Scotland Constituency)
Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council area and lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the south, Perth and Kinross to the west and Clackmannanshire to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Dunfermline, and the administrative centre is Glenrothes. The area has an area of and had a resident population of in , making it Scotland's largest local authority area by population. The population is concentrated in the south, which contains Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. The north is less densely populated, and the largest town is St Andrews on the north-east coast. The area is governed by the unitary Fife Council. It covers the same area as the historic county of the same name. Fife was one of the major Pictish kingdoms, known as ''Fib'', and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland. The University of St Andrews is the oldest of the ancient uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Oswald (younger)
James Oswald (1715 – 24 March 1769) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1768. Oswald was the grandson of James Oswald a politician of Kirkcaldy, and son of James Oswald whom he succeeded in c.1725, inheriting his Kirkcaldy home, Dunnikier, now known as the Path House. His brother John was Bishop of Raphoe and another brother Thomas was an army officer.Dictionary Of National Biography, ed. Sidney Lee, Vol. LIII (Smith - Stanger), publ. Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London, 1898; p. 3 (Adam Smith)http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ entry for: births/baptisms, Old Parish Registers, Surname: Oswald, 1700-1730, Parent name 1: James, Parent name 2: Anne, County: FIFE He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1733. The Oswald family became the dominant force in Kirkcaldy politics in the 18th century and Dysart, the second largest burgh was controlled by the St. Clair interest. The combined Oswald and St. Clair influence often decided who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lindsay (MP For Fife)
James Lindsay may refer to: British peerage *James Lindsay of Crawford (died 1358) (died 1358), Scottish nobleman *James Lindsay of Crawford (died 1395/6) (died 1395/6), Scottish nobleman *James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres (1691–1768), Scottish peer *James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford (1783–1869), Scottish peer Politics *James Lindsay (British Army officer) (1815–1874), British Army officer and Conservative Party MP for Wigan *James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913), Victorian astronomer and politician * James Lindsay (North Devon MP) (1906–1997), British Conservative Party MP for North Devon *James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker (born 1945), retired Australian diplomat Religion * James Lindsay (theologian) (1852–1923), Scottish minister, theologian and author *James Gordon Lindsay (1906–1973), revivalist preacher, author, and founder of Christ for the Nations Sport *Jamie Lindsay (footballer, born 1870) (born c. 1870), Scottish footballer *James L ... [...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] |
Whigs (British Political Party)
The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs became the Liberal Party when the faction merged with the Peelites and Radicals in the 1850s. Many Whigs left the Liberal Party in 1886 over the issue of Irish Home Rule to form the Liberal Unionist Party, which merged into the Conservative Party in 1912. The Whigs began as a political faction that opposed absolute monarchy and Catholic emancipation, supporting constitutional monarchism and parliamentary government, but also Protestant supremacy. They played a central role in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and were the standing enemies of the Roman Catholic Stuart kings and pretenders. The period known as the Whig Supremacy (1714–1760) was enabled by the Hanoverian succession of George I in 1714 and the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Erskine Wemyss
James Erskine Wemyss (9 July 1789 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish MP and Rear-Admiral. He was the son of William Wemyss by his wife Frances, daughter of Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet. In 1820 he succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ..., sitting until 1831. He represented the county again from 1832 to 1847. By his wife Lady Emma, daughter of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll, he was father of James Hay Erskine Wemyss, also later MP for Fife. See also * References * http://thepeerage.com/p1087.htm#i10869 * https://web.archive.org/web/20111003160503/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Fcommons.htm External links * 1789 births 1854 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ferguson (MP For Fife)
Robert Ferguson may refer to: People * Robert Ferguson (author) (born 1948), Author, dramatist and translator *Robert Ferguson (minister) (c. 1637–1714), Scottish religious minister, conspirator and political pamphleteer *Robert Ferguson of Raith (1769–1840), Scottish MP for Fife and Kirkcaldy Burghs *Sir Robert Ferguson, 2nd Baronet (1795–1860), Irish MP for Londonderry * Robert Ferguson (physician) (1799–1865), Scottish physician * Robert Munro Ferguson (1802–1868), Scottish army officer and MP for Kirkcaldy Burghs *Robert Ferguson (Carlisle MP) (1817–1898), member of parliament for Carlisle * Robert Ferguson (Ontario politician) (1834–1901), Ontario merchant and political figure * Robert Ferguson (Manitoba politician) (1866–1958), politician in Manitoba, Canada *Robert Ferguson (American football) (born 1979), American football wide receiver * Robert Ferguson (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1962), Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool * Robert Ferguson (foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet
Major-General Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet (30 March 1770 – 15 May 1813) was an officer in the British Army, served as a member of Parliament, and achieved important commands in the Napoleonic Wars under the Duke of Wellington, but ended his service in insanity and suicide. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet and his second wife, Frances. He succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in 1795.H. M. Stephens, 'Erskine, Sir William, second baronet (1770–1813)', rev. Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200Retrieved 30 May 2008/ref> Early career Erskine was commissioned into the 23rd foot 1785, and transferred to the 5th Dragoons as a lieutenant in 1787, and in 1791 became captain of the 15th King's Light Dragoons (the unit his father had served in with distinction) on 23 February 1791. His first active service was in Flanders 1793–95, during the French Revolutionary Wars, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wemyss (1760—1822)
General (United Kingdom), General William Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, Wemyss (9 April 1760 – 4 February 1822) was a Scottish soldier in the British Army and Member of Parliament. Early life He was the son of the Hon. James Wemyss (1726–1786), James Wemyss, third son of the James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Sutherland, only daughter of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland. Career From 1784 to 1787 Wemyss was MP for Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency), Sutherland, succeeding his father, before sitting for Fife (UK Parliament constituency), Fife from 1787 to 1796 and again from 1807 to 1820. Military career Captain in the Army by brevet, 1 July 1783 DAG in Scotland and Major, 18 November 1786 DAG in Scotland and Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 October 1791 Colonel, 22 August 1795 He attained the rank of Major-General on 23 June 1798. Action near Ardee Major-General William Wemyss raised the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Henderson, 5th Baronet
Sir John Henderson FRSE FSA (8 January 1752 – 12 December 1817), fifth of the Henderson baronets of Fordell Castle, Fordell, Fife, was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman and politician. He trained as a lawyer and was also a competent antiquary. Ancestry The Hendersons were an ancient Scottish family; James Henderson, who served as Lord Advocate of Scotland and died at Flodden Field in 1513, was called the first "Laird of Fordell". Fordell Castle was built in 1567, but it was built on the site of a previous structure. John Henderson (d. 1683) was created a baronet in 1664. The Hendersons' considerable wealth came from coalpits on their estates. Life Sir John Henderson was the son of Robert Henderson (d. 1781), the 4th baronet. He was educated at St. Andrews, University of St Andrews and Christ Church, Oxford. He studied law at St Andrews University graduating in 1764, then did further studies at Oxford University gaining a second degree in 1771 before being made an advocate in 1774. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Skene (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Robert Skene (1719–1787) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1779 and 1787. Early life Skene was the eldest son of David Skene of Pitlour or Hallyards Castle, Hallyards, and his wife Jean Douglas, daughter of John Douglas of Strathendry, Fife. He was a cousin of Adam Smith. Army career Skene joined the army and was an ensign in the 19th Foot in 1743 and lieutenant in 1745. He succeeded to his father’s estates in 1747. In 1756 he became a captain in a newly formed regiment, the 59th Foot. He was lieutenant-colonel and deputy adjutant-general for North Britain in 1758 and adjutant general in 1763. From 1767 to 1789 he was inspector of roads in the Highlands. He became Colonel in 1772, Major-general in 1777 and Lieutenant-general in 1782. He was also Colonel of the short lived 99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment), 99th Foot (Jamaica) from 1781 to 1783 and Colonel of the 48th Foot from 1783 to his death. Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Townsend Oswald
James Townsend Oswald (23 February 1748 – 3 January 1814) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1779. Oswald was the son of James Oswald, a politician of Kirkcaldy. The Oswald family became the dominant force in Kirkcaldy politics in the 18th century and Dysart, the second-largest burgh was controlled by the St. Clair interest. The combined Oswald and St. Clair influence often decided who was to be elected. Oswald was elected member of parliament for Dysart Burghs in succession to his father in 1768 and was Secretary for the Leeward Islands in 1772. He lost the seat in 1774 when to his surprise a rich outsider bribed his way into Parliament. In 1776 Oswald was elected MP for Fife until he resigned on being appointed Auditor of the Exchequer of Scotland on 2 July 1779. About 1790 he had built Dunnikier House, "a handsome mansion beautifully situated in a richly-wooded demesne". Oswald died at age 65. He had married Janet Grey of Ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
