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Grantham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Grantham was a United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England. The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Unreformed House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the Act of Union 1707, union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency), Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to the north, the North Sea to the east, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland to the south, and Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire to the west. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and a population of 1,095,010. After Lincoln (104,565), the largest towns are Grimsby (85,911) and Scunthorpe (81,286). For Local government in England, local government purposes Lincolnshire comprises a non-metropolitan county with seven districts, and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The last two areas are part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, and the rest of the county is in the East Midlands. The non-metropolitan county council and two unitary councils collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Witham
The River Witham is a river almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham at , passes through the centre of Grantham (where it may be closely followed using the Riverside Walk through Wyndham Park and Queen Elizabeth Park), passes Lincoln at and at Boston, , flows into The Haven, a tidal arm of The Wash, near RSPB Frampton Marsh. The name "Witham" seems to be extremely old and of unknown origin.; see Old European hydronymy Archaeological and documentary evidence shows the importance of the Witham as a navigable river from the Iron Age onwards. From Roman times it was navigable to Lincoln, from where the Fossdyke was constructed to link it to the River Trent. The mouth of the river moved in 1014 following severe flooding, and Boston became important as a port. From 1142 onwards, sluices were constructed to prevent flooding by the sea, and this culminated in the Great Sluice, which was constructed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Savile (died 1569)
Henry Savile (1517/18–1569) was an English politician, and Surveyor of the Crown for the Northern Provinces. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham in 1558 and for Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ... in 1559. His will and issue are printed in full in the ''Yorkshire Archaeological Journal''.J.W. Clay, 'The Savile family', ''Yorkshire Archaeological Journal'' XXV (1920), pp. 1-47at pp. 16-22 By his second wife Joan Vernon, he was the father of Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill. References 1510s births 1569 deaths English MPs 1558 English MPs 1559 {{1559-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Porter (died C
William Porter may refer to: Law and politics * William Dennison Porter (1810–1883), South Carolina lieutenant governor * William Porter (Attorney General) (1805–1880), attorney-general of the Cape Colony * William Field Porter (1784–1869), New Zealand politician * William G. Porter, American police officer * William J. Porter (1914–1988), American diplomat; former ambassador to Canada and Saudi Arabia, among others * William Archer Porter (1825–1890), British lawyer and educationist * William Haldane Porter (1867–1944), British civil servant * William Porter (died c. 1593), member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham, Bletchingley, and Helston * William Porter (fl. 1388), Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark * William Porter (died 1436), MP for Cambridgeshire * William W. Porter (1856–1928), American attorney and legal author * William Wood Porter (1826–1907), American military officer and jurist Medicine * William Townsend Porter (1862–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (died 1556)
George Williams (by 1521 – 1556) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ... in 1555. References 1556 deaths English MPs 1555 Year of birth uncertain {{1555-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sharpe (MP)
Grantham was a United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England. The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Unreformed House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the Act of Union 1707, union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency), Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Johnson (by 1530–64 Or Later)
Roger Johnson (by 1530 – 1564 or later) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ... in November 1554. References Year of death missing English MPs 1554–1555 Year of birth uncertain {{1554-2-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Disney (politician)
Richard Disney (by 1505 – 30 March 1578) was an English Member of Parliament. He was born the son of William Disney of Norton Disney and succeeded his father in December 1540. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham in April 1554. He was a Justice of the Peace for Kesteven from 1547 to 1564 and served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilit ... for 1556–57 and 1566–67. He had married twice: firstly Neile, the daughter and coheiress of Sir William Hussey of Beauvale, Nottinghamshire, with whom he had 7 sons and 5 daughters; and secondly Jane, the daughter of Sir William Askew of Nuthall, Nottinghamshire and widow of George St. Poll (d. 1558/59) of Snarford, Lincolnshire. References 1578 deaths Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wallis (died 1588)
James Wallis (died 1588) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ... in October 1553. References 16th-century births 1588 deaths People from Lincolnshire English MPs 1553 (Mary I) {{1553Mary-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hussey (died 1558)
Thomas Hussey (by 1509 – will proved 1558), of Halton Holegate and Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Great Grimsby in 1545; Grantham in March 1553 and April 1554; and Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ... in October 1553. References 1558 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Great Grimsby People from East Lindsey District English MPs 1545–1547 Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 People from Caythorpe, Lincolnshire {{1545-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hall (MP)
Edmund Hall (by 1519 – 24 November 1592) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ... in 1545 and 1547. References : 1592 deaths People from Lincolnshire Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1545–1547 English MPs 1547–1552 {{1545-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Warner (1511–1565)
Sir Edward Warner (1511 – 7 November 1565 ) was an English politician, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London. He was an MP for Grantham (UK Parliament constituency), Grantham in 1545, 1547, March 1553 and October 1553, for Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency), Great Grimsby in 1559, and Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Norfolk in 1563. Family Warner was the younger son of Henry Warner (d. 1519) of Besthorpe and Mary, daughter of John Blennerhassett of Frenze. He was the brother of Robert Warner (MP, born 1510), Robert Warner. He married first Elizabeth Brooke (1503–1560), Elizabeth (d. 1560), daughter of Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham, Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, widow of Thomas Wyatt (poet), Sir Thomas Wyatt I (d. 1542) of Allington Castle, Kent. They had three sons. She died in August 1560 and was buried in the Tower. His second wife, Audrey (d. 16 July 1581), daughter and heiress of William Hare of Beeston, Norfolk, was the widow of Thomas Hobart of Plum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
