|
Granville Harcourt-Vernon (1816–1861)
Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon (23 November 1816 – 1 February 1861) was a British Conservative Party politician. Background Harcourt-Vernon was the eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon, sixth son of the Most Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York. His mother was Frances Julia, daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre. Political career Harcourt-Vernon was a member of the Canterbury Association from 8 November 1851 and immediately joined the management committee. Harcourt-Vernon was returned to the House of Commons at the 1852 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Newark, but did not stand again at the 1857 election. Family Harcourt-Vernon married Lady Selina Catherine, daughter of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, in 1854. He died in February 1861, aged 44. His wife remarried twice and died in November 1911. See also *Baron Vernon Baron Vernon, of Kinderton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Vernon
Baron Vernon, of Kinderton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1762 for the former Member of Parliament George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, George Venables-Vernon. He had previously represented Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency), Lichfield and Derby (UK Parliament constituency), Derby in the British House of Commons, House of Commons. Born George Vernon, he was the son of Henry Vernon (see Vernon family), of Sudbury, Derbyshire, Sudbury in Derbyshire, and Anne Pigott, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary Venables, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton in Cheshire. In 1728, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Venables upon inheriting the Venables estate in Cheshire from his childless cousin Anne, widow of the Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon, 2nd Earl of Abingdon. Lord Vernon was married three times. He married, thirdly, Martha Harcourt, granddaught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Harcourt
The House of Harcourt is a Norman family, and named after its seigneurie of Harcourt in Normandy. Its mottos were "Gesta verbis praeveniant" (Olonde branch), "Gesta verbis praevenient" (Beuvron branch), and "Le bon temps viendra ... de France" (English branch). In 1280 they established the Collège d'Harcourt in Paris, now the Lycée Saint-Louis at 44 boulevard Saint-Michel. Origins When in 911, the Viking chief Rollo was given the territories that would make up Normandy through the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, he distributed domains to his main supporters among those who had accompanied him on his expeditions against the English and the Neustrians. Considerable lands (notably the seigneurie of Harcourt, near Brionne) were granted to Bernard the Dane as a reward for his exploits, and from him they descended upon the lords (seigneurs) of Harcourt. French and English branches The Harcourt family has been perpetuated up until the present day in a French branch and an En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK) MPs For English Constituencies
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from centre-right to far-right. Political parties by this name include: Europe Current * Croatian Conservative Party * Conservative Party (Czech Republic) * Conservative People's Party (Denmark) * Conservative Party of Georgia * Conservative Party (Norway) *Conservative Party (UK) * The Conservatives (Latvia) Historical * Conservative Party (Bulgaria), 1879–1884 * Conservative Party (Kingdom of Serbia), 1861-1895 * German Conservative Party, 1876–1918 * Conservative Party (Hungary), 1846–1849 * Conservative Party (Iceland), 1924–1927 * Conservative Party (Prussia), 1848–1876 * Vlad Țepeș League, in Romania 1929–1938 * Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) * Conservative Party (Romania), 1991–2015 * Conservative Party (Spain), 1876–1931 * Conservative Party (Sweden), 1995-1999 * Tories, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1861 Deaths
This year saw significant progress in the Unification of Italy, the outbreak of the American Civil War, and the emancipation reform abolishing serfdom in the Russian Empire. Events January * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-powered carousel is recorded, in Bolton, England. * January 2 – Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I. American Civil War: ** January 3 – Delaware votes not to secede from the Union. ** January 9 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. ** January 10 – Florida secedes from the Union. ** January 11 – Alabama secedes from the Union. ** January 12 – Major Robert Anderson sends dispatches to Washington. ** January 19 – Georgia secedes from the Union. ** January 21 – Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. ** January 26 – Louisiana secedes from the Union. * January 29 – Kansas is adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1816 Births
This year was known as the '' Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in some locations. Events January–March * January 6 – (December 25, 1815 on the Russian Julian calendar): Tsar Alexander I of Russia signs an order, expelling the Jesuits from St. Petersburg and Moscow. * January 9 – **Sir Humphry Davy's Davy lamp is first tested underground as a coal mining safety lamp, at Hebburn Colliery in northeast England; **Ludwig van Beethoven wins the custody battle for his nephew Karl. * January 17 – Fire nearly destroys the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. * February 10 – Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, dies and is succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm, his son and founder of the House of Glücksburg. * February 20 – Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa ''The Barber of Sevill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Handley (MP)
John Handley (December 1807 – 8 December 1869) was a Liberal Party politician in England. At the 1857 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Newark in Nottinghamshire. He was re-elected in 1859, and stood down from 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 ... at the 1865 general election. References External links * 1807 births 1869 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke Of Newcastle
Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (25 January 1834 – 22 February 1879) was an English nobleman, styled Lord Clinton until 1851 and Earl of Lincoln until he inherited the dukedom in 1864. Pelham-Clinton was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle and his wife Lady Susan Hamilton. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. His political career was limited to sitting as Member of Parliament for Newark between 1857 and 1859. He did not hold any significant political offices in Nottinghamshire, although he was Provincial Grand Master of the Nottinghamshire Freemasons from 1865 to 1877. Lincoln's taste for gambling resulted in his fleeing the country in 1860 to escape his debts, which had then reached £230,000 (in excess of £26 million in 2017 terms). In 1861, he married Henrietta Hope, heiress of the wealthy Henry Thomas Hope, in Paris. As part of the marriage settlement, his debts were paid and an income ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Manners-Sutton (1822–1898)
John Henry Manners-Sutton (4 August 1822 – 5 July 1898), was a British Conservative (later Peelite) politician. Background A member of the Manners family headed by the Duke of Rutland, Manners Sutton was the son of Reverend Frederick Manners-Sutton, son of John Manners-Sutton. His mother was Lady Henrietta Barbara (1796-1864), daughter of John Lumley, 7th Earl of Scarbrough. Political career Manners-Sutton entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Newark in 1847 (succeeded his kinsman Lord John Manners), a seat he held until 1857. He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1863. Family Manners-Sutton married Mary Jemima, daughter of Reverend Gustavus Burnaby, on 21 April 1853. She was sister of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby. Manners-Sutton died at Kelham, Nottinghamshire, in July 1898, aged 72. His wife died on 17 March 1904, aged 75. Their son John Henry Evelyn Manners-Sutton, born 28 March 1854, a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, died unmarried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stuart (judge)
Sir John Stuart (1793 – 29 October 1876) was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1846 to 1852, before becoming a judge. Early life Stuart was the son of Dugald Stuart, of Ballachulish in Argyll. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in November 1819. Career He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Newark-on-Trent at an unopposed by-election in January 1846. The borough was at that time under the patronage of the Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyne, and the 4th Duke was a staunch Conservative and protectionist. In an address "to the free and independent-minded electors of the borough of Newark", he pledged himself as a "firm supporter" of the Church of England and of the Corn Laws, claiming that their abolition would "injure the best interests of our empire". The hustings took place in the town square of Newark in heavy rain on the morning of 29 January 1846, where Stuart spoke in favour of protection for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Meade, 3rd Earl Of Clanwilliam
Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam GCH (15 August 1795 – 7 October 1879), styled Lord Gillford between 1800 and 1805, was a British diplomat and politician of Anglo-Irish background. A protégée of the British Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh he played an active role in the Concert of Europe in the post-Napoleonic era. Background and education Meade was the only son of Richard Meade, 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam, and his Austrian wife, Countess Caroline von Thun und Hohenstein, and succeeded in the earldom at the age of ten. His early years were spent in Vienna, where his father had moved after a series of bitter quarrels with his own parents about his marriage and about their enormous debts, which deprived him of what should have been a great inheritance. After his father's death Richard was raised by relatives in England. He was educated at Eton. In his 1848 memoirs, François-René de Chateaubriand writes of Meade that "at the head of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville Harcourt-Vernon (1792–1879)
Granville Harcourt-Vernon (26 July 1792 – 8 December 1879), was a British politician. Early life Harcourt-Vernon was born on 26 July 1792. He was the sixth son of the Most Reverend Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York and Lady Anne Leveson-Gower. Among his siblings were scientist William Vernon Harcourt, Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and Octavius Vernon Harcourt. His father was the third son of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon, and his mother was the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. Career Harcourt-Vernon was Member of Parliament for Aldborough between 1815 and 1820 and for East Retford between 1832 and 1847. Personal life Harcourt-Vernon was twice married. In 1814, he married Frances Julia Eyre (d. 1844), daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre and the former Francisca Alicia Bootle (third daughter of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle). They had several children, including: * Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon (1816–1861) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
