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Haddingtonshire (Parliament Of Scotland Constituency)
Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the constabulary of Haddington (now called East Lothian) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. After 1708, Haddingtonshire returned one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. List of commissioners * 1593 parliament and convention: — Hepburn, laird of WaughtonFoster, p. 178. * 1594 parliament and convention: — Hepburn, laird of Waughton * 1598 convention: — Hepburn, laird of Waughton * 1599 convention: — Hepburn, laird of Waughton * 1605: Sir Archibald Douglas of WhittingehameFoster, p. 99.G. Harvey Johnston, ''The Heraldry of the Douglases'' (1907p. 68 * 1605: William Douglas of Whittingehame * 1605 parliament and convention: — Hepburn, laird of Waughton * 1607: Sir Archibald Douglas of Whittingehame * 1608: Sir Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Union 1707
The Acts of Union ( gd, Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotlandwhich at the time were separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarchwere, in the words of the Treaty, "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". The two countries had shared a monarch since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne from his double first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I. Although described as a Union of Crowns, and in spite of James's acknowledgement of his accession to a single Crown, England and Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven And Stenton
John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton (died 17 June 1679), known as Sir John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet from circa 1645 to 1647, was a Scottish peer. Hamilton was the son of Sir James Hamilton, 1st Baronet, and his wife Margaret (née Hamilton). This branch of the Hamilton family descended from John Hamilton (d. c. 1550), illegitimate (but later legitimised) son of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and half-brother of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran (from whom the Dukes of Hamilton descend). He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in circa 1645 and in 1647 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Belhaven and Stenton, of the County of Haddington, with remainder to heirs male. The following year he was a member of the Scottish army in England that unsuccessfully attempted to rescue Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Foster (genealogist)
Joseph Foster (9 March 1844 – 29 July 1905) was an English antiquarian and genealogist whose transcriptions of records held by the Inns of Court and the University of Oxford are still important historical resources. Life and career While his family was originally seated at Cold Hesledon and Hawthorne on the east coast of County Durham, Joseph Foster was born in Sunniside, Sunderland, and developed an interest in genealogy at an early age. Educated in private schools in the neighbouring towns of North Shields, Sunderland, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Foster inherited his genealogical faculty from his grandfather, Myles Birket Foster (1785-1861), and published his first genealogical work in 1862, entitled "The Pedigree of the Fosters of Cold Hesledon in Co. Durham," at the age of 18. He was a nephew of the artist Myles Birket Foster. Working initially as a printer in London, Foster continued to undertake genealogical research and became a prolific writer and publisher in the field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The History Of Parliament
The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in which the history of an institution is told through the individual biographies of its members. After various amateur efforts the project was formally launched in 1940 and since 1951 has been funded by the Treasury. As of 2019, the volumes covering the House of Commons for the periods 1386–1421, 1509–1629, and 1660–1832 have been completed and published (in 41 separate volumes containing over 20 million words); and the first five volumes covering the House of Lords from 1660-1715 have been published, with further work on the Commons and the Lords ongoing. In 2011 the completed sections were republished on the internet. History The publication in 1878–79 of the ''Official Return of Members of Parliament'', an incomplete list of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Representatives To The First Parliament Of Great Britain
The Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1 May 1707 to 26 May 1708, were not elected like their colleagues from England and Wales, but rather hand-picked. The forty five men sent to London in 1707, to the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, were co-opted from the Commissioners of the newly adjourned Parliament of Scotland (see List of Constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union). Legal background to the composition of the 1st Parliament Under the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland it was provided: "III. THAT the United Kingdom of Great Britain be Represented by one and the same Parliament to be stiled the Parliament of Great Britain. ... XXII. THAT ... A Writ do issue ... Directed to the Privy Council of Scotland, Commanding them to Cause ... forty five Members to be elected to sit in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain ... in such mann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nisbet (died 1724)
William Nisbet may refer to: *William Nisbet MP (1666–1724), one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain * William Nisbet (physician) (1759–1822), Scottish physician *William Hamilton Nisbet (1747–1822), British politician *William Nisbet (mason), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland This is a list of Grand Master Masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland: # 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin # 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie # 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740) # 17 ..., 1746–1747 * William Nisbet of Dean, Scottish merchant who twice served as Provost of Edinburgh See also * William Nesbit (other) {{hndis, Nisbet, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cockburn (Scottish Politician)
John Cockburn ( ; – 12 November 1758) of Ormiston, East Lothian, was a Scotland, Scottish landowner and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and as a Whig in the British House of Commons for 34 years from 1707 to 1741. Life Cockburn was the nephew of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, who had no male heir and from whom he inherited the Ormiston estate in 1735. In 1736 he laid out the "model village" of Ormiston which was set up to encourage craft industries such as brewing, distilling and weaving. However, this, and his improvements to the estate as a whole, bankrupted Cockburn, and he was forced to sell the entire estate and village to the Charles Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun.Scottish Garden Buildings by Tim Buxbaum p.11 He is known as the father of Scottish husbandry. In 1702, Cockburn became a Shire Commissioner for Haddingtonshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Haddington in the Parliament of Scotland and took an active i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morison (1663–1739)
William Morison (1663–1739), of Prestongrange, Haddington, was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1690 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons as a Whig between 1707 and 1715. Morison was baptized on 19 April 1663, the second, but eldest surviving son of Sir Alexander Morison, of Prestongrange and his wife Jean Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd His father was the owner of many business ventures and sometime Commissioner in the Parliament of Scotland. Morison’s marriage with Janet Rocheid daughter of John Rocheid of Craigleith, Edinburgh, who was under-age, was brought about by his father. Though the couple had an understanding for some time the threat of a rival claimant made the situation urgent, and the couple disappeared to Berwick where the marriage took place in 1676 and stayed there until the spouse reached her twelfth birthday. Though the marriage was then legal, those responsible were fined a total of 10,000 merks. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Justice Clerk
The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session. Originally ''clericus justiciarie'' or Clerk to the Court of Justiciary, the counterpart in the criminal courts of the Lord Clerk Register, the status of the office increased over time and the Justice-Clerk came to claim a seat on the Bench by practice and custom. This was recognised by the Privy Council of Scotland in 1663 and the Lord Justice Clerk became the effective head of the reformed High Court of Justiciary in 1672 when the court was reconstituted. The Lord Justice Clerk now rarely presides at criminal trials in the High Court, with most of his or her time being spent dealing with civil and criminal appeals. The Lord Justice Clerk has the title in both the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary and, as ''President of the Second Division of the Inner House'', is in charge of the Second Division of Judges of the Inner House of the Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Sinclair, 3rd Baronet, Of Stevenston
The Sinclair (later Sinclair-Lockhart) Baronetcy of Stevenson in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 18 June 1636 for John Sinclair of Stevenson, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. The third Baronet was a Baron of the Exchequer and member of the Privy Council of Scotland. The fourth Baronet married Martha, daughter and eventual heiress of Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill, a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord Castlehill. The eighth Baronet was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. On the death in 1899 of his son, the ninth Baronet, the title passed to a descendant of James Sinclair, younger son of the fifth Baronet, who in 1764 had inherited the Lockhart estates and assumed the surname of Lockhart. The tenth Baronet was a major general in the British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall
Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, 2nd Baronet, Lord Fountainhall (baptised 2 August 1646 – 20 September 1722) was one of Scotland's leading jurists who remains to this day an oft consulted authority. He was knighted in 1680 and matriculated his Arms with the Lyon Court on 15 June 1699. He gives his name to Fountainhall Close on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, it being the location of his Edinburgh townhouse. Life Lauder was born in Edinburgh, the eldest son, by his second marriage, of Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded after much acrimony. He was educated at the High School and the University of Edinburgh graduating, with an M.A., on 18 July 1664. He then went to the Continent, partly with the view of studying law there. After some travels, he lived at Poitiers from 28 July 1665 until 24 April 1666, following which he proceeded to Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, and Leyden, Holland, where he matriculated at Leiden University on 27 September 1666. Lord Fountainhall was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Fletcher Of Saltoun
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655 – September 1716) was a Scottish writer and politician, remembered as an advocate for the non-incorporation of Scotland, and an opponent of the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England. Fletcher became an exile in 1683 after being accused of promoting insurrection. He was appointed the cavalry commander of the Monmouth Rebellion, but shortly after landing in England he killed another leading figure. He again went into exile, this time as a fugitive and with his estates forfeit. He returned with William of Orange, becoming Commissioner of the old Parliament of Scotland. Fletcher was a defender of the Darién scheme, although suspicious of the effect of conventional commerce on traditional virtues. He also deplored the effect of London's relative size, which he said would inevitably draw an accelerating proportion of wealth and decision making to the south-east corner of Britain. Early life and political career Andrew Fletcher was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
