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John Griffith (of Llyn)
John Griffith was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Griffith was the eldest son of John Griffith and his wife May Trevor, daughter of Sir Richard Trevor of Trevalyn. He was of Llyn. In November 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire in the Long Parliament and sat until August 1642 when he was disabled from sitting. Griffith died unmarried in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ... before 1661. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Cavaliers English MPs 1640–1648 {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub ...
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperateness, north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was formed as a Kingdom of Wales, kingdom under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. Wales is regarded as one of the Celtic nations. The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by Edward I of England was completed by 1283, th ...
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House Of Commons Of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time. In 1801, with the union of Great Britain and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, that house was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Origins The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium that advised the English monarch in medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of th ...
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Cavaliers
The term Cavalier () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – ). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. Although it referred originally to political and social attitudes and behaviour, of which clothing was a very small part, it has subsequently become strongly identified with the fashionable clothing of the court at the time. Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier. Etymology Cavalier derives from the same Latin root as the Italian word and the French word (as well as the Spanish word ), the Vulgar Latin word '' caballarius'', meaning 'horseman'. Shakespeare used the word ''cavaleros'' to describe an overbearing swashbuckler or swaggering gallant in Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599), in which Robert Shallow says "I'll drink to ...
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English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of Kingdom of England, England's governance and issues of religious freedom. It was part of the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The First English Civil War, first (1642–1646) and Second English Civil War, second (1648–1649) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I of England, Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War, third (1649–1651) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II of England, Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The wars also involved the Covenanters, Scottish Covenanters and Confederate Ireland, Irish Confederates. The war ended with Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651. Unlike other list of English civil wars, civil wars in England, which were mainly ...
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John Griffith (MP For Beaumaris)
John Griffith (1591 – 10 August 1642) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1642. Griffith was the son of John Griffith (of Cefnamlwch), Llyn. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford aged 15 on 31 October 1606 and became a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1609. In 1618 he was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire. He was elected Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire in 1621. He became Constable of Carnarvon Castle on 18 July 1622. In 1626 he was re-elected MP for Carnarvonshire. He became Vice Admiral of North Wales in September 1626. In 1628 he was re-elected MP for Carnarvonshire and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In November 1640, Griffith was elected MP for Beaumaris in the Long Parliament and sat until his death in 1642. Griffith died at the age of 51. Griffith married May Trevor, daughter of Sir Richard Trevor of Trevalyn. His son John John is a ...
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Richard Trevor (politician)
Sir Richard Trevor (1558–1638) was a Welsh landowner, soldier and politician. He was the eldest son of John Trevor of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire. He was the elder brother of Sir John Trevor, Sir Thomas Trevor and Sir Sackville Trevor. He inherited the Trevor family estate of Trevalyn in Denbighshire on the death of his father in 1589. Trevor was knighted in 1597, while on military service in Ireland, and, like his younger brothers Sackville Trevor and John Trevor, he enjoyed the patronage of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. He was brought in as MP for Bletchingley to replace Howard when Howard elected to represent Surrey. He became a member of the Council of Wales and the Marches in 1602. From 1596 to 1626 he was Vice-Admiral of North Wales The Vice-Admiral of North Wales was responsible for the coastal defence of North Wales. The list of vice-admirals below also includes those of Carmarthen and Pembroke, with which for many years the Vice-Admiralty of North W ...
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Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms Member of Congress, congressman/congresswoman or Deputy (legislator), deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian (other), parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." ...
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Carnarvonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. Members of Parliament *''Constituency created'' (1542) MPs 1542–1604 , - , 1553 (Mar), , John Wynn ap Hugh , - , 1553 (Oct), , Morris Wynn , - , 1554 (Apr), , Morris Wynn , - , 1554 (Nov), , David Lloyd ap Thomas , - , 1555, , Sir Rhys Gruffydd , - , 1558, , William Wynn Williams , - , 1558–1559, , Robert Pugh , - , 1563 (Jan), , Morris Wynn , - , 1571, , John Wynn ap Hugh , - , 1572 (Apr), , John Gwynne, ''died 1574 and replaced by'' William Thomas , - , 1584, , William Thomas , - , 1586, , John Wynn , - , 1588 (Oct), , Hugh Gwyn Bodvel , - , 1593, , William Maurice , - , 1597 (Oct), , William Griffith , - , 1601 (Sep), , William J ...
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Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In September 1640, King Charles I issued writs summoning a parliament to convene on 3 November 1640.This article uses the Julian calendar with the start of year adjusted to 1 January – for a more detailed explanation, see old style and new style dates: differences between the start of the year. He intended it to pass financial bills, a step made necessary by the costs of the Bishops' Wars in Scotland. The Long Parliament received its name from the fact that, by Act of Parliament, it stipulated it could be dissolved only with agreement of the members; and those members did not agree to its dissolution until 16 March 1660, after the English Civil War and near the close of the Interregnum.. The parliament sat from 1640 until 1648, when it was pu ...
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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ...
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Thomas Glynn
Thomas Glynn (died 1648) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1640. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War. Glynn was the son of Sir William Glynn of Glynllifon and his wife Jane Griffith, daughter of John Griffith (of Plas Mawr), Caernarvonshire. He was the brother of John who also became an MP and a judge. In 1622 Glynn served as High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire and in 1624 was then elected Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire and was re-elected in 1625. In April 1640, he was again elected MP for Caernarvonshire in the Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. Af .... In the Civil War he supported the parliamentary side and was made governor of Caernarvon Castle after its surrender in 1 ...
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