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John Lee Lee
John Lee Lee (' Hanning; 11 December 1802 – 16 August 1874) of Orleigh Court in the parish of Buckland Brewer in Devon, and of Dillington House, near Ilminster in Somerset, was a British Whig politician who was Member of Parliament for Wells (UK Parliament constituency), Wells. Early life Born John Lee Hanning on 11 December 1802, he was the only son, and heir, of William Hanning (d. 1834) of Dillington House, near Ilminster in Somerset, and Harriett Lee, daughter of Edward Lee of Pinhoe, Devon. In 1819 at the age of 17, by the will of his uncle, Maj. Edward Lee, who died in 1819, he inherited several estates including Orleigh. Under the terms of the bequest he adopted the surname Lee by royal licence dated 21 March 1825. He let Orleigh to his brother-in-law, William Speke, of Jordans near Ilminster (father of the River Nile explorer John Hanning Speke)Rogers, p.58 and made his own residence at Dillington. He was educated at Westminster School and matriculated at Christ Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the Grammatical person, third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orleigh
Orleigh Court is a late medieval manor house in the parish of Buckland Brewer about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Bideford, North Devon, England. It is a two-storeyed building constructed from local slate stone and has a great hall with a hammer-beam roof, installed in the late 15th century. The building was substantially altered in the early 18th century and remodelled after 1869. It was redeveloped for multiple occupancy in the 1980s and is now divided into about twelve apartments. It was the birthplace of the famous explorer and discoverer of the source of the River Nile, John Hanning Speke (1827–1864). History Early The earliest parts of the building to survive were built by a member of the Denys family. The hall, which is 30 ft x 20 ft and has 5-foot-thick walls, has been dated by the form of decoration around the doorways to the early to mid-14th century.Emery (2006), pp. 611–12 In 1416, a licence for a chapel at the house was granted by Bishop Stafford, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balderton
Balderton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, which had a population of 9,757 at the 2011 census, increasing to 9,917 at the 2021 census. Balderton is one of the largest villages in Nottinghamshire, although it may be more properly considered a suburb of Newark-on-Trent, which is almost adjacent to the north-west. Balderton is split into Old Balderton, the southern part of the village, and New Balderton. Geography The busy A1 trunk road once ran through the village, but now skirts Balderton to the west and south. The old A1 near the site of the hospital/hall was called the Ramper. The East Coast Main Line railway between London and Edinburgh crosses the parish north of the village; the nearest station is Newark North Gate. Balderton was also once on the Great North Road. The soil is mostly alluvial clays. Large deposits of gravel and sand were excavated in New Balderton, and the resulting pits were turned into a lakeside park. Gypsum is still mined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Bronte
The Dukedom of Bronte ( ("Duchy of Bronte")) is a dukedom with the title Duke of Bronte (), referring to the town of Bronte, Sicily, Bronte in the province of Catania, Sicily. It was granted on 10 October 1799 at Palermo to the British Royal Navy officer Horatio Nelson by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand III of Sicily, in gratitude for Nelson having saved the kingdom of Sicily from conquest by French Revolution, Revolutionary French forces under Napoleon. This was largely achieved by Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile (1798), which extinguished French naval power in the Mediterranean, but also by his having evacuated the royal family from their palace in Naples to the safety of Palermo in Sicily. It carried the right to sit in parliament within the military branch. The dukedom does not descend according to fixed rules but is transferable by the holder to whomsoever he or she desires, strangers included. Accompanying it was a grant of a estate, centered on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suo Jure
''Suo jure'' is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right', since in those situations the phrase is normally used of women; in practice, especially in England, a man rarely derives any style or title from his wife (an example is Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick from his wife's heritage) although this is seen in other countries when a woman is the last heir of her line. It can be used for a male when such male was initially a 'co-lord' with his father or other family member and upon the death of such family member became the sole ruler or holder of the title "in his own right" (alone). It is commonly encountered in the context of titles of nobility or honorary titles, e.g. Lady Mayoress, and especially in cases where a woman holds a title through her own bloodline or accomplishments rather than through her marriage. An empress or queen who reigns ''suo jure'' is referred to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Mary Nelson
Charlotte Mary Hood, Baroness Bridport, 3rd Duchess of Bronte (''née'' Nelson; 20 September 1787 – 29 January 1873) was an English aristocrat who inherited an Italian dukedom and estate between Bronte and Maniace in Sicily. Early life Charlotte was born on 20 September 1787 in Hilborough, Norfolk.''1871 England Census'' She was the only daughter, and only surviving child, of the Rev. William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte, and Sarah Yonge (a daughter of Rev. Henry Yonge). Her father was Rector of Brandon Parva and later of Hilborough, both in Norfolk, from 1814 seated at Trafalgar Park, Downton in Wiltshire and at nearby Redlynch House in Wiltshire. Peerage As the niece and heiress of Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Lady Bridport succeeded, ''suo jure'', to the title of Duchess of Bronte (of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies) upon the death of her father in 1835. While she inherited her father's Sicilian dukedom, his British titles descend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport
Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (7 September 1788 – 6 January 1868), of Redlynch House in Wiltshire, of Cricket House at Cricket St Thomas in Somerset, and of 12 Wimpole Street in Westminster, was a British politician and peer. Early life He was born in 1788, the second son of Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood (1753–1836), Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Caroline and the former Jane Wheeler (–1847). His paternal grandparents were Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, a naval officer, and the former Susannah Linzee (a daughter of Edward Linzee). His mother was the daughter and heiress of Francis Wheeler of Whitley Hall near Coventry in Warwickshire, and Jane Smith (a daughter of the banker Abel Smith of Nottingham). He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, obtaining an M.A. degree in 1809. Career He was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Heytesbury, Wiltshire in 1812, although he appears to have lost interest in Parliament after succeeding to the peerage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appleby Hall
Appleby Hall was a manor house or stately home built in the small hamlet of Appleby Parva, on the outskirts of Appleby Magna. A Manor was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and there have been several houses on the site until the final building, a Classical-style Stately Home known as Appleby Hall, was built in the 1830s. Like many landed families, the Moore family who owned it fell on hard times, and the Hall was demolished in the 1920s. The First Manors The Hamlet of Appleby Parva is originally thought to have been a Danish settlement. Listed in the Domesday Book as Apleberie, after the Battle of Hastings the Manor was given to the Norman, Henry De Ferrers, with his son Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby acting as Lord. Nothing is known of the early Manor, or Manors on the site. The Moore family The Manor of Appleby Parva was purchased by the Moore Family at the very end of the 16th century and would remain in their possession until the start of the 20th century. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Moore (1811–1871)
George Moore (1811–1871) was a landowner who became the High Sheriff of Derbyshire and built Appleby Hall in Leicestershire. Early life Moore was born in 1811 at Snarestone Hall. He was the son of Susan ( Drummond) Moore (1794–1813) and George Moore (1778–1827). His sister, Susan Drummond Moore, married Edward Anthony Holden of Aston-on-Trent in 1832. After his mother's death in 1813, his father married Elizabeth Hurt of Alderwasley, but there were no other children. accessed 22 September 2008 His paternal grandfather was Charles Moore, who along with his brother inherited a considerable estate from their uncle, Sir John Moore. His grandfather had the existing manor house of |
West Somerset (UK Parliament Constituency)
West Somerset or Somerset Western (formally The Western division of Somerset) was the name of a parliamentary constituency in the county of Somerset between 1832 and 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system. Boundaries 1832–1868 1832–1868: The Hundreds of Abdick and Bulstone, Andersfield, Cannington, Carhampton, Crewkerne, North Curry, Houndsborough, Berwick and Coker, Huntspill and Puriton, Kingsbury East, Kingsbury West, Martock, Milverton, North Petherton, South Petherton, Pitney, Somerton, Stone, Taunton and Taunton Deane, Tintinhull, Whitley, and Williton and Freemanors. The constituency was created for the 1832 general election, when the former Somerset constituency was divided into new East and West divisions. It also absorbed the voters from the abolished boroughs of Ilchester and Minehead. The constituency might have been better described as South-Western Somer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Parliament Online
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 to 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] |
Rheola House
Rheola House is a Grade II* listed Building, listed country house between Glynneath and Resolven, in the Neath valley, South Wales. Designed by John Nash (architect), John Nash, it was built between 1812 and 1814 for Nash's cousin, John Edwards. It passed through inheritance to members of the Edwards, Vaughan, and Lee families, until in 1939, with the house becoming run down, it was bought by an aluminium company for use as offices, and part of the land was put to industrial uses. In 2012 an application was made for housing on the industrialised area, to enable restoration of the house and a leisure complex to sustain the estate. The application was granted in 2014. The gardens and park around the house are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Origins There was a water mill in the vicinity of the current house in Norman times or earlier, utilising the power of Rheola Brook. A later mill building still stands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
