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Josiah Diston
Josiah Diston (1667–1737), of Blackwell Hall, Basinghall Street, London and Woodcote Grove, Epsom, Surrey, was an English cloth factor, banker and Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1705 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1722. Diston was the second son of Josiah Diston of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire and his wife Mary. He was from a dissenting family. For several years he was a leading factor in the cloth trade at Blackwell Hall, the London cloth market. The cloth trade brought him wealth and he became closely connected with the town of Devizes in Wiltshire. In 1701, Diston became a Director of the Bank of England. He stood for Parliament for Devizes at the 1705 English general election, but was defeated. However he was returned as Member of Parliament for Devizes at a by-election on 11 December 1706. Having established a political presence at Devizes, he used his wealth to consolidate his interest, spending, it was sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell Hall
Blackwell Hall in the City of London (also known as Bakewell Hall) was the centre for the wool and cloth trade in England from mediaeval times until the 19th century. Cloth manufacturers and clothiers from provincial England brought their material to Blackwell Hall to display and sell it to merchants and drapers. History Blackwell Hall was originally a buttressed stone hall adjacent to the Guildhall in private occupation dating from the early 13th century. In 1395, the City of London Corporation purchased it from the de Bankwell family (from which it derives its name) and it was established as a cloth market under Dick Whittington's first mayoralty in 1397 in order to provide the first place where non-citizen and foreigners could buy and sell cloth. It was rebuilt in 1588 and again after the Great Fire of London. It was demolished along with the chapel in 1820. In the 17th century manufactured woollen cloth was the primary commodity traded in England, much of this passing throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1715 British General Election
The 1715 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the 1707 merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. In October 1714, soon after George I had arrived in London after ascending to the throne, he dismissed the Tory cabinet and replaced it with one almost entirely composed of Whigs, as they were responsible for securing his succession. The election of 1715 saw the Whigs win an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons, and afterwards virtually all Tories in central or local government were purged, leading to a period of Whig ascendancy lasting almost fifty years during which Tories were almost entirely excluded from office. The Whigs then moved to impeach Robert Harley, the former Tory first minister. After he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two years, the case ultimately ended with his acquittal in 1717. Constituencies See 1796 British general electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1667 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Aurangzeb, monarch of the Mughal Empire, orders the removal of Rao Karan Singh as Maharaja of the Bikaner State (part of the modern-day Rajasthan state of India) because of Karan's dereliction of duty in battle. * January 19 – The town of Anzonico in Switzerland is destroyed by an avalanche. * January 27 – The 2,000 seat Opernhaus am Taschenberg, a theater in Dresden (capital of the Electorate of Saxony) opens with its first production, Pietro Ziani's opera ''Il teseo''. * February 5 – In the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English Royal Navy warship HMS ''Saint Patrick'' is captured less than nine months after being launched, when it fights a battle off the coast of England and North Foreland, Kent. Captain Robert Saunders and 8 of his crew are killed while fighting the Dutch ships ''Delft'' and ''Shakerlo''. The Dutch Navy renames the ship the ''Zwanenburg''. * February 6 (January 27 O.S.) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Eyles
Sir Joseph Eyles (c. 1690–8 February 1740), of Bishopsgate in the City of London, was an English merchant, financier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1740. Origins He was the younger son of Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet (died 1716). His elder brother was Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet, also a director of the East India Company. Career He was a Turkey Merchant and held extensive commercial interests in the Mediterranean. He was a director of the East India Company 1714-17 and 1721–2, a director of the Bank of England from 1717 to 1721 and a sub-governor of the London Assurance Company. At the 1722 British general election, Eyles was returned as a Member of Parliament for Devizes, a rotten borough controlled by his family. He voted with the Government in all recorded divisions. He was elected Sheriff of London for 1724 to 1725 and was master of the Haberdashers' Company for the same period. He was knighted on 9 December 1724. At the 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Haskins-Stiles
Benjamin Haskins-Stiles (c.1684 - 4 April 1739), of Bowden Park, near Chippenham, Wiltshire and Moor Park, Hertfordshire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1734. Haskins-Styles was the eldest son of Joseph Haskins Stiles, a sometime Amsterdam merchant and his wife Sarah Eyles, eldest daughter of Sir John Eyles, MP. After inheriting both his father's and younger brother Joseph's fortunes (1714 and 1719 respectively) he acquired several estates in Wiltshire, including Bowden Park, near Devizes and Calne manor and Moor Park, Hertfordshire, where he commissioned Giacomo Leoni and Sir James Thornhill Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the " Painted Hall" at the ... to remodel the house as a Palladian mansion. Haskins-Stiles was returned as Member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Eyles (died 1735)
Francis Eyles (c.1679 - 19 December 1735), of Essex Street, London, and Earnshill, near Taunton, Somerset, was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1721. Eyles was the son of Sir John Eyles of Southbroom, Wiltshire, briefly Lord Mayor of London in 1688. Eyles was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes at the 1715 general election and generally supported the Government. He was a director of the South Sea Company, and when the South Sea Bubble burst, he was expelled from the House on 28 January 1721. He was also included in the list of directors whose estates were to be confiscated for the relief of the victims. However, treated relatively leniently by Parliament, he was allowed to keep £20,000 of the value of his estates, but prevented from either sitting in Parliament again or holding public office. Eyles died in 1735, leaving no children. He left the remainder of his personal estate to his nephew Francis Francis may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nicholas (Devizes MP)
John Nicholas (1691-1746), of Roundway Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was the second son of Robert Nicholas of Roundway Park. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between St ... from 1713 to 1715. He died unmarried. Roundway had been left to his half-brother Edward. References 1691 births 1746 deaths People from Devizes Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1713–1715 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Child (Devizes MP)
Sir Robert Child (bap. 6 June 1674 – 6 October 1721) was an English banker and politician. The heir to his father's banking business, the London-based Child & Co., he was Chairman of the East India Company in 1715. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for Helston from 1710 to 1713, and for Devizes from 1713 to 1715. Personal background Robert Child was eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Child, MP, Lord Mayor of London in 1698 and Jeweller to King William III. His father took Osterley Park, after a default on its mortgage, which Child subsequently inherited. It then became Child's principal seat. Member of Parliament Child was Member of Parliament for Helston between 1710 and 1713. He then stood for his father's old constituency of Devizes, where he was Member of Parliament between 1713 and 1715. He was knighted in 1714. He was an alderman in London from 1713 to his death. On his death (unmarried) the estate passed to his brother Francis. It is Child's nep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Richmond Webb
Thomas Richmond Webb (c. 1663 – 16 November 1731), of the Middle Temple; St. George's, Hanover Square, Middlesex; and Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Calne in 1685–1687, Cricklade in 1702–1705 and Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between St ... on 16 December 1710 – 1713. References 1663 births 1731 deaths Politicians from Wiltshire People from Mayfair English MPs 1685–1687 English MPs 1702–1705 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1710–1713 Serjeants-at-law (England) Members of Parliament for Cricklade {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Methuen (diplomat)
Sir Paul Methuen (''c.'' 1672 – 11 April 1757), of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, was an English diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1747. He was an envoy to Portugal between 1697 and 1708 and later a holder of public offices, particularly in the Royal household. Early life Methuen was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the son of John Methuen and his wife Mary Cheevers, daughter of Seacole Cheevers (or Chivers). His parents' marriage was unhappy and they separated when he was in his teens. His father inherited the lease of the manor of Bishops Cannings, near Devizes. He was educated privately and then at a Jesuit school in Paris. Diplomatic career Methuen went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable diplomatic experience and the esteem of King Pedro. During two absences of his father, he became chargé d'affaires, rising to Minister on his father's appointment as Lord Chancellor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Child (Lord Mayor Of London)
Sir Francis Child (1642–1713), of Hollybush House, Fulham, Middlesex and the Marygold by Temple Bar, London, was an English banker and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1713. He served as Lord Mayor of London for the year 1698 to 1699. The goldsmith's business which he built up from 1671 later became one of the first London banks, Child & Co. Early life Child was born in 1642, the son of Robert Child, clothier, of Heddington in Wiltshire. He came to London at an early age, and was apprenticed in March 1656 to William Hall, a goldsmith of London, for a term of eight years, on the expiration of which he was admitted, 24 March 1664, to the freedom of the Goldsmiths' Company, and on 7 April 1664 to that of the city of London. Goldsmiths and Child's Bank The firm of Child & Co. takes its origin from a family of London goldsmiths named Wheeler. John Wheeler, who carried on his business in Chepe, died in 1575. His son, also named John, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Methuen (diplomat)
John Methuen (1650–1706) was an English diplomat, judge and Member of Parliament. He held office simultaneously as Lord Chancellor of Ireland and English ambassador to Portugal. In the latter role, he and his son Paul negotiated the Methuen Treaty, the achievement for which John is chiefly remembered.Ball 1926, p. 14. Early life and career He was born in Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, the eldest son of Paul Methuen (died 1667),Barker & Doyle 2009, p. 310. who was said to be the richest cloth merchant in England, and his wife Grace Ashe, daughter of John Ashe, whose lucrative cloth business was inherited by his son-in-law. The family, whose name was also spelt Methwin or Methwyn, was of Scottish origin: Paul broke with family tradition by not entering holy orders. On his death, John inherited the estate which his father had bought at Bishops Cannings, near Devizes. His father's large fortune was divided between John, his six siblings and their mother; his brother William to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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