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Layland-Barratt Baronets
The Layland-Barratt Baronetcy, of the Manor House in the Borough of Torquay and of Tregarne Lodge in the Parish of St Austell in the County of Cornwall, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 July 1908 for Francis Layland-Barratt, Liberal Member of Parliament for Torquay and St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell was .... The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1968. Layland-Barratt baronets, of the Manor House and of Tregarne Lodge (1908) * Sir Francis Layland-Barratt, 1st Baronet (1860–1933) *Sir Francis Henry Godolphin Layland-Barratt, 2nd Baronet (1896–1968) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Layland-Barratt Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Francis Layland-Barratt, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Layland-Barratt, 1st Baronet (1860 – 12 September 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician. Background He was born in 1860, the first son of Francis Barratt of St Austell, Cornwall and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA, LLB). He married in 1884, Frances Layland (Lady of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, CBE 1920) of Stonehouse, Wallasey. They had one son and three daughters. He assumed the additional surname of Layland by Royal Licence in 1895.Who Was Who Career He contested the Torquay Division of Devon at the General Election of 1895, for the Liberal Party, but was unable to take the seat from the Conservative.British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S. He served as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1897 to 1898. He contested Torquay for the Liberals again at the 1900 General Election and this time was successful, gaining the seat from the Conservative. He served as Liberal MP for Torquay from 1900 to 1910. He served as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two Major party, major List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an alliance of Whigs (British political party), Whigs, free trade–supporting Peelites and reformist Radicals (UK), Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century it had formed four governments under William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule Movement, Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and won a landslide victory in the 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 general election. Under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime ministers Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–1908) and H. H. Asquith (1908–1916), the Liberal Party passed Liberal welfare reforms, reforms that created a basic welfare state. Although Asquith was the Leader of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquay (UK Parliament Constituency)
Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election. The area it represented became part of the Torbay (UK Parliament constituency), Torbay constituency. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Borough of Dartmouth and the Sessional Division of Paignton. 1918–1950: The Boroughs of Dartmouth and Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, the parishes of Churston Ferrers, Kingswear, Marldon, and Stoke Gabriel in the Rural District of Totnes, and the parishes of Cockington and Stokeinteignhead in the Rural District of Newton Abbot. 1950–1974: The Borough of Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, and the parishes of Churston Ferrers and Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Austell (UK Parliament Constituency)
St Austell was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the town of St Austell in Cornwall. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. Boundaries The Sessional Divisions of Powder East and South, and Ryder, and the civil parishes of Ladock and St Blazey. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Borlase's resignation caused a by-election. Elections in the 1890s McArthur was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election. Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s General Election 1914–15: Anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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