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Maria Walpole (Skerritt)
Maria, Lady Walpole ( Skerret, Skerritt, or Skerrett; 1702 – 4 June 1738) was the second wife of British politician and Prime Minister Robert Walpole from before 3 March 1738 until her death in childbirth (miscarriage) three months later. She was buried in Church of St Martin on the Walpole estate at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, England. Biography Lady Walpole was the only known daughter of Thomas Skerret, a wealthy London merchant. Upon her marriage to Walpole in 1738, she paid a dowry of £30,000. Walpole had become estranged from his first wife, Catherine, and took a series of mistresses. Maria Skerret was a long-term companion (1723–1738); they lived together in both Richmond and Houghton Hall in Norfolk while Walpole's first wife was still alive. Skerret was received everywhere and moved in fashionable society. She was even alluded to as Polly in ''The Beggar's Opera'' written in 1728 by John Gay, in which 'Macheath' was Walpole. Lady Walpole was also often mention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but rather the head of government, serving as the chief of the executive under either a monarch or a president in a republican form of government. In parliamentary systems of government (be they constitutional monarchies or parliamentary republics), the Prime Minister (or occasionally a similar post with a different title, such as the Chancellor of Germany) is the most powerful politician and the functional leader of the state, by virtue of commanding the confidence of the legislature. The head of state is typically a ceremonial officer, though they may exercise reserve powers to check the Prime Minister in unusual situations. Under some presidential systems, such as South Korea and Peru, the prime minister is the leader or the most s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalfont St Peter
Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe and Rickmansworth. Chalfont St Peter is one of the largest villages, with nearly 13,000 residents. The urban population for Chalfont St Peter and Gerrards Cross is 19,622, the two places being considered a single area by the Office for National Statistics. Gerrards Cross was once a hamlet (place), hamlet in the parish of Chalfont St Peter, but became a village and civil parish in its own right and is now a town. Chalfont St Peter is west-north-west of Charing Cross, central London and is also in close proximity to Heathrow Airport, Pinewood Studios, Pinewood and Elstree Studios, Elstree film studios, and the motorway network (M25 motorway, M25, and M40 motorway, M40). History Early history At the time of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wives Of Knights
A wife (: wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment; or until death, depending on the kind of marriage. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow. The rights and obligations of a wife to her partner and her status in the community and law vary between cultures and have varied over time. Etymology The word is of Germanic origin from the Proto-Germanic word ''wībam'', which translates into "woman". In Middle English, it had the form ''wif'', and in Old English ''wīf'', "woman or wife". It is related to Modern German ''Weib'' (woman, female), Danish ''viv'' (wife, usually poetic), and Dutch ''wijf'' (woman, generally pejorative, cf. ''bitch''). The original meaning of the phrase "wife" as simply "woman", unconnected with marriage or a husband/wife, is preserved in words such as " midwife", "goodwife", " fishwife" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spouses Of Prime Ministers Of Great Britain
To date, forty-seven women and three men have been married to a British prime minister in office. There have also been four bachelor and nine widower prime ministers; the last bachelor was Edward Heath (1970–1974) and the last widower was Ramsay MacDonald (1924, 1929–1935). The Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Duke of Grafton (1768–1770) and Boris Johnson (2019–2022) are the only prime ministers to have divorced and remarried while in office. The current prime minister, Keir Starmer, has been married to Victoria Starmer since 2007. Role and duties The role of the British prime minister's spouse is not an official one, and as such, they are not given a salary or official duties. Over time the position has evolved, and spouses such as Cherie Blair have gained public attention through their own independent careers and achievements, as well as attending engagements such as the African First Ladies Summit. Cherie Blair, with Cate Haste, wrote a book about recent pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Houghton, Norfolk
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deaths In Childbirth
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Some organisms, such as '' Turritopsis dohrnii'', are biologically immortal; however, they can still die from means other than aging. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the equivalent for individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said ''to die'', as a virus is not considered alive in the first place. As of the early 21st century, 56 million people die per year. The most common reason is aging, followed by cardiovascular disease, which is a disease that affects the heart or blood vessels. As of 2022, an estimated total of almost 110 billion humans have died, or roughly 94% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1738 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escapes, and leaves the slaves locked below decks to die. * January 3 – George Frideric Handel's opera '' Faramondo'' is given its first performance. * January 7 – After the Maratha Empire of India wins the Battle of Bhopal over the Jaipur State, Jaipur cedes the Malwa territory to the Maratha in a treaty signed at Doraha. * February 4 – Court Jew Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg. * February 11 – Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton, '' The Flute Player'' at the Hotel de Longueville in Paris, and continues to display it until March 30. * February 20 – The Swedish Levant Company is founded. * March 28 – Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1702 Births
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 2 – A total solar eclipse is visible from the southern Pacific Ocean. * January 12 – In North America, ships from Fort Maurepas arrive at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff to build ''Fort Louis de la Mobile'' (future Mobile, Alabama), to become the capital of French Louisiana. * February 1 – The François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Duc de Villeroy, commander of the French Army, is taken as a prisoner of war by the Austrian Army during the Battle of Cremona (War of the Spanish Succession). * March 3 (February 20 O.S.) – King William III of England is fatally injured in an accident when he is thrown from his horse, "Sorrel", when it trips on a molehill in Hampton Court Park near London. Already in poor health before the accident, he dies from complications 16 days later at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Catherine Pelham
Lady Catherine Pelham (; also spelt as Katherine; 1700 or 1701 – 18 February 1780) was a British noble and the wife of the Prime Minister Henry Pelham. She used her position to broker positions within that administration and the following one. Life Pelham was born in 1700 or 1701 and her parents were Catherine (née Russell) and John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland. She had a dowry that was either £10,000 or £30,000 and she was from an important aristocratic family. Her maternal uncle was Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford. She married Henry Pelham who was the secretary of war in Sir Robert Walpole's government at St James, Westminster, London.''The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754''. 31 October 1726. November 1739 was a bad month when she and Henry had two of their sons die within days of each other of what is now thought to be diphtheria. They had already lost a daughter and within months they lost another. Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spouse Of The Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
To date, forty-seven women and three men have been married to a British prime minister in office. There have also been four bachelor and nine widower prime ministers; the last bachelor was Edward Heath (1970–1974) and the last widower was Ramsay MacDonald (1924, 1929–1935). The Duke of Grafton (1768–1770) and Boris Johnson (2019–2022) are the only prime ministers to have divorced and remarried while in office. The current prime minister, Keir Starmer, has been married to Victoria Starmer since 2007. Role and duties The role of the British prime minister's spouse is not an official one, and as such, they are not given a salary or official duties. Over time the position has evolved, and spouses such as Cherie Blair have gained public attention through their own independent careers and achievements, as well as attending engagements such as the African First Ladies Summit. Cherie Blair, with Cate Haste, wrote a book about recent prime ministerial spouses, ''The Goldf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine, Lady Walpole
Catherine, Lady Walpole (; 168220 August 1737) was the first wife of the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole. Origins She was a daughter of Sir John Shorter, of Bybrook, in Kent, a wealthy merchant (the son of Sir John Shorter, Lord Mayor of London), by his wife Elizabeth Philipps, a daughter of Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet. Her sister Charlotte Shorter became the third wife of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway, and was the mother of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. Life In 1700, she married Sir Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the first British prime minister, to whom she brought a dowry of £20,000. She was renowned for her extravagant lifestyle, frequently attending the opera and buying expensive clothes and jewellery. The couple became estranged during his premiership, and he had a succession of mistresses. He lived with Maria Skerrett at both Richmond, Surrey, and at Houghton while Lady Walpole was still alive. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spouses Of The Prime Ministers Of The United Kingdom
To date, forty-seven women and three men have been married to a British prime minister in office. There have also been four bachelor and nine widower prime ministers; the last bachelor was Edward Heath (1970–1974) and the last widower was Ramsay MacDonald (1924, 1929–1935). The Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Duke of Grafton (1768–1770) and Boris Johnson (2019–2022) are the only prime ministers to have divorced and remarried while in office. The current prime minister, Keir Starmer, has been married to Victoria Starmer since 2007. Role and duties The role of the British prime minister's spouse is not an official one, and as such, they are not given a salary or official duties. Over time the position has evolved, and spouses such as Cherie Blair have gained public attention through their own independent careers and achievements, as well as attending engagements such as the African First Ladies Summit. Cherie Blair, with Cate Haste, wrote a book about recent pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
