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Marmaduke (name)
Marmaduke is a masculine given name. A historical reference is found an American genealogy book where the author, Isaac Newton Earle, references his relative named Marmaduke: "The name Marmaduke is from the Anglo-Saxon and means “a mighty noble”." Also, the author highlights that it is a very unusual name. In England the name is mentioned as being used in Yorkshire, but of probable Gaelic origin. As an Irish name, Marmaduke is interpreted as: ''Máel Máedóc'', meaning "follower of Saint Máedóc". In Behind the Name, accessdate=2 March 2024 People with the surname * , 25th Governor of Missouri *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire .... It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature, Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman (a langues d'oïl, relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Alexander Lawson
Marmaduke Alexander Lawson (20 January 1840, Seaton Carew, County Durham – 14 February 1896, Madras) was a British botanist. Lawson matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1858 and graduated there B.A. 1862 and M.A. 1868. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany and Rural Economy at Oxford from 1868 to 1883 until he resigned in favour of a post in Madras. From 1883 until his death in 1896, he was Director of the Tamil Nadu Botanical Department at Ootacamund and at Madras (formally, Director of Government ''Cinchona'' Plantations, Parks, and Gardens, Nilgiris). His duties included naming and arranging the Madras herbarium and overseeing the production and sale of ''Cinchona'' bark from the Government ''Cinchona'' plantations in the Nilgiri Hills, Nilgiris District. Lawson was elected F.L.S. in 1869. He was President of Section of Zoology and Botany of the British Association in 1882. Eponyms *''Pteleopsis myrtifolia'' (M.A.Lawson) Engl. & Diels Diels is the last na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament Constituency)
Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party. Constituency profile The constituency presents itself as a safe seat for the Conservative Party, which held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election, Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader William Hague held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until he retired from the Commons in 2015. He had held the posts of Leader of the Opposition (1997–2001), Foreign Secretary (2010–2014) and Leader of the House of Commons (2014–2015). His successor Rishi Sunak served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from February 2020 to July 2022 and as Prime Minister fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet (1692–1754), of Constable Burton Hall, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly from 1727 to 1728. Wyvill was the son of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5th Baronet MP of Constable Burton, Yorkshire, and his wife Henrietta Maria Yarburgh, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarburgh of Balne Hall and Snaith, Yorkshire. He married Carey Coke, daughter of Edward Coke of Holkham, Norfolk in 1716. Wyvill stood unsuccessfully for Richmond in 1713 and 1715. At the 1722 British general election he was forbidden by his father to stand because Lord Sunderland disapproved. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy on 2 November1722. He was finally elected for Richmond at the 1727 British general election with Charles Bathurst. Their friend the mayor, who was returning officer, allowed a large number of unqualified persons to vote for them. On petition the seats were awarded to their opponents on 14 March 1728. In 1736, Wyvil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5th Baronet
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5th Baronet (c.1666–1722) was an English politician and official. He was the eldest son of Sir William Wyvill, 4th Baronet and his wife Anne Brookes, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1682, as a fellow commoner. A High Tory with connections to the Stuarts through his courtier wife, he was elected to parliament for in 1695. He then under Queen Anne held official positions in the excise and other tax areas. In 1711 Wyvill became a Fellow of the Royal Society, supported by Owen Brigstocke. Family Wyville married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarburgh of Snaith, MP. She had been maid of honour to Catherine of Braganza and Mary of Modena. They had three sons and four daughters. Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet (1692–1754), of Constable Burton Hall, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly from 1727 to 1728. Wyvill was the son of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet (1542–1617) was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Richmond in 1584 and again in 1598 and the first of the Wyvill baronets. He was the first MP for Richmond and resided at Constable Burton Hall. Family Sir Marmaduke was the first son of Christopher Wyvell of Constable Burton by Margaret, the daughter of John Scrope of Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge (1566). He was at Lincolns Inn (1560). Sir Marmaduke married Magdalen Danby, daughter of Sir Christopher Danby Sir Christopher Danby MP JP (1503 – 14 June 1571), of Farnley, Masham, and Thorp Perrow, Yorkshire, of St. Paul's Cray, Kent, and of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, and of Nayland, Suffolk, was an English politician. Life He was born to Sir Chri ... of Farnley, Yorkshire. They had six sons and four daughters. References 1542 births 1617 deaths English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1597–1598 Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Wyvill (MP For Ripon)
Marmaduke Wyvill (by 1496 – 1558), of Little Burton, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the cit ... in October 1553. References 15th-century births 1558 deaths English MPs 1553 (Mary I) Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Wyvill (other)
Marmaduke Wyvill may refer to: *Marmaduke Wyvill (MP for Ripon) (died 1558), MP for Ripon * Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet (''c.''1542–1617), Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond 1584–1585 and 1597–1598 * Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5th Baronet (''c.''1666–1722), MP for Richmond 1695–1698 * Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet (''c.''1692–1754), MP for Richmond 1727–1728 * Marmaduke Wyvill (1791–1872), Whig MP for York 1820–1826 * Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player) (1815–1896), English chess master and Liberal MP for Richmond 1847–1865 and 1866–1868 * Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill (1849–1918), Conservative MP for Otley 1895–1900 See also * Marmaduke (name) Marmaduke is a masculine given name. A historical reference is found an American genealogy book where the author, Isaac Newton Earle, references his relative named Marmaduke: "The name Marmaduke is from the Anglo-Saxon and means “a mighty noble” ... * Wyvill (surname) {{hndis, name=Wyvill, Marmaduke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Williams
Marmaduke Williams (April 6, 1774 – October 29, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809. Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, Williams studied law and was admitted to the North Carolina bar. He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate, serving 1802, and then was elected that same year to the 8th United States Congress. Williams was re-elected twice, serving in the 9th and 10th Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809). He declined to run for a fourth term and moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1810, then to Huntsville, Alabama, and by 1819, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Williams was a delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1819 and ran unsuccessfully that year for the post of Governor of Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1821 to 1839, was the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama from 1835 to 1841 and was a judge of the Tuscaloosa County court from 183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Tweng
Sir Marmaduke Thweng (or ''Tweng'', ''Thwinge'' etc.), later 1st Baron Thweng, was an English knight from Yorkshire who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Family The son of Sir Marmaduke Thweng of Kilton and his wife Lucy de Brus. His mother was the great, great granddaughter of Adam de Brus, Lord of Skelton brother to Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, Thweng was also a vassal of Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale by virtue of the latter's fief in the North Riding, ties that would have far reaching effects during his career. Military career In 1295 he fought for King Edward I in Gascony, along with John de Thweng. In 1297 Marmaduke achieved some fame at the Battle of Stirling Bridge by an heroic escape. Over 100 English knights had been trapped, together with several thousand infantry, on the far side of the river, and were being slaughtered by the Scots. Thweng managed to fight his way back across the bridge and he thus became the only knight of all those on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Tunstall
Marmaduke Tunstall (1743 – 11 October 1790) was an English ornithologist and collector. He was the author of ''Ornithologica Britannica'' (1771), probably the first British work to use binomial nomenclature. Tunstall was born at Burton Constable in Yorkshire. In 1760, he succeeded to the family estates of Scargill, Hutton, Long Villers and Wycliffe. Being a Catholic, he was educated at Douai in France. On completing his studies, he took up residence in Welbeck Street, London, where he formed an extensive museum, as well as a large collection of living birds and animals. He is known for formally describing the Peregrine falcon. After his marriage in 1776, the museum was moved to Wycliffe, and at the time, was one of the finest in England. Tunstall became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London at the age of twenty-one, and in 1771, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Tunstall died at Wycliffe, and his estates passed to his half-brother, William Constable. Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Stone
Marmaduke Stone (28 November 1748 – 22 August 1834) was an English Jesuit, who brought to an end the two hundred year exile of English Jesuits in Europe. He achieved this not only while war had broken out between France and England, but also at a time when the Society of Jesus was suppressed in most of Europe and its colonies. Early life Marmaduke Stone was born in Draycott near Painsley, Staffordshire into a recusant family and educated at St. Omer in northern France. At that time, Catholic education was not permitted in Britain. His education was interrupted when the entire school was forced to decamp to Bruges Austrian Netherlands on 10–17 August 1762, due to sudden French restrictions put on the order. Stone entered the Society of Jesus in 1767 in Ghent, and studied at the Liège Academy. Career In 1774, he was appointed Master of Elements at the recently established English Academy at Liège. In 1775, he was ordained priest and remained on the staff of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
