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Mordaunt
Mordaunt is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Charles Mordaunt (other), several earls and baronets *Harry Mordaunt (1663–1720), English lieutenant-general * Henry Mordaunt (Royal Navy officer) (died 1710), English politician and Royal Navy captain * David Mordaunt (born 1937), English former cricketer *Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942), English author and traveler *Gerald Mordaunt (1873–1959), English cricketer * Harriet Mordaunt (1848–1906), wife of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet, and alleged mistress of Edward VII * Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough (1621–1697), English soldier, peer, and courtier *Sir Henry Mordaunt, 12th Baronet (1867–1939), English cricketer * John Mordaunt (other), numerous persons * Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt (1538-1601), English peer and politician *Norman Mordaunt, co-founder in 1967 of British loudspeaker company Mordaunt-Short * Osbert Mordaunt (cricketer, born 1842 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Mordaunt
Penelope Mary Mordaunt (; born 4 March 1973) is a British politician who has been Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North since May 2010. She served as a junior minister under Boris Johnson, having previously served in Theresa May's Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2017 to 2019, and as Secretary of State for Defence from May to July 2019. She ran twice for the Conservative party leadership in July–September, and October 2022, losing to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak respectively. Mordaunt read philosophy at the University of Reading, before working in the public relations industry. She held roles within the Conservative Party under party leaders John Major and William Hague, and also worked for George W. Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004. Mordaunt was elected to the House of Commons in May 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Mordaunt
Harriet Sarah, Lady Mordaunt (''née'' Moncreiffe; 7 February 1848 – 9 May 1906) was the Scottish wife of an English baronet and member of parliament, Sir Charles Mordaunt. She was the respondent in a sensational divorce case in which the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) was embroiled, and after a counter-petition led to a finding of mental disorder she spent the remaining 36 years of her life out of sight in a series of privately rented houses, and then in various private lunatic asylums, finally ending her days in Sutton, Surrey. Early life and family Lady Mordaunt was born Harriet Moncreiffe. Some writers have referred to her as "Lady Harriet Mordaunt", but that style would only be correct if she had been the daughter of an earl, marquess, or duke. Her parents were Sir Thomas Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 7th Baronet (1822–1879) of Moncreiffe House, Perthshire, Scotland, and his wife, Lady Louisa Hay-Drummond (died 1898), eldest daughter of the Earl of Kinnoull. They ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Mordaunt, 12th Baronet
Sir Henry John Mordaunt, 12th Baronet (12 July 1867 – 15 January 1939) was an English baronet and cricketer. Mordaunt was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. Cricket career Mordaunt made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1885 County Championship playing a single match in the club's final season with first-class status against Somerset. Mordaunt played as an all rounder. After this, Mordaunt continued his education at Eton College, where he captained the college cricket team, and led Eton to victory over Harrow School at Lord's for the first time since 1876. Upon completing his education at Eton, Mordaunt attended King's College, Cambridge. Mordaunt made his debut for Cambridge University against CI Thornton's XI. He played 15 first-class matches for Cambridge University between 1888 and 1889, with his final match for Cambridge the 1889 Varsity match against Oxford University at Lord's. In Mordaunt's 15 first-class matches for the university he scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Mordaunt
David John Mordaunt (24 August 1937 – 28 November 2020) was an English cricketer, teacher and expeditioner. Cricket career Mordaunt was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and was a prominent schoolboy cricketer. A right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast, he made his first-class debut in 1958 for Sussex in the game against Oxford University, scoring 96 in the second innings, when he was caught trying to hit his fourth six, which would have given him a century on debut.''Wisden'' 1959, p. 652. From 1958 to 1960, Mordaunt played 19 first-class matches for Sussex as an amateur, his final match for the county coming against Gloucestershire in the 1960 County Championship. He scored 586 runs for Sussex at a batting average of 24.41, with five half-centuries and highest score of 96. With the ball he took 19 wickets at a bowling average of 28.89, with a single five wicket haul of 5 for 42. Mordaunt left Sussex at the end of the 1960 season. He played his fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Mordaunt
Gerald John Mordaunt (20 January 1873 – 5 March 1959), sometimes known as Gerry Mordaunt, was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the Gentlemen and other amateur sides between 1893 and 1904.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 392–393.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.) Early life Mordaunt was born at Wellesbourne Hastings in WarwickshireGerald Mordaunt . Retrieved 21 December 2018. and educated at |
Elinor Mordaunt
Evelyn May Clowes, known by the pseudonym Elinor Mordaunt (7 May 1872 – 25 June 1942), was an English author, writer and traveller born in Nottinghamshire, England. Her travels included Mauritius and Australia; she undertook a wide variety of employment. Early life Mordaunt was the fifth child of St. John Legh Clowes, a South African writer, and the Honourable Elizabeth Caroline Bingham. She was born in the village of Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, and christened as Evelyn May Clowes. Her maternal grandfather was the Irish nobleman Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris. Growing up in genteel circumstances, her early childhood was spent at Charlton Down House near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and her teenage years near Heythrop in the Cotswolds. She was educated at home by governesses, excelling at German, Latin, Greek, shorthand writing, landscape painting, and fabric and wallpaper design. Australia In 1897 she went to Mauritius as companion to her cousin Caroline (wife of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osbert Mordaunt (cricketer, Born 1876)
Osbert Cautley Mordaunt (26 May 1876 – 20 October 1949) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1905 and 1910 and for various amateur teams in the years up to 1914. He was born at Flax Bourton, Somerset and died at Bells Yew Green, East Sussex. Family Mordaunt was the second son of Harry Mordaunt and Annie (his cousin, née Cautley), of Apsley Guise, Bedfordshire, and a descendant of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet. The name "Osbert" has been used by members of the Mordaunt family since the 12th century, in honour of a direct ancestor of that name; others include Canon Osbert Mordaunt, the rector of Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire and a 19th-century cricket player, also a descendant of the 6th Baronet, and the soldier and poet Thomas Osbert Mordaunt, of a senior branch of the family, the Earls of Peterborough. Osbert Cautley Mordaunt's ancestor, Sir L'Estrange Mordaunt, 1st Baronet, descended from William, the younger brother of John, the first Baron Mordaunt; f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Mordaunt
Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt (29 March 1663 – 4 January 1720) was an English Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1692 and 1720. Early life Mordaunt was born at Parsons Green, Fulham, a younger son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt and his wife Elizabeth Carey. She was the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, who was the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth. Mordaunt was educated at Middle Temple from 1674 and Westminster School from 1676. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 December 1680, aged 17 and was awarded BA in 1684. Mordaunt married, firstly, Margaret Spencer, natural daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Baronet. He later married Penelope Tipping, the daughter of William Tipping of West Court at Ewelme in Oxfordshire by his wife, Elizabeth Collet. She was the niece of Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet. Army career Mordaunt joined the army and was an ensign by 1689 and captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt
Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt (21 September 1538 – 16 June 1601) was an English peer and politician. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt and Ela (née FitzLewis) Mordaunt. He became the third Baron Mordaunt in 1571 on the death of his father. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedfordshire (1563–67) and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1570. A lover of art and buildings, he was a reluctant judge at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded in 1587, with whose death sentence he did 'most unwillingly concur'. He commanded troops recruited to resist when it was thought that the Spanish Armada would invade in 1588. He married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy and Mary Carew and was succeeded by their son Henry. His daughter Mary married Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet. He died at his manor house in Drayton, Northamptonshire on 16 June 1601 and was buried in All Saints church Turvey, Bedfordshire Turvey is a vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osbert Mordaunt (cricketer, Born 1842)
Osbert Mordaunt (4 December 1842 – 25 September 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Sir John Mordaunt, he was born at Walton Hall in Warwickshire. The name "Osbert" has been used by members of the Mordaunt family since the 12th century, in honour of a direct ancestor of that name. Mordaunt was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket eleven. From Eton he went up to Christ Church, Oxford. While at Oxford he was a member of the Oxford University Cricket Club, but did not play first-class cricket for the club. However, while at Oxford he did play first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866 ''against'' Oxford at Lord's. He batted twice in the match and made scores of 6 and 5, being dismissed by Stirling Voules and Edward Kenney respectively. He played below first class level for the counties of Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire and (in one match in 1867) for Shropshire. He was described in ''Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mordaunt (other)
John Mordaunt may refer to: *John Mordaunt (speaker) (d. 1504), Tudor politician and Speaker of the House of Commons * John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt (d. 1562) * John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt (1508–1571) * John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough (1600–1643) *John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt (1626–1675), Royalist conspirator *Sir John Mordaunt, 5th Baronet (bef. 1649–1721) * John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt (c. 1681–1710) *John Mordaunt (British Army officer) (1697–1780), English general and Member of Parliament * John Mordaunt (MP) (c. 1709–1767), British soldier and Member of Parliament *Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet (baptised 9 May 1734 – 18 November 1806) was an English politician who represented the constituency of Warwickshire. Mordaunt was born the son of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet and educated at New College, Ox ... (1734–1806) * Sir John Mordaunt, 9th Baronet (1808–1845) *Colonel John Mordaunt, in Luckn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl Of Peterborough
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough (15 November 1621 – 19 June 1697) was an English soldier, peer and courtier. Early life Styled Lord Mordaunt from 1628, he was the eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough. He was educated at Eton, under Sir Henry Wotton, and shortly before the outbreak of the First English Civil War was sent to France to be out of harm's way. :s:Mordaunt, Henry, second Earl of Peterborough (DNB00) He returned to England in 1642, and served for a little while in the parliamentary army, where he commanded his ailing father's troop of horse. In April 1643, after his father's death, he deserted to the king at Oxford. Now Earl of Peterborough, he joined the Cavaliers and fought at the battles of Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
