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Ralph Widdrington (MP)
Ralph Widdrington (''c.'' 1640 – 22 June 1718) was one of the eight sons (10 children) of William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington and his wife, Mary ( Thorold). He was commissioned Ensign in the Earl of Ogle's regiment in 1667, his brothers Edward and Roger being commissioned in the same regiment at the same time. Burke's (extinct) Peerage states, following earlier genealogies, that he lost his sight in "the Dutch War" without stating which one. In the light of Widdrington's subsequent career, that seems unlikely: The Earl of Ogle's regiment is not recorded as in action in the 1665–1667 War and, in 1671, Ralph Widdrington was commissioned Captain in the Portsmouth garrison company. Thereafter, he was at Berwick garrison as Lieutenant to the Duke of Newcastle. Captain George Carleton's memoirs go further and state that Widdrington lost his life at the Siege of Maastricht in 1676, as a volunteer in the Dutch Army. Ralph may have been a volunteer in the Dutch Army the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington
William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington (11 July 16103 September 1651) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1640 to 1642 and was created a peerage, peer in 1643. He fought in the Cavaliers, Royalist army in the English Civil War and was killed in battle in 1651. Biography Widdrington was born on 11 July 1610, the son and heir of Henry Widdrington (died 1623), Sir Henry Widdrington of Widdrington, Northumberland and his wife Mary Curwen, daughter of Sir Nicholas Curwen.. Knighted in 1632, he was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1636. He was then elected Member of Parliament for Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency), Northumberland in both the Short Parliament, Short and the Long Parliaments of 1640 to 1642, but in August 1642 he was expelled for taking up arms in support of Charles I of England, Charles I. During the English Civil War, Civil War he fought for the King chiefly in Yorkshire and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament Constituency)
Berwick-upon-Tweed () is a parliamentary constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a Conservative. It was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1512 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system. It has been a county constituency since 1885, electing one MP under the first-past-the-post system. Profile The constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed is in the county of Northumberland. It includes as its northernmost point the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and stretches south to include the towns of Alnwick and Amble — the Northumberland coast forms its long eastern boundary. Its length is roughly 50 miles (80 km) and its area is 2,310 square kilometres. Predominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English MPs 1685–1687
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1718 Deaths
Events January – March * January 7 – In India, Sufi rebel leader Shah Inayat Shaheed from Sindh who had led attacks against the Mughal Empire, is beheaded days after being tricked into meeting with the Mughals to discuss peace. * January 17 – Jeremias III reclaims his role as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, chief leader within the Eastern Orthodox Church, 16 days after the Metropolitan Cyril IV of Pruoza had engineered an election to become the Patriarch. * February 14 – The reign of Victor Amadeus over the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg (now within the state of Saxony-Anhalt in northeastern Germany) ends after 61 years and 7 months. He had ascended the throne on September 22, 1656. He is succeeded by his son Karl Frederick. * February 21 – Manuel II (Mpanzu a Nimi) becomes the new monarch of the Kingdom of Kongo (located in western Africa at present day Angola) when King Pedro IV (Nusamu a Mvemba) dies after a rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1640s Births
Year 164 ( CLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macrinus and Celsus (or, less frequently, year 917 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 164 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Marcus Aurelius gives his daughter Lucilla in marriage to his co-emperor Lucius Verus. * Avidius Cassius, one of Lucius Verus' generals, crosses the Euphrates and invades Parthia. * Ctesiphon is captured by the Romans, but returns to the Parthians after the end of the war. * The Antonine Wall in Scotland is abandoned by the Romans. * Seleucia on the Tigris is destroyed. Births * Bruttia Crispina, Roman empress (d. 191) * Ge Xuan (or Xiaoxian), Chinese Taoist (d. 244) * Yu Fan, Chinese scholar and offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Babington (MP)
Air Marshal Sir Philip Babington, (25 February 1894 – 25 February 1965) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command from 1942 to 1945 during the Second World War. He was the younger brother of John Tremayne Babington. Education His education was at Eton College. RAF career Babington was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment in 1914 at the start of the First World War and then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 46 Squadron on the Western Front in July 1916 until December 1917, he was also Station Commander RFC Suttons Farm in August 1917 when 46 Squadron were rotated from frontline operations to defend London from aerial attack. Babington went on to become Officer Commanding No. 141 Squadron at Biggin Hill in January 1918 before taking command of the 50th Wing later that year. After the War he served as Officer Commanding No. 37 Squadron (later renumbered No. 39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Blake (1638–1718)
Francis or Frank Blake may refer to: Nobility * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Twizell Castle (1709–1780), Northumbrian landowner * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1737–1818), Northumbrian landowner and political writer * Sir Francis Blake, 3rd Baronet, of Twizell Castle (c. 1774–1860), Northumbrian landowner and politician * Sir Francis Blake, 1st Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1856–1940), Member of Parliament * Sir Francis Blake, 2nd Baronet, of Tillmouth Park (1893–1950) Science and medicine * Francis Blake (telephone) (1850–1913), American engineer who improved the carbon microphone for telephone use * Francis Claude Blake (1867–?), British engineer * Francis Gilman Blake (1887–1952), American immunologist Others * Sir Francis Blake (1638–1718), Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed 1698–1701 * Frank Blake (American football) (fl. 1907–1909), American football coach * Frank Blake (baseball) (1910–?), American baseball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Grey, 4th Baron Grey Of Warke
Ralph Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Werke (c. 1661 – 1706) was an English peer who served as Governor of Barbados and as one of the English commissioners for the negotiations on the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland. The second son of Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke, he became an officer in the Army. A Whig, he was a Member of Parliament for Berwick from 1679 to 1681 and attended King William III following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was again a member for Berwick from 1695 to 1698 and briefly in 1701. He was Auditor of Wales from 1692 to 1702 and also Governor of Barbados from 1698 to 1701. On 24 June 1701, on the death of his older brother Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, he succeeded as Baron Grey of Werke, taking him from the House of Commons into the House of Lords.Grey of Warke, Baron (E, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rushworth
John Rushworth (c. 1612 – 12 May 1690) was an English lawyer, historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1657 and 1685. He compiled a series of works covering the English Civil Wars throughout the 17th century called ''Historical Collections'' and also known as the ''Rushworth Papers''. Early life Rushworth was born at Acklington Park in Warkworth, Northumberland, the son of Lawrence Rushworth and his wife Margaret Cuthbert, daughter of the vicar of Carnaby in Yorkshire. His father was an extensive landowner and Justice of the Peace at Heath, Yorkshire although he was in prison for debt in 1629. Rushworth was a solicitor at Berwick on Tweed from 1638 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1640. He also began work as clerk assistant at the House of Commons in 1640: assisting Henry Elsynge, Clerk of the House of Commons, he was the first recorded individual to hold the office.. Civil Wars Rushworth followed the lead of John Pym, who, in a speec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobite Rising Of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts. At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, local landowner the Earl of Mar raised the Jacobite standard on 27 August. Aiming to capture Stirling Castle, he was checked by the much-outnumbered Hanoverians, commanded by the Duke of Argyll, at Sheriffmuir on 13 November. There was no clear result, but the Earl appeared to believe, mistakenly, that he had won the battle, and left the field. After the Jacobite surrender at Preston (14 November), the rebellion was over. Background The 1688 Glorious Revolution deposed James II and VII, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III, ruling as joint monarchs. Shortly before William's death in March 1702, the Act of Settlement 1701 definitively excluded Catholics from the throne, among them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Burke
Sir John Bernard Burke, (5 January 1814 – 12 December 1892) was a British genealogist and Ulster King of Arms, who helped publish ''Burke's Peerage''. Personal life Burke, of Irish descent, was born at London and was educated in London and France. His father, John Burke (1787–1848), was also a notable genealogist who first produced, in 1826, a ''Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom''. This work, generally known as ''Burke's Peerage'', was issued annually starting in 1847. While practising as a barrister Bernard Burke assisted his father in his genealogical work, including the two volumes entitled ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants'' &c., which were not published until after his father's death (volume 1 in 1848, volume 2 in 1851), following which he took control of his publications. In 1853 Burke was appointed Ulster King of Arms. In 1854 he was knighted and in 1855 he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington (167819 April 1743), was an English Roman Catholic peer and supporter of the House of Stuart, Stuart claim to the Crown. Background Widdrington was the son of William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington, by the Honourable Alethea Fairfax, daughter of Charles Fairfax, 5th Viscount Fairfax of Emley, and succeeded to his father's title and estates in 1695. His family was staunchly Catholic Church, Roman Catholic and was educated at a Society of Jesus, Jesuit college in Paris. He became a supporter of the Stuart claim to the Crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Political activity Widdrington took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and with two of his brothers was taken prisoner after the Battle of Preston (1715), Battle of Preston. Along with Henry Oxburgh he counselled the commander of the English rising Thomas Forster and seek what terms he could from the army commander Charles Wills. He was convicted of high treason and condemned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
