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Robert Vernon Atherton Gwillym
Robert Vernon Atherton Gwillym (28 August 1741 – 9 July 1783), known as Robert Vernon Atherton after 1779, was a British landowner and politician who represented Newton in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1774 to 1780. Gwillym was the second son of Robert Gwillym of Langstone Court, Herefordshire, and his wife, Elizabeth Atherton (1721-1763), daughter of Richard Atherton (1700-1726) and Elizabeth Farrington of Atherton Hall. He is a direct descendant of Richard Atherton. He married Henrietta Maria Legh, daughter of Peter Legh (1706–1792] of Lyme Park and Bank Hall in January 1763. In 1766 at the age of 25, both he and his family were painted by Joseph Wright of Derby He succeeded his brother William in 1771, and inherited Atherton Hall, Leigh. That same year he is listed as a subscriber to a journal on travels to America and of agriculture and plantations. At the 1774 general election, Gwillym was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Newto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Wright - Mr
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford
Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford (2 December 1801 – 15 March 1861), was a British peer and Whig politician. Lilford was the son of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford, and Henrietta Maria Atherton of Atherton Hall. He succeeded his father as Baron Lilford in 1825. From 1826 to 1827 he went on a Grand Tour accompanied by Thomas Henry Lister.They visited Weimar and Jena in June 1826, followed by Leipzig and Dresden. In November they visited Italy, that included a stay in Rome of over three months. Lister returned to England in June 1827 while Lord Lilford remained on at Naples. In 1837 he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne, a post he held until the government fell in August 1841. He never returned to office. Lord Lilford married Mary Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, and Lady Holland, in 1830, and had ten children.Tim Powys-Lybbe (2011) "Thomas Atherton Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1783 Deaths
Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, 1782, treaties signed by the United States with the United Netherlands. * February 3 – American Revolutionary War: Great Britain acknowledges the independence of the United States of America. At this time, the Spanish government does not grant diplomatic recognition. * February 4 – American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States. * February 5 – 1783 Calabrian earthquakes: The first of a sequence of five earthquakes strikes Calabria, Italy (February 5–7, March 1 & 28), leaving 50,000 dead. * February 7 – The Great Siege of Gibraltar is abandoned. * February 26 – The United States Continental Army's Corps of Engineers is disbanded. * March 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1740s Births
Year 174 ( CLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 927 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 174 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 * Empress Faustina the Younger accompanies her husband, Marcus Aurelius, on various military campaigns and enjoys the love of the Roman soldiers. Aurelius gives her the title of ''Mater Castrorum'' ("Mother of the Camp"). * Marcus Aurelius officially confers the title ''Fulminata'' ("Thundering") to the Legio XII Fulminata. Asia * Reign in India of Yajnashri Satakarni, Satavahana king of the Andhra. He extends his empire from the center to the north of India. By topic Art and Science * ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius is written, in Greek, while on milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davenport (MP)
Thomas or Tom Davenport may refer to: * Thomas Davenport (inventor) (1802–1851), blacksmith from Vermont, USA, inventor of the electric motor * Thomas Davenport (congressman) (died 1838), U.S. representative from Virginia * Thomas Davenport (footballer) Thomas Davenport (1860 – after 1888) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. He played as an inside forward. Davenport was born in the Kingstanding district of Birmingham. He began his foot ... (1860–?), English footballer active in the 1880s * Thomas H. Davenport (born 1954), known as Tom, American academic * Sir Thomas Davenport (MP), British Member of Parliament for Newton, 1780–1786 * Tom Davenport (filmmaker) (born 1939), American filmmaker {{hndis, Davenport, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Peter Legh
Thomas Peter Legh (1754–1797), was a British Member of Parliament. Born about 1754 he was the first son of Reverend Ashburnham Legh of Golborne and Charlotte Elizabeth Legh née Egerton. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1794 he spent over £20,000 raising a regiment of fencible cavalry, The Lancashire Fencible Cavalry, to which he was appointed Colonel. Legh was Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1780 until his death in 1797. He died on 7 August 1797 leaving seven illegitimate Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, ''illegitimacy'', also known as ''b ... children and his estates to his eldest son, Thomas Legh. Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Legh, Thomas Peter 1797 deaths British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Legh (1706–1792)
Peter Legh may refer to: * Peter Legh (died 1642), Member of Parliament for Newton * Peter Legh (MP for Cheshire), Member of Parliament for Cheshire and Wigan * Peter Legh (died 1672), Member of Parliament for Newton * Peter Legh (died 1744), Member of Parliament for Newton * Peter Legh (1706–1792), Member of Parliament for Newton * Peter Legh (1723–1804), Member of Parliament for Ilchester Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. Originally a Roman town, and later a market town, Ilchester has a rich medieval history and was a notable settleme ... * Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton (1915–1992), British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for Petersfield {{hndis, Legh, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony James Keck
Anthony James Keck (c1740 – 1782) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1780. Keck was born in Stoughton, Leicestershire, and educated at Eton, St John's College, Cambridge, and Lincoln's Inn. He was member of parliament (MP) for Leicester from 1765 to 1768, also for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1768 to 1780. He lived at Stoughton Grange until he moved to Lancashire in 1768 and died aged 42 years, on 28 February 1782. He is buried at St Mary and All Saints Church in Stoughton. along with numerous members of his family and descendants including his son, George Anthony Legh Keck (who was also MP for Leicestershire). Family He was descended from Thomas Keck (1617-1671) who was the elder brother of Sir Anthony Keck (1630-1695)(MP) Sir Anthony Keck. His father was Anthony James Keck of Lincoln's Inn, son of Rev David James and Martha Keck, and his mother was Anne Busby of Beaumont, daughter of William Busby and Catherine Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Powys, 8th Baron Lilford
Baron Lilford, of Lilford in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1797 for Thomas Powys, who had previously represented Northamptonshire in the House of Commons. His grandson, the third Baron, served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip) from 1837 to 1841 in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron, an ornithologist. On the death of his younger son, the sixth Baron (who succeeded his elder brother), in 1949, the line of the third Baron failed. The late Baron was succeeded by his second cousin twice removed, the seventh Baron. He was the great-great-grandson of Robert Vernon Powys, second son of the second Baron. , the title is held by his only son Mark Powys, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 2005. The family seat from 1711 until the 1990s was Lilford Hall in Northamptonshire. The current Baron Lilford retains ownership of land in Jersey, South Africa and West Lancashire, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Powys, 7th Baron Lilford
George Vernon Powys, 7th Baron Lilford (8 January 1931 – 3 January 2005), was the son of Robert Horace Powys and Vera Grace Bryant. Born in 1931, he inherited the title of Baron Lilford in 1949, following the death of Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford, his second cousin twice removed, and held it until his own death on 3 January 2005 at Paarl, South Africa.Tim Powys-Lybbe (2011) "George Vernon Powys Lord Lilford", http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps15/ps15_319.html Personal life His father died in 1940, so at the age of eighteen years he inherited the Lilford barony from his second cousin twice removed, Stephen Powys. He was educated at Stonyhurst College and lived at Saint John, Jersey, Channel Islands, following the divorce from his fourth wife. His first wife was Eve Bird whom he married in 1954. He moved to South Africa and married Anuta Merritt on 29 June 1957, but were divorced by September 1958. He set up a business in South Africa by where he manufactured car tyres. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford
Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford (8 March 1869 – 19 September 1949), was a British peer. Powys was the third son of Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Brandling. His birth was registered a month after he was born by his father and gave his parents as Thomas Littleton Lord Lilford and Emma Elizabeth Lilford. Regrettably there was no space on the form to enter his surname, which was, as his parents had been, Powys; so the index gave him his father's title name as his surname. He never used the surname of Lilford, he may not even have known that was what was implicit in his birth certificate, though he did become Lord Lilford himself in later life. There is no evidence to show that he was adopted, the evidence is merely that of confusion in the mind of the registrars at the time of registration. Following the death of his mother Emma in 1884, his father remarried Clementina Georgina Baillie-Hamilton in 1885 in Cookham, Berkshire. He was educated at Sunni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford
John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford (12 January 1863 – 17 December 1945), was a British peer and cricketer. Biography Powys was born at Lilford Hall, Northamptonshire, the son of ornithologist Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Powys (née Brandling). He inherited the Lilford barony in 1896 upon the death of his father, along with the Lilford Hall, Bank Hall and Bewsey estates. Powys was educated at Harrow School, and graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1886. He was an officer in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) until he resigned with the honorary rank of Major on 4 June 1902. On 29 July 1922, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Powys played cricket for Northamptonshire in 1911, making a single first-class appearance against the touring India national cricket team at the County Ground, Northampton. Family He married Milly Isabella Louisa Soltau-Symons, a daughter of George W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
