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Sheriff Of Dorset
The High Sheriff of Dorset is an ancient high sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also the Sheriff of Dorset. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Dorset was retitled High Sheriff of Dorset."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." () The position was once a powerful position responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing law and order in Dorset. In modern times the high sheriff has become a ceremonial role, presiding over public ceremonies. List of Sheriffs of Dorset 1066–1226 1567–1599 1600–1699 1701–1800 1801–1900 1901–1973 List of High Sheriffs of Dorset 1974–2000 2001–present References The history of the worthies of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Miller (MP Died 1624)
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Thomas Trenchard (Dorset MP)
Sir Thomas Trenchard (1582 – 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648. Trenchard was the son of Sir George Trenchard of Warmwell and his wife Ann Speke daughter of Sir George Speke of Whitelackington. He was knighted at Theobalds on 15 December 1613. He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset in 1634.Dictionary of National Biography In 1621, Trenchard was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset. In April 1640, he was elected MP for Bridport in the Short Parliament. In 1645, he was re-elected MP for Dorset for the Long Parliament and sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge. He commanded a regiment of the Dorset Trained Bands at the Siege of Sherborne at the beginning of the First English Civil War The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browne (Parliamentarian)
John Browne (1582 – 16 May 1659) was an English lawyer who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Browne was the son of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 13 October 1598, aged 16. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1599. In 1621, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bridport. He was re-elected as one of the members for Bridport in 1628, but his election was declared void on 12 April. In June 1641 he was elected for Dorset in the Long Parliament and sat until 1653, surviving Pride's Purge Pride's Purge is the name commonly given to an event that took place on 6 December 1648, when soldiers prevented members of Parliament considered hostile to the New Model Army from entering the House of Commons of England. Despite defeat in the ... in 1648. He was appointed as a commissioner for the trial of the King in 1649, but did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meller
Sir John Meller (c.1588 – 1649/50) of Bridehead House, Little Bredy, Dorset, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1628 and 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Meller was the eldest son of Sir Robert Meller of Little Bredy and his wife Dorothy Bailie, daughter of Harry Bailie of the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Dorchester Grammar School under Mr Harris and was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge, on 15 March 1603 aged 15. He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 15 May 1606. He was knighted on 6 May 1625. In 1628 Meller was elected Member of Parliament for Wareham and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bridport in the Short Parliament. He supported the King in the Civil War and compounded for £693. He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1630–31 and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1633–34. Meller marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leweston Fitzjames
Leweston may refer to: * Leweston, Dorset, England, the location of Leweston School * Leweston, Pembrokeshire, a location in Wales *Catherston Leweston Catherston Leweston is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies approximately northeast of Lyme Regis. The Dorset County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 30(as of 2013). The ..., Dorset, England * John Leweston, an English politician {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bampfield Chafin
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Nathaniel Napier (died 1635)
Sir Nathaniel Napier (c. 1587 – 6 September 1635), of Middlemarsh Hall and Moor Crichel in Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was born c. 1587, the only son of Sir Robert Napier, a judge and MP who held the office of Lord Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and his second wife Magdalen Denton, daughter of Sir Anthony Denton of Tonbridge. He was knighted in 1617. He served a year as High Sheriff of Dorset in 1620 and represented Dorset (1625), Wareham (1625–26) and Milborne Port (1628–29) in the House of Commons. Sir Nathaniel also built the family mansion of Crichel House at Moor Crichel. He is remembered in Dorchester for building the Napier Almshouses from money left by his father for that purpose: this was one of many charitable projects inspired by the Great Fire of 1613. He married c. 1599 Elizabeth Gerrard (died 1624), daughter of John Gerrard of Purbeck and Anne Daccombe: according to one historian he was not quite twelve at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Erle
Sir Walter Erle or Earle (22 November 1586 – 1 September 1665) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648. He was a vigorous opponent of King Charles I in the Parliamentary cause both before and during the English Civil War. Early life Erle was the son of Thomas Erle of Charborough in Dorset and his wife Dorothy Pole, daughter of William Pole of Columpton, Devon. He inherited the estate Charborough at the age of 11 on the death of his father. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 22 January 1602 aged 15. In 1604 he became a student of Inner Temple. In 1614, Erle was elected Member of Parliament for Poole. He was knighted on 4 May 1616, and in 1618 served as High Sheriff of Dorset. Like many of the other leading citizens of Dorset, he was an early investor in projects to colonise New England. He and his brother Christopher were both shareholders in the Virginia Company in 1620, and he attended the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hanham
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strangways (died 1666)
Sir John Strangways (27 September 1585 – 30 December 1666) of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford, Somerset, and of Abbotsbury in Dorset, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Origins He was born on 27 September 1585, the 3rd but 2nd surviving son of John Strangways (c.1548-1593) of Melbury Sampford, Sheriff of Dorset,Ferris by his wife Dorothy Thynne, a daughter of Sir John Thynne (c.1515-1580) of Longleat in Wiltshire, steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, a Member of Parliament, the builder of Longleat House and ancestor of the Marquesses of Bath. Career He was appointed Sheriff of Dorset for 1612 and in 1614 elected Member of Parliament for Dorset. He was re-elected MP for Dorset in 1621 and 1624. In 1625 he was elected MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and was re-elected MP for Weymouth in 1626. He was elected MP for Dorset again in 1628 and sat unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Freke (died 1633)
Sir Thomas Freke (27 September 1563 – 5 May 1633) was an English merchant adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1626. Freke was the eldest son of Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtney, and his wife Alice Swayne, daughter of Robert Swayne of Blandford. His father was teller of the Exchequer and surveyor for Dorset. In 1584, Freke was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester. He succeeded his father in 1592 and became a J.P. for Dorset. He was High Sheriff of Dorset from 1597 to 1598. Freke was knighted in 1603. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset for about 30 years, and was a respected figure in the county. He and his son were owners of the ship 'Leopold' of Weymouth, which was one of the largest Dorset privateers. In 1604 he was elected MP for Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
