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Simon Mayne (c.1644–1725)
Simon Mayne (c. 1644 – 1725) was MP for Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Waterside Theatre. It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milt ... from 6 April 1691 to 28 January 1696 and again from 1705 to 1710. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayne, Simon 1725 deaths English MPs 1690–1695 English MPs 1695–1698 English MPs 1705–1707 British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Year of birth uncertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aylesbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Waterside Theatre. It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milton Keynes. Aylesbury was awarded Garden city movement, Garden Town status in 2017. In 2021 it had a population of 63,273. The housing target for the town is set to grow with 16,000 homes set to be built by 2033. Etymology The town name is of Old English origin. It is first recorded in the form ''Æglesburg'' in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', a text which took its present form in the later ninth century. The word ''Ægles'' is a personal name in the genitive case, meaning "Ægel's" and means "fortification". Thus the name once meant "Fort of Ægel" — though who Ægel was is not recorded. Nineteenth-century speculation that the name contained the Welsh language, Welsh word ''eglwys'' meaning "a church" (from Latin ) has been discredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Scot
Thomas Scot (or Scott; died 17 October 1660) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660. He was one of the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I and was executed as one of the king's regicides. Early life Scot was educated at Westminster School and is said have attended Cambridge University. In 1626, he married Alice Allinson of Chesterford in Essex. He was a lawyer in Buckinghamshire and grew to prominence as the treasurer of the region's County Committee between 1644 and 1646. He became influential enough to dominate the Committee and was elected Member of Parliament for Aylesbury in 1645 as a recruiter to the Long Parliament. Though he had a penchant for long, passionate speeches in Parliament, Scot could also be a subtle backroom politician and had a knack for creating alliances and rallying votes. A royalist acerbically described him as one who "crept into the House of Commons, whispers Treason into many o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1708–1710
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English MPs 1705–1707
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1725 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Johann Sebastian Bach, J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his Chorale cantata cycle, chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, ''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end. * January 6 – Johann Sebastian Bach, J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, ''Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen'', BWV 123, a Chorale cantata cycle, chorale cantata for Epiphany (holiday), Epiphany. * January 15 – James Macrae, a former captain of a freighter for the British East India Company, is hired by the Company to administer the Madras Presidency (at this time, the "Presidency of Fort St. George"), and begins major reforms. The area administered is most of Southern India, including what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, parts the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and the un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Egerton
William Egerton (originally William Tatton; 1749–1806) was an English politician and a member of the Egerton family. Egerton was the son of William Tatton and Hester, sister of Samuel Egerton, who was her brother's heiress. He changed his surname to his mother's on 9 July 1780. Egerton represented as Member of Parliament the constituencies of Hindon, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Cheshire. Family Egerton married four times. By his second marriage, to Mary daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle, he had three sons and one daughter. The second son of this marriage was Wilbraham Egerton. Notes , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Egerton, William 1749 births 1806 deaths British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 High sheriffs of Cheshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Newcastle-under-Lyme Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Newcastle-under-Lyme UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 Tatton family William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet, Of Middle Claydon
Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet DL, JP (12 November 1613 – 24 September 1696) was an English baronet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1690. Background Baptised at Hillesden in Buckinghamshire, he was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Verney and his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Denton. He was the great grandson of Hon. Elizabeth Verney, second daughter of the first Baron Braye. Verney was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple. Career Verney entered the Short Parliament in 1640, sitting as Member of Parliament for Aylesbury. He was re-elected MP for Aylesbury for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was present in the trial of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in January 1641, making notes, and was knighted in March. Verney opposed William Laud before the Civil War, and sided with the Parliamentarians at its outset; however, when he did not partake in the Solemn Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1661 – 13 August 1702) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1699. Lee was the son of Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet of Hartwell and his wife Anne Davis, daughter of Sir John Davis of Pangborne, Berkshire.William Betham''The Baronetage of England: or The History of the English baronets ..., Volume 2'' /ref> In 1689, Lee was elected Member of Parliament for Aylesbury and held the seat until 1699. He succeeded to the baronetcy of Hartwell on the death of his father in 1691. Following his return at the general election in July 1698, his election was declared void on 7 February 1699. Lee married Alice Hopkins, daughter of Thomas Hopkins a merchant of London. His eldest son Thomas succeeded to the baronetcy, his second son William became Lord Chief Justice, his third son John and his fifth son George George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Mayne
Simon MayneAlso known as in contemporary sources as Symon Mayne ) and Symon MeyneProclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges (4 June 1660)) (1612 – 13 April 1661) was a Member of Parliament for Aylesbury and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England. Simon was born and lived at Dinton Hall in Buckinghamshire, the son of Simon Mayne Snr and his wife, Colubria the sister of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace. His father died when he was aged five, leaving him the Dinton Hall estate after the death of his mother (in 1629). He was educated at Thame in Oxfordshire at Lord Williams's School and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1630. He married Jane Burgoyne in 1633. After her death in 1641, he married Elizabeth Tow, a widow, with whom he had three sons. In 1645, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (and was elected again in 1659). In January 1649, as a judge of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, he was 40th of the 59 signato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
