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Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten
Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (1763–1843) was an Anglo-Irish judge in India. Early life He was the son of Edmund MacNaghten of Beardiville, Co. Antrim, and his second wife Hannah Johnstone of Belfast, and younger brother of Edmond Alexander MacNaghten, Member of Parliament for County Antrim and Orford. He was also a first cousin of Half Hung MacNaghten. Macnaghten was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1784. In India Macnaghten sailed to India in 1791 on the '' Lord Camden'' with his wife and two small children. He was appointed a barrister of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William that year. William Hickey, who knew him socially, wrote acnaghtenwas a fine, high-spirited, honourable young man: by nature of a violent temper, but he possessed sufficient resolution not only to curb, but in great measure to correct the infirmity ../blockquote> Macnaghten became Sheriff of Fort William in 1797, and took on Hickey as his deputy. At this period, Hickey resolved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Macnaghten Kirkwood
Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 Places *Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada *Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska, USA *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska, USA *Francis, Oklahoma, USA *Francis, Utah, USA Arts, entertainment, media *Francis (film), ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band *Francis (TV series), a Indian Bengali-language animated television series Other uses *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database *Francis (1793), ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine See also *Saint Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushmills, County Antrim
Bushmills (From Irish language, Irish ''Muileann na Buaise'') is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,247 in the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 Census. It is located from Belfast, from Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ballycastle and from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century. It is home to the Old Bushmills Distillery, which produces Irish whiskey, and is near the Giant's Causeway. Demography 2021 Census Bushmills is labelled as Super Data Zone Causeway_C by Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. On Census day (21 March 2021) there were 1,247 people living in Bushmills. Of these: * 89.1% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community background and 2.7% were from a Catholic community background. *75.0% identified as British, 2.6% identified as Irish and 34.5% identified as Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. From the Middle Ages, Whitby had significant Herring fleet, herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship. He first explored the southern ocean in HMS Endeavour, HMS ''Endeavour'', built in Whitby.Hough 1994, p. 55 Alum industry in North Yorkshire, Alum was mined locally, and Whitby Jet (lignite), jet jewellery was fashionable during the 19th century. Tourism started in Whitby during the Georgian period and developed with the arrival of the railway in 1839. The abbey ruin at the top of the East Cliff is the town's oldest and most prominent landmark. Other significant features include the Whitby Swing Bridge, swing bridge, which crosses the River Esk and the harbour sheltered by grade II listed Piers of Whitby, east and west piers. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dunkin (judge)
Sir William Dunkin (died 1807) was an Irish barrister and judge in Bengal. Life Dunkin was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1753, as the eldest son of John Dunkin of Bushfoot, County Antrim. He was later described as being from Clogher, County Antrim. He served as High Sheriff of Antrim in 1777. Although he had inherited an estate, he encumbered it with debt, and went to Calcutta to practise as a barrister. In October 1781, Dunkin was mentioned as on the way to India in a letter from Edmund Burke to Lord George Macartney, two of his friends. There he was a friend of William Hickey. He lived a bachelor life, sharing accommodation with Stephen Cassan, another Irish barrister. In 1788, he set off to go to England in search of a judicial appointment in Calcutta, sailing to Europe in December on the '' Phoenix'' under Captain Gray. Dunkin returned to Bengal aboard the ''Phoenix'' in August 1791. He had been appointed to the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and was knig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Relief
The Roman Catholic relief bills were a series of measures introduced over time in the late 18th and early 19th centuries before the Parliaments of Great Britain and the United Kingdom to remove the restrictions and prohibitions imposed on British and Irish Catholics during the English Reformation. These restrictions had been introduced to enforce the separation of the Church of England, English church from the Catholic Church which began in 1529 under Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. Following the death of the Jacobitism, Jacobite claimant to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British throne James Francis Edward Stuart on 1 January 1766, the pope recognised the legitimacy of the House of Hanover, Hanoverian dynasty, which began a process of rapprochement between the Catholic Church and the United Kingdom. Over the next sixty-three years, various bills were introduced in Parliament to repeal restrictions against practise of the Catholic The Catholic Church (), also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange
Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (30 November 1756 – 16 July 1841) was a chief justice in Nova Scotia, known for waging "judicial war" to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners. From 1789 to 1797, he was the sixth Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. He became the first Chief Justice of the erstwhile Supreme Court of Madras (which has since become the High Court of Madras) and in that capacity was also the first Chief Justice of the Madras Presidency, British India from 1801 to 1817, and also wrote two volume text on Hindu law. Chief Justice of Nova Scotia After practicing law for four years, he was appointed Chief Justice of Nova Scotia in 1790, likely helped by his mother's friendship with Lord Mansfield, a cabinet minister. He was sent to City of Halifax, Halifax where he served for seven years until 1797. He found many of the cases had to do with relatively small property claims. He was instrumental in freeing slaves from their owners in the colony. His successor s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of India
The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union territories of India, 36 states and union territories. The government is led by the president of India (currently ) who largely exercises the executive powers, and selects the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India and other ministers for aid and advice. Government has been formed by the The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers, its executive decision-making committee being the Cabinet (government), cabinet. The government, seated in New Delhi, has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in bicameral Parliament of India, Union Council of Ministers (headed by prime minister), and the Supreme Court of India respectively, with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was an English historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848. He is best known for his '' The History of England'', a seminal example of Whig history which expressed Macaulay's belief in the inevitability of sociopolitical progress and has been widely commended for its prose style. Macaulay also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy, in which he was guided by his conviction that Western European culture was superior to that of India and the Middle East. Early life Macaulay was born at Rothley Temple in Leicestershire on 25 October 1800, the son of Zachary Macaulay, a Scottish Highlander, who became a colonial governor and abolitionist, and Selina Mills of Bristol, a former pupil of Hannah More. They named their first child after his uncle Thomas Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Jones
Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was a British philologist, orientalist, Indologist and judge. Born in Westminster, London to Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William and also became a scholar of ancient Indian history. As part of his research, he was the first to assert the kinship of the Indo-European languages. Jones also founded the Asiatic Society in Calcutta in 1784. Early life William Jones was born in London; his father William Jones (1675–1749) was a mathematician from Anglesey in Wales, noted for introducing the use of the symbol π. The young William Jones was a linguistic prodigy, who in addition to his native languages English and Welsh, learned Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew and the basics of Chinese writing at an early age. By the end of his life, he knew eight languages with critical thoroughness. Jones's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagannath Tarka Panchanan
Jagannath Tarka Panchanan (23 September 1695 – 1806) was a legendary Sanskrit scholar and pandit of Hindu Law. Biography Tarka Panchanan (sometimes called Jagannātha Tarkapañchānana) was born in Tribeni in 1695. He was the son of Rudradeva Bhattacharjee, a poor Brahmin of Tribeni, Hooghly district. He obtained great respect by the highest Hindu nobles and the Hindu community. Tarka Panchanan had a wonderful memory and became a remarkable logician and unrivaled in his knowledge of Hindu law. He was a great teacher and had immense knowledge on all branches of the Dharmasastras. Tarka Panchanan assisted Sir William Jones in his endeavour to compile ''Vivadabhangarnava'', which literally means 'a break wave on the ocean of disputes', and reconcile the schools of Hindu jurisprudence. He assisted judges to familiarise with the Indian culture as a consequence of a parliamentary mandate to perform judicial duties. The text was reprinted in three volumes in 1801 at Calcutta and Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
