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St Germans (UK Parliament Constituency)
St Germans was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1562 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History The borough consisted of part of St Germans parish in South-East Cornwall, a coastal town too small to have a mayor and corporation, where the chief economic activity was fishing. Like most of the Cornish boroughs enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the Tudor period, it was a rotten borough from the start. The right to vote rested in theory with all (adult male) householders, but in practice only a handful (who called themselves freemen) exercised the right; there were only seven voters in 1831. The Eliot family had exercised complete control over the choice of MPs for many years, as was also true at nearby Liskeard.Page 147, Lewis Namier, ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Cornwall (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) by the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system of election. Boundaries In 1832 the county of Cornwall, in south west England, was split for parliamentary purposes into two county divisions. These were the East division (with a place of election at Bodmin) and West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), West Cornwall (where voting took place at Truro). Each division returned two members to Parliament. The parliamentary boroughs included in the East division, from 1832 to 1885 (whose non-resident Forty Shilling Freeholders, 40 shilling freeholders voted in the county constituency), were Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency), Bodmin, Launceston (UK Parliament constituency), Launceston and Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency), Liskeard. 1832–1885: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hyde (MP For St Germans)
Willam Hyde may refer to: Politicians * William Hyde (high sheriff) (1490–1557), English politician * William Hyde (died 1403), MP for City of London * William Hyde (fl.1407), MP for Lewes (UK Parliament constituency) * William Hyde (MP) (1635–1694), MP for Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) Stamford may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Stamford, Lincolnshire, a town and civil parish in England ** Stamford (UK Parliament constituency), a former constituency in Lincolnshire, England * Stamford, Northumberland, a hamlet in Rennington ... Others * William Hyde (Douai) (1597–1651), president of the English College, Douai * William De Witt Hyde (1858–1917), American college president * William Hyde (journalist) (1836–1898), American journalist * William Hyde (Utah settler), a Mormon bishop and namesake of Hyde Park, Utah * William Hyde (artist), 1859–1925, British artist and printmaker See also * {{human name disambiguation, Hyde, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hatchman
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Glanville (judge)
Sir John Glanville (1542 – 27 July 1600), ''the elder'', of Kilworthy, Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock, in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament and judge and was the first judge recorded as having reached the bench after beginning his career as an attorney. Career Born in Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock, he began as an attorney but joined Lincoln's Inn in 1567 and was called to the bar in 1574: his practice proved lucrative and he amassed a considerable fortune, building a mansion at Kilworthy near Tavistock. He became a serjeant-at-law in 1589, and was both Reader (Inns of Court), Lent and Autumn Reader of his Inn in that same year. He sat as MP for Launceston (UK Parliament constituency), Launceston in the Parliament of 1584–5, for Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency), Tavistock in 1586–7 and St Germans (UK Parliament constituency), St Germans in 1593. He was appointed Judge of Court of Common Pleas (England), Common Pleas in 1598. Marriage and children He married Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampson Lennard
Sampson Lennard ( 1544 – 20 September 1615), of Chevening in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament who represented an unusually large number of different constituencies during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.N.M.S., 'Lennard, Sampson (c.1544-1615), of Chevening and Knole, Kent; later of Hurstmonceaux, Suss.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603'' (Boydell & Brewer 1981)History of Parliament online A prominent member of the Kent and Sussex gentry, Lennard was High Sheriff of Kent in 1590–1. He entered Parliament in 1571 as member for Launceston (Cornwall). He subsequently also represented Bramber (1584–5), St Mawes (1586–7), Christchurch (1589), St Germans (1593), Rye (1597), Liskeard (1601) and Sussex (1614). Lennard married Margaret Fiennes, daughter of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre, and after her brother's death in 1594 he successfully claimed the barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Langham (MP For St Germans)
William Langham may refer to: * William Langham (MP for St Germans), MP for St Germans 1588 * Sir William Langham, 3rd Baronet (c.1625–1700) of the Langham Baronets, MP for Northampton Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ... 1679-1690 * Billy Langham {{hndis, Langham, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barrington (English Politician)
William Barrington may refer to: * William Barrington (English politician), English MP for St Germans 1588–1589 * William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (1717–1793), British MP for Berwick and for Plymouth, Secretary at War and Chancellor of the Exchequer * William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington (1793–1867), British MP for Berkshire, chairman of Great Western Railway * William Barrington (diplomat) (1842–1922), his son, British Ambassador to Argentine and Sweden * William Barrington (Irish politician) (1857–1937), Irish Member of the Seanad Éireann 1922–1931 See also * William Barrington-Coupe (1931–2014), British record producer {{hndis, Barrington, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Barkham (St Germans MP)
Edward Barker (died 1602) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Mitchell in 1584, St Germans in 1586, Andover in 1593, Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a Minster (church), minster church. Its population in 2011 was 64,621. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century priory, monastic foundation, owned by the ... in 1597, and Downton in 1601. References 16th-century births 1602 deaths English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1593 English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1601 Members of the Parliament of England for Mitchell Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for St Germans Members of the Parliament of England for Taunton {{1601-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bodley
Sir Thomas Bodley (2 March 1545 – 28 January 1613) was an England, English diplomat and Scholarly method, scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Origins Thomas Bodley was born on 2 March 1545, in the second-to-last year of the reign of King Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII, in the city of Exeter in Devon. He was one of the seven sons of John Bodley (d. 15 Oct. 1591) of Exeter, a Protestant merchant who chose foreign exile rather than staying in England under the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic government of Queen Mary I of England, Mary (). He was thereby involved in the publication of Rowland Hill (MP), Sir Rowland Hill's Geneva Bible. John's father, also John Bodley, was a younger son of the gentry family of Bodley of Dunscombe, near Crediton in Devon. Thomas's mother was Joan Hone, a daughter and co-heiress of Robert Hone of Ottery St Mary, Devon. Thomas's younger brother was Sir Josias Bodley, knighted in Ireland by the Earl of Devon. Childhood and educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Denny (MP)
Henry Denny (1803 – 7 March 1871) was an English entomologist, known as an authority on parasitic insects. He served as the first curator of the Leeds Museum. His son Alfred Denny became a professor of zoology at the University of Sheffield. Life Denny was born in Norwich. He became interested in entomology through contact with John Curtis (entomologist), John Curtis and William Kirby (entomologist), William Kirby. In 1821, he was a guest of Kirby for a month at Barham Rectory. He became the first salaried curator of the Leeds Museum, then the museum of the Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society, appointed in 1826. He held that post for 45 years. Also in 1825, he published a monograph on the British species of ant-loving beetles in the genus ''Pselaphus''. In 1832 he lectured on botany at the Leeds School of Medicine. The British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1842 made a grant to Denny for the study of British Anoplura; William Kirby (entomologist), William K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Carew (diplomat)
Sir George Carew (~1556-13 November 1612) was an English diplomat, historian and Member of Parliament. Life He was the second son of Thomas Carew of Antony and brother of Richard Carew. He was educated at Oxford and entered the Middle Temple before travelling abroad. At the recommendation of Queen Elizabeth I, who conferred on him the honour of a knighthood, he was appointed secretary to Sir Christopher Hatton. Later, having been promoted to a Mastership in Chancery, he was sent as ambassador to the King of Poland to address trade issues raised during Polish ambassador Paweł Działyński's visit to England in 1597. On his return, he spoke with Elizabeth directly and then wrote a report, ''De rebus Sueciae et Poloniae'', now part oMS 250at Lambeth Library, a transcription of which is available. He sat in Parliament for rotten boroughs St. Germans in 1584, for Saltash in 1586, 1588, 1593, and for St. Germans in 1597 and 1601. The honour of knighthood was conferred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Eliot (MP For St Germans)
Richard Eliot (1694–1748), of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, was a British diplomat, official and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1748. Eliot was baptized on 28 October 1694, the second son of William Eliot, and a great grandson of Sir John Eliot (1592-1632). He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1712. He was appointed secretary of the Embassy to Lord Carteret in Sweden in 1719, receiving £200 p.a. with no extraordinaries as he was to live with the ambassador. After the death of his brother Edward Eliot (1684–1722) in 1722, he managed the estates and parliamentary interest of his young nephew James Eliot at Port Eliot, whom he succeeded in 1742. In 1722, he was appointed Commissioner of excise. He married Harriot, who was the illegitimate daughter of James Craggs and the actress Hester Santlow on 10 March 1726. After he ceased to be Commissioner of Excise in May 1729, he was appointed surveyor general of the Duchy of Cornwall in Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
