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Thomas Bilson (died 1692)
Thomas Bilson (1655–1692) was an MP for Petersfield during the late 17th century. Bilson's father Leonard had been the Petersfield's MP from 1667 to 1681. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. (The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn.) Lincoln ... in 1673. In 1678 he married Susannah née Legg.'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p8: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 References People from Petersfield 17th-century English people English MPs 1685–1687 English MPs 1689–1690 1655 births 1692 deaths {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
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Petersfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Petersfield was an England, English United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield, Hampshire, Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election. Until 1832, it returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Thereafter, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and part of the Sessional Division of Winchester. 1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alresford, Alton, Catherington, Droxford, and Petersfield. 1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and in the Rural Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Bilson (1616–1695)
Leonard Bilson (1616–1695) was M.P. for Petersfield during the late 17th century. Bilson was born on 5 December 1616, the third (second surviving) son of Sir Thomas Bilson of West Mapledurham and his wife Susanna, daughter of Sir William Uvedale . He was educated at University College, Oxford, graduating B.A. on 5 February 1635, and M.A. on 31 October 1637. His son Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ... succeeded him as MP.'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685-1783' Surry, N. p7: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 References People from Petersfield 17th-century English people English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 1616 births 1695 deaths Alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersfield
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. Situated below the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies wholly within the South Downs National Park. The town is on the crossroads of well-used north–south (formerly the A3 road which now bypasses the town) and east–west routes (today the A272 road) and it grew as a coach stop on the Portsmouth to London route. Petersfield is twinned with Barentin in France, and Warendorf in Germany. History Petersfield Heath's burial mounds may be up to 4,000 years old; their distribution is mainly to the east and south east of the Heath. These are considered to be one of the more important lowland barrow groups in this country. The barrows indicate that the area of the Heath was occupied by people who may have come to reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln's Inn
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Sir John Norton, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Norton, 3rd Baronet (1620 – 9 January 1687) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1687. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685-1783' Surry, N. p6: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet and his wife Amy Bilson, daughter of Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 23 June 1637, aged 17. He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1641. During the CIvil War, he and his father supported the King and suffered accordingly. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother in 1652. In 1661, Norton was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire in the Cavalier Parliament. He was elected MP for Petersfield Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michell (MP For Petersfield)
Robert Michell (10 April 1653 – 1 August 1729) was an English politician who was a Member of Parliament for Petersfield during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Biography Michell was born at Warnham, the son of Edwin Michell and Mary née Middleton.'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p10: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 On 12 August 1675 he married Margaret White: they had two sons. Mary died in May 1679; and he later married Jane Bold, daughter of Arthur Bold Arthur Bold (c 1604 - 22 May 1677) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1677. Bold was the son of Arthur Bold, of Petersfield, Hampshire. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 26 June 1621, ..., MP. His third wife was Theodosia Montagu, daughter of George Montagu, MP: they had one daughter. References People from Warnham 17th-century English MPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Holt (died 1710)
Richard Holt (1639–1710) was an English M.P. during the second half of the 17th century. Holt was born in Portsmouth, the son of John Holt and Catherine née Bricket. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford. In 1667 he married Margaret Whithed of West Tytherley: they had two daughters.'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p8: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 He was appointed a Freeman of Portsmouth in 1658; of Lymington in 1677; and of Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ... in 1695. He was Commissioner of Wastes and Spoils for the New Forest from 1692. References Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Politicians from Portsmouth English MPs 1685–16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Petersfield
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17th-century English People
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English MPs 1685–1687
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