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Há 3 dias · Upon the death of his younger brother the Reverend Sir John Every, the seventh baronet, in 1779, the elder branch became extinct, and the title devolved to Mr. Edward Every, then of Derby, being the fourth in descent from Francis, third son of Sir Simon, the first baronet, which Francis was buried at Egginton in 1708; his son, Sir Henry, is the present baronet.
Há 3 dias · Thomas Hele, Esq., of Fleet, above mentioned, was created a baronet in 1627: his son Samuel, and the two sons of Samuel, (Samuel and Henry,) successively enjoyed the title, which became extinct on the death of Sir Henry Hele, the fourth baronet, in 1677. Under the will of the first Sir Samuel, the Fleet estate passed to his cousin ...
Há 4 dias · Samuel Jebb was father of Sir Richard Jebb, Bart, the late eminent physician; the Dean of Cashell was father of Dr. John Jebb, a well known controversial and political writer who died in 1786. Arms of Jebb: — Quarterly, Vert and Or; in the first quarter, a falcon close, Argent, belled of the second; in the fourth, a hawk's lure of the third.
Há 5 dias · First, the thematic approach is really good for offering close analysis, but perhaps does not always give us enough on change over time. It is perhaps arguable that, in places, the ‘portrait’ is a little too static, a fact which is rather emphasised by the relative lack of attention to the period after 1940, when perhaps more was happening than Ball allows.
Há 4 dias · Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 – 30 December 1695), or Moreland, was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician of the 17th century, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power .
Há 5 dias · Like his father, Charles Augustus was a man of heterodox religious opinions and a student of Swedenborg. He was M.P. for Sudbury 1820–6 and for Poole 1835–7, and included Samuel Coleridge and Joseph Hume among his friends. He lived for some years at Marble Hill House, Twickenham, and later at Totteridge Park, Hertfordshire.
Há 3 dias · Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister, who used the Order of the Bath as a source of political patronage The use of honours in the early eighteenth century differed considerably from the modern honours system in which hundreds, if not thousands, of people each year receive honours on the basis of deserving accomplishments.
