Earl of Onslow,of Onslow in the County of Shropshire and of Clandon Park in the County of Surrey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for George Onslow,4th Baron Onslow.
Merrow is a suburb in the north-east of Guildford,in Surrey,England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town's centre,on the edge of the ridge of hills that forms the North Downs. Although now a relatively obscure suburb,the village can trace its origins back many hundreds of years. According to the Institute for Name-Studies,Merrow means 'fat',literally,"probably referring to the high fertility of the land".
Guildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Angela Richardson,a Conservative.
Richard Onslow,1st Baron Onslow PC,known as Sir Richard Onslow,2nd Baronet from 1688 until 1716,was a British Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1679 to 1715. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1714 to 1715. Onslow was a very unpopular figure amongst members of both political parties,particularly during his time as Speaker. He was extremely pedantic and showed an absolute devotion to principle,as a result,he was given the nickname "Stiff Dick".
Richard William Alan Onslow,5th Earl of Onslow,styled Viscount Cranley until 1911,was a British peer,diplomat,parliamentary secretary and government minister.
Thomas Onslow,2nd Baron Onslow,of West Clandon,Surrey,was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1717. He commissioned the building of Clandon Park House in the 1730s.
George Onslow,1st Earl of Onslow PC,known as Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801,was a British peer and politician.
Weston Green is a small suburban village and a ward in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey. This area was,until 1901,a part of Thames Ditton with which it remains contiguous and associated. Weston Green is also contiguous with Esher,which provides the village's closest railway station. The village forms a rough triangle of land along the west side of the midsection of the Hampton Court Branch Line next to Thames Ditton railway station and down to Esher railway station,with the split between the two being the part dual-carriageway,the A309.
George Richard Hodges Nugent,Baron Nugent of Guildford,,known as Sir Richard Nugent,1st Baronet between 1960 and 1966,was a British Conservative politician.
West Surrey was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Surrey,which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,elected by the bloc vote system.
Sir Arthur Onslow,1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1685.
Thomas Onslow,2nd Earl of Onslow was an English nobleman and courtier who succeeded to his title in 1814. Originally the Honourable Tom Onslow,he was styled Viscount Cranley from 1801 to 1814. He died in 1827 at his seat,Clandon Park in Surrey.
Lieutenant-General Richard Onslow was a British Army officer and politician. After the death of their parents,his older brother Arthur bought him a captain's commission in the British Army. He first saw action in the Anglo-Spanish War in 1727,after which he was returned to Parliament for the family borough of Guildford. His political contributions were negligible in comparison to his brother,and he continued to serve as a career officer,holding commands in the War of the Austrian Succession at Dettingen and Fontenoy. In 1759,he was appointed Governor of Plymouth and commander of the Western District,and died as a lieutenant-general the following year while presiding over two prominent courts-martial.
Lieutenant colonel George Onslow was a British politician and army officer,the eldest son of Richard Onslow and his second wife Pooley,and the nephew of Arthur Onslow,Speaker of the House of Commons.
Sir Richard Onslow was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1664. He fought on the Parliamentary side during the English Civil War. He was the grandson of one Speaker of the House of Commons and the grandfather of another,both also called Richard Onslow.
Denzil Onslow of Pyrford was a British Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1721. Through advantageous marriages,he obtained a country estate and became prominent in Surrey politics of the Hanoverian era,although his great nephew Arthur Onslow,as Speaker,judged that Denzil knew "no more of the business [of the House of Commons] than one who had been of the standing of a session".
The Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest was an official post associated with the royal forest of Windsor.
Denzil Onslow of Stoughton of Mickleham,Surrey was a British politician. A member of the influential Onslow family of Surrey,he held a number of lucrative Government posts,and died owing a relatively large sum to the Treasury through mismanagement of his accounts.
