Thomas Stanley may refer to:
Richard Long may refer to:
Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand was an English nobleman, born in Lancashire.
Thomas Scott may refer to:
There is the homophone name John Gray. John Grey may refer to:
Tom or Thomas Knight may refer to:
Sir Henry Maynard (1547–1610) was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.
Thomas Leigh may refer to:
Unton is a surname occasionally as a first name most commonly found in the United States, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom and Belarus.
Thomas Burgh may refer to:
James Harington or Harrington may refer to:
Sir Peter Brooke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1656.
Duxbury Hall was a 19th-century country house in Duxbury Park estate in Duxbury Woods, Lancashire that has been demolished.
Sir Thomas Banastre KG was a Knight of the Garter from England.
Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1640. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War.
The Banastre Rebellion was an uprising in Lancashire, England in 1315 against the Earl of Lancaster and his supporters. It took place in 1315 when a group of disaffected knights decided to revenge themselves on the Earl of Lancaster by attacking his chief retainer and their rival, Sir Robert de Holland. The group was led by Sir Adam Banastre of Bank Hall, Bretherton who had extensive landholdings in the county, Sir William de Bradshaigh of Haigh Hall and Sir Henry Lea of Charnock Richard. The cause of their grievance was that the powerful earl, the dominant force in the North-west of England, appeared to be favouring the Holland family to their disadvantage.
Sir John Dormer was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1604 and 1622.
Robert Hesketh was an English MP and High Sheriff.
Sir John Atherton, of Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancashire, was a landowner and an English politician. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1550, 1554, and 1560, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lancashire in 1559. He was 6th in descent from Sir William Atherton MP for the same county in 1381.
John Atherton, of Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancashire, was a landowner and an English politician. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1582, and became a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lancashire in 1586 and for Lancaster in 1589. His term in office coincided with the Spanish Armada and he was appointed captain of the Lancashire and Cheshire forces. He was 7th in descent from Sir William Atherton MP for the same county in 1381.
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