Burstow is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. Its largest settlement is Smallfield. Smallfield is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) ENE of Gatwick Airport and the M23 motorway, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southwest of Oxted and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Horley. Crawley is a nearby large commercial town, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) southwest of Burstow and 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Smallfield. Towards the outside of the London commuter belt, some residents commute to the capital by road or rail from here as London is 24.5 miles (39.4 km) to the north or Horley railway station is accessible.
The Atkins Baronetcy, of Clapham in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 June 1660 for Richard Atkins. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1756.
Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is centred 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Horsham, 31 miles (50 km) from London, to the west of the A24 road. The parish is in the north-west of the Weald.
Bletchingley was a parliamentary borough in Surrey. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
Tandridge Hundred was a hundred in Surrey, England. It comprised areas in the Tandridge District, the easternmost part of the county, bordering Kent, West Sussex and the 1965-created county of Greater London.
Sir Arthur Onslow, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1685.
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.
Peregrine Hoby, was an English landowner and member of parliament who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679.
Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and lawyer. He was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet, and the father of Romantic poet and dramatist Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet,, was the son of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his second wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist and author of Frankenstein. He was the only child of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to live beyond infancy. His middle name, possibly suggested by his father's friend Sophia Stacey, came from the city of his birth, Florence in Italy. He had two elder half-siblings, by his father's first marriage to Harriet Westbrook, and three full siblings who died in infancy.
Sir Edward Bysshe FRS (1615?–1679) was an English barrister, politician and officer of arms. He sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1679 and was Garter King of Arms during the Commonwealth period.
John Vaughan was an English politician.
Sir Robert Clayton, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.
Sir Kenrick Clayton, 2nd Baronet of Marden Park, Surrey, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1734 to 1769.
Sir John St. John, of Lydiard Tregoz, Wiltshire, Farley Chamberlayne near Braishfield in Hampshire and Ewell, Surrey, was an English politician.
Charles George Beauclerk was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Richmond from 1796 to 1798.
Edward Bysshe was an English member of Parliament for Bletchingley elected in 1624, 1625, 1626, 1628, and April 1640. He was the father of Edward Bysshe (1615?–1679).
The Abdy baronetcy, of Felix Hall, in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 July 1641 for Thomas Abdy who was High Sheriff of Essex. The title became extinct in 1868.
John Morris was a prominent English merchant banker, lawyer, estate agent, Member of Parliament for Bletchingley, and Alderman for Cheap Ward in the City of London. Known for his significant contributions to London's financial sector, Morris also maintained influential ties with the City of London's political and commercial elite. He is best remembered as a partner of Sir Robert Clayton.
