Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia,Canada. It is 440 km (270 mi) northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon,a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream,the City of Vernon was incorporated on 30 December 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 40,000 (2013),while its metropolitan region,Greater Vernon,had a population of 58,584 as of the 2011 Canadian census. With this population,Vernon is the largest city in the North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite".
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher,considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826,when the Anglo-Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage,baronetage,knightage and landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. His first publication,a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom,was updated sporadically until 1847,when the company began publishing new editions every year as Burke's Peerage,Baronetage and Knightage.
Yale was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia,Canada from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election,at which time it was split into three ridings,Yale-East,Yale-North and Yale-West;other ridings in the southeast of the province had previously been split off,e.g.,Fernie,Ymir,Grand Forks,which later emerged or were rearranged into the various Kootenay and Okanagan ridings. In 1903 the name Yale was revived,this time as a one-member riding only,the new riding largely based upon Yale-West. Its last appearance on the hustings was 1963. In 1966,it was amalgamated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet,which was extant until 2009,when most of its core area was made part of the new Fraser-Nicola riding.
Charles Frederick Houghton was a Canadian rancher,justice of the peace,politician and soldier.
The 1875 British Columbia general election was held in 1875. Many of the politicians in the House had served with the Legislative Council or Assembly or the Executive Council,or had otherwise been stalwarts of the colonial era - some supporters of Confederation,others not. Some were ranchers or mining bosses from the Interior,others were colonial gentry from the Island and New Westminster,and others direct arrivals from Britain,Ireland or "Canada",which was still considered a different place not only in the minds of the politicians but in the language used in Hansard during this period.
Clontarf Castle is a much-modernised castle,dating to 1837,in Clontarf,Dublin,Ireland,an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172. In modern times,it has functioned as a bar,cabaret venue,and hotel.
Coldstream is a district municipality in British Columbia,Canada,located at the northern end of Kalamalka Lake in the Okanagan Valley. Incorporated on December 21,1906,Coldstream celebrated its centennial in 2006. The municipality is directly southeast of Vernon and is considered part of Greater Vernon. It is a member municipality of,and also the location of the head offices,of the Regional District of North Okanagan.
Burke's Landed Gentry is a reference work listing families in Great Britain and Ireland who have owned rural estates of some size. The work has been in existence from the first half of the 19th century,and was founded by John Burke. He and successors from the Burke family,and others since,have written in it on genealogy and heraldry relating to gentry families.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Adam,both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2009.
The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British monarch's representative in County Monaghan,a territory known as his bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people,he held his office for the duration of a year. He had judicial,ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
Sir Arthur Nonus Birch KCMG was Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon,Colonial Secretary for Ceylon and acting Lieutenant Governor of Penang and Province Wellesley (1871-1872).
John Vernon was Quartermaster-General of Oliver Cromwell’s army and third son of Sir Edward Vernon,of Houndshill,Staffordshire,England. John obtained title to Clontarf Castle near Dublin in 1649 through a financial arrangement with John Blackwall who had been granted the estate by Oliver Cromwell. Thereafter the Vernons occupied the castle for approximately 300 years.
Lieutenant-General Owen Lewis Cope Williams JP was a British Army officer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. He belonged to the Marlborough House set around the future King Edward VII.
The High Sheriff of Carlow was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Carlow,Ireland from the 14th century until 1922,when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Carlow County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial,electoral,ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908,an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However,the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given hereunder are the dates of appointment. All addresses are in County Carlow unless stated otherwise.
The Sheriff of County Dublin was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Dublin. Initially,an office for a lifetime,assigned by the Sovereign,the Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. The first recorded Sheriff was Ralph Eure,appointed in that year. The next recorded Sheriff was Sir David de Offington,who was Sheriff in 1282. Besides his judicial importance,the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
The 2nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1875 to 1878. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September and October 1875. The government of George Anthony Walkem was defeated on a confidence motion on January 25,1876,and Andrew Charles Elliott was asked to form a new government. On March 29,1878,a government bill to redistribute the seats in the legislature was defeated and the assembly was dissolved on April 12,1878.
The 5th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1887 to 1890. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in July 1886. William Smithe formed a government. Following his death in May 1887,Alexander Edmund Batson Davie became premier. After Davie died in 1889,John Robson became premier.
Major-General Henry Smyth CB was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Western District.
William Debonaire Haggard FSA,FRAS was a banker of the city of London,a numismatist,and an expert on bullion. He was the Principal of the Bullion Office of the Bank of England in the 1840s.
Isaac Newton Wallop,5th Earl of Portsmouth DL JP(11 January 1825 –4 October 1891) was a British Peer and the son of Newton Fellowes,4th Earl of Portsmouth and Lady Catharine Fortescue.
