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John Williams (died 1 January 1751) [1] was a Member of Parliament for Fowey within Cornwall, England, in January 1701 and December 1701.
He was the eldest son of William Williams of Bodenick and Treworgy.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1703–04.
He never married.
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, KG, PC, of Longleat in Wiltshire, was a British politician who held office under King George III. He served as Southern Secretary, Northern Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Between 1751 and 1789, he was known as the 3rd Viscount Weymouth. He is possibly best known for his role in the Falklands Crisis of 1770.
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Edgcumbe. He is memorialised by Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
Baron Clinton is a title in the Peerage of England. Created in 1298 for Sir John de Clinton, it is the seventh-oldest barony in England.
Baron Arundell of Trerice, in the County of Cornwall, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1664 for the Royalist soldier and politician Richard Arundell. He was the second son of Sir John Arundell and the great-grandson of Admiral Sir John Arundell. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Truro. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the fourth Baron, in 1768.
The Lord Warden of the Stannaries used to exercise judicial and military functions in Cornwall, England, and is still the official who, upon the commission of the monarch or Duke of Cornwall for the time being, has the function of calling a stannary parliament of tinners. The last such parliament sat in 1753.
Lord James Cavendish FRS of Staveley Hall, Derbyshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1701 and 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1742. He was also a member of the Cavendish family.
Events from the year 1751 in Great Britain.
Brigadier-General Henry Trelawny was a British Army officer of Cornish descent, a Member of Parliament and Vice-Admiral of Cornwall.
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth, was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for Cornish constituencies from 1702 until 1720 when he was raised to the peerage.
Events from the year 1646 in England. This is the fifth and last year of the First English Civil War, fought between Roundheads (Parliamentarians) and Cavaliers.
Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath was an English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier and peer.
Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh and Weare Giffard Hall in Devon and of Ebrington Manor in Gloucestershire, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1713.
Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC (1735–1826), of Haynes, Bedfordshire, was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (1757–1761), for Weobley in Herefordshire (1761–1770) and was Master of the Household to King George III 1768–1771. He was hereditary Bailiff of Jersey 1776–1826.
Morval is a rural civil parish, hamlet and historic manor in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. The hamlet is approximately two miles (3 km) north of Looe and five miles (8 km) south of Liskeard.
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth of Longleat House in Wiltshire was an English peer, descended from Sir John Thynne (c.1515-1580) builder of Longleat.
Hugh Boscawen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons on seven occasions between 1646 and 1701.
John Buller (1632–1716) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1695.
Sir Walter Moyle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1660.
Colonel John Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge PC, styled The Honourable John Granville until 1703, was an English soldier, landowner and politician.
Philip Hawkins, of Trewithen, near Grampound, Cornwall, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1738.