Sir Laurence Sebrooke was the member of Parliament for the constituency of Gloucestershire for multiple parliaments from 1382 to 1390. [1]
Earl of Rosse is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for the Parsons family.
Baron Monkswell, of Monkswell in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Sir Robert Collier. His eldest son, the second Baron, served as Under-Secretary of State for War in 1895 in the Liberal administration of Lord Rosebery. His grandson, the fourth Baron, disclaimed the peerage on 7 April 1964. He had earlier been a member of the Essex County Council. As of 2020 the title is held by his grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in that year.
Laurence Oliphant, a Member of Parliament, was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat, British intelligence agent, Christian mystic, and Christian Zionist. His best known book in his lifetime was a satirical novel, Piccadilly (1870). More heed has gone since to his scheme for planting Jewish farming colonies in the Holy Land, The Land of Gilead. Oliphant was a UK Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs.
William Lawrence may refer to:
Lord Oliphant was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created twice and de facto under Peerage Law a third time. The first creation is in abeyance of the law, the second extinct and the third creation is dormant.
Sir John Say was an English courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.
Pittwater is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Located in Sydney's north-east, it is 175.32 km2 in size, and comprises a part of the local government area of Northern Beaches Council—mostly the portion that was formerly Pittwater Council.
Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet was a British politician and industrialist and one of early textile manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. He is one of ten known British millionaires in 1799.
Sir Robert Gordon Cooke was a British Conservative Party politician.
Clan Oliphant is a Highland Scottish clan.
The Esmonde Baronetcy, of Ballynastragh in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 28 January 1629 for Thomas Esmonde. He raised a cavalry regiment for Charles I and commanded a regiment during the Siege of La Rochelle. Esmonde was the only son of Sir Laurence Esmonde, who had abandoned the Roman Catholic faith during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Esmonde in 1632. Lord Esmonde married firstly a Roman Catholic wife Margaret O'Flaherty, daughter of Murrough O'Flaherty, Chief of Iar Connacht, and they had a son, Thomas, the first Baronet. She feared that the boy would be raised a Protestant and ran away with him, raising him as a strict Roman Catholic. Lord Esmonde then repudiated Margaret and made a second marriage to Ellice Butler. As he would not admit his son's legitimacy Thomas was not allowed to succeed to the barony, which became extinct on his father's death in 1646. He did however gain possession of the family estates in County Wexford.
Gatehouse Prison was a prison in Westminster, built in 1370 as the gatehouse of Westminster Abbey. It was first used as a prison by the Abbot, a powerful churchman who held considerable power over the precincts and sanctuary. It was one of the prisons which supplied the Old Bailey with information on former prisoners for making indictments against criminals
The Lord High Treasurer of Ireland was the head of the Exchequer of Ireland, chief financial officer of the Kingdom of Ireland. The designation High was added in 1695.
The Panel of Chairs are members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom responsible for chairing public bill committees and other General Committees, as well as debates in Westminster Hall, the parallel debating chamber. The three Deputy Speakers, who are automatically members, are responsible for chairing Committees of the Whole House. Other members may act as temporary chairs of Committees of the Whole House. The Panel is not itself generally thought of as a committee, but it does have the power to meet to consider matters relating to procedure in the general committees and report its findings to the House of Commons.
Laurence Whitaker of Turnham Green, Chiswick was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1653.
Popham is a hamlet and civil parish south of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Dummer. The area was occupied from pre-historic times and was established as a permanent habitation during the Roman occupation of Britain. The manor of Popham was established by the monastery of Winchester as an outlying agricultural grain station. A small church and school were later established, but have long since disappeared. The parish and hamlet were later dissected by the M3 Motorway and A303 trunk road. Although named for Popham, Popham Airfield and the Popham Little Chef restaurant are situated in the neighbouring parish of Steventon.
Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie and 30th Chief of Clan Oliphant, was the member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Perth between 1832 and 1837. He was a Liberal and his strong views on reform caused controversy.
The Street family is an Australian dynasty, founded by the banker and politician John Street and his wife Susanna, the daughter of Australian explorer William Lawson. Their son Sir Philip Whistler Street, grandson Sir Kenneth Whistler Street, and great-grandson Sir Laurence Whistler Street each served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, the only such viceregal succession in Australian history. Sir Kenneth was a cousin of Geoffrey Street, who served as Minister of Defence in the Second World War and whose son Anthony "Tony" Street served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Sir Kenneth's wife Lady "Red Jessie" Street was Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations. Sir Laurence's son Alexander "Sandy" Street, daughter Sylvia Emmett and son-in-law Arthur Emmett serve as federal judges.
Events from the year 1593 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Sir John Ward, of Hookfield, Clay Hill, Epsom, Surrey and St Laurence Pountney, London, was a British merchant, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1701 and 1726. He was an original Governor of the Bank of England and served as Lord Mayor of London in 1718.