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  CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(1802-1898), English statesman, son of George Villiers, grandson of the ist earl of Clarendon of the second (Villiers) creation, and brother of the 4th earl (q.v.), was born in London on the 3rd of January 1802, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
VILLIERS DE L'lSLE-ADAM, PHILIPPE AUGUSTE MATHIAS, COMTE DE (1838-1889), French poet, was born at St Brieuc in Brittany and baptized on the 28th of November 1838.
Villiers de VIsle-Adam (1892); R. Martineau, Un vivant et deux marts (1901), bibliography.
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 VILLETTE, MARQUIS DE - LoveToKnow Article on VILLETTE, MARQUIS DE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the ruined church attached to the abbey are still to be seen the tombstones of several dukes of Brabant of the i3th and i4th centuries.
VILLETTE, CHARLES, MARQUIS DE (1736-1793), French writer and politician, was born in Paris on the 4th of December 1736, the son of a financier who left him a large fortune and the title of marquis.
VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898), English statesman, son of George Villiers, grandson of the ist earl of Clarendon of the second (Villiers) creation, and brother of the 4th earl (q.v.), was born in London on the 3rd of January 1802, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
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 "Out of Darkness Cometh Light " Local Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Villiers stood for election for the Whig Party in Wolverhampton in January 1835.
Villiers campaigned hard for free trade, meeting with success in 1846 when the Corn Laws were repealed.
Villiers was popular in Wolverhampton, serving as its MP for sixty years.
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 Charles Pelham Villiers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Charles Pelham Villiers (January 3, 1802–January 16, 1898) was a (The people of Great Britain) British (A person active in party politics) politician and (A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice) lawyer of the (Click link for more info and facts about 19th century) 19th century.
A statue of Villiers stands in West Park in (Click link for more info and facts about Wolverhampton) Wolverhampton.
Also the (Click link for more info and facts about Father of the House of Commons) Father of the House of Commons from 1890-1898; however the last time he attended Parliament was in 1895.
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 Charles Pelham Villiers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Charles Pelham Villiers (January 3, 1802–January 16, 1898) was a Great BritainBritish politician and lawyer of the 19th century.
Also the Father of the HouseFather of the House of Commons from 1890-1898; however the last time he attended Parliament was in 1895/.
Category:Presidents of the Cambridge Union SocietyVilliers, Charles Pelham/
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 WOLTER - LoveToKnow Article on WOLTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In Queen Square is an equestrian statue of Albert, Prince Consort, unveiled by Queen Victoria in 1866, and on Snow Hill a statue (1879) of Charles Pelham Villiers.
There are parks on the east and west of the town, and a new racecourse (1887) replaces that formerly on the site of the west park.
In 1645 it was for a time the headquarters of Prince Rupert, while Charles I. lay at Bushbury to the north.
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 "V" Famous People
Villeneuve, Pierre (Charles Jean Baptiste Sylvestre) de (1763-1806) French admiral, born in Valensole, SW France.
Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802-98) British statesman and corn-law reformer, a younger brother of George...
Villiers de L'Isle Adam, comte (Count) (Philippe) Auguste (Mathias) (1838-89) Writer, born in St-Brieuc, NW France.
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 Wolverhampton Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wolverhampton was represented politically in Victorian times by the Liberal MP Charles Pelham Villiers, a noted free trade supporter, who was also the longest serving MP in parliamentary history.
Lord Wolverhampton, Henry Hartley Fowler was MP for Wolverhampton at the turn of the century.
Sir Charles Pelham Villiers - Member of Parliament for sixty three years, Charles Pelham Villiers holds the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history.
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The Canning administration ended in four months by the death of its, illustrious chief, and was succeeded by the feeble ministry of Lord Goderich, which barely survived the year.
But the Canningites, as they were termed, remained, and the Duke of Wellington hastened to include Palmerston, Huskisson, Charles Grant, Lamb, and Dudley in his government.
A dispute between the Duke and Huskisson over the issue of parliamentary representation for Manchester and Birmingham soon led to the resignation of the latter, and his friends felt bound to share his fate.
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 AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: THORNELY, Thomas, 1781 - 1862, politician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Charles Pelham Villiers, 1802-1898, was educated at Haileybury and St John's College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister of Lincoln's Inn in 1827.
Scope and content/abstract: Letters by Thornely to his fellow MP for Wolverhampton, Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898) including some letters by Villiers, bound typescript transcript.
Also includes a letter from Thornely to his father announcing his election, 10 Jan 1835, a brief biography of Thornely, and photographs of both Villiers and Thornely.
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 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sir Charles Wood - Chancellor of the Exchequer
Charles Pelham Villiers - President of the Poor Law Board
February, 1866 - Lord de Grey succeeds Sir Charles Wood as Secretary for India.
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 SUNBEAM
John Marston was also responsible for building 'Seagull' outboard engines for marine use and also for starting the Villiers engineering company...
As part of the premises faced Villiers Street in Wolverhampton, England (named after local MP Charles Pelham Villiers), John Marston named the new company Villiers Cycle Components, and it soon became a successful company in its own right.
Villiers had the financial clout and engineering expertise to develop and manufacture their own engines and by around 1910 were selling four stroke engines, however in 1913 at the Olympia show they displayed the first in their long line of two stroke engines, the MK1, a 269cc single cylinder motorcycle unit."
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 The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Browse the combined corporate and business indexes
Villiers, Katharine (1810-1874) nee Grimston afterwards Barham, wife of 4th Earl of Clarendon (1)
Villiers, Hon Margaret Elizabeth Child- (1849-1945) nee Leigh, wife of 7th Earl of Jersey (2)
Villy, Francis (fl 1910-1940) Physician and Archaeologist (2)
www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk /nra/browser/person/page/person_VI.htm   (894 words)

  
 Some Famous People
The same year he was sent to Madrid as a member of the delegation which concluded the peace between England and Spain.
A Member of Parliament for sixty three years, Charles Pelham Villiers holds the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history.
From 1835-1885, he sat as MP for the single constituency of Wolverhampton and then from 1885 until his death in 1898 as MP for Wolverhampton South (Bilston).
www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /genealogy/names.htm   (672 words)

  
 George Street   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Plaque: (on Number 6) The Villiers Reform Club met here in the early 1880s.
Charles Pelham Villiers, 1802-1898, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton 1835-1898, Father of the House of Commons, 1890-1898, longest serving M.P. of all time.
Comment: George Street provides one of the most complete period streetscapes in central Wolverhampton.
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 Corn Laws   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Following David Ricardo's economic views they believed a decrease in the price of grain would allow them to lower wages and increase profits.
The Manchester Anti-Corn Law League was formed by men such as Richard Cobden, John Bright, Sir David Roche and Charles Pelham Villiers and they battled for free trade in and out of parliament.
The debate was hastened by the first appearance of the potato blight in Ireland.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Corn-Laws.htm   (713 words)

  
 AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: VILLIERS, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: VILLIERS, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898, Politician
Administrative/Biographical history: Charles Pelham Villiers, 1802-1898, was educated at Haileybury and St. Johns College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister at Lincolns Inn in 1827.
Scope and content/abstract: Letters to Charles Villiers, most from Edward Hyde Villiers on family and political matters.
www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/1/5932.htm   (206 words)

  
 ONYX - Online Information article about ONYX
The term appears to have been first applied in this latter sense by A. Brochant de See also:
Villiers in 18o3, and through the labours of W. See also:
Buckland and others, it was gradually introduced for the calcareous rocks of the See also:
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