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  JOHN ALEXANDER MCCLERNAND - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN ALEXANDER MCCLERNAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1721 the title of earl of Macclesfield was revived in favor of THoland~ands PARKER (c.
The son of Thomas Parker, an attorney at Leek, young Parker was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, and became a barrister in 1691.
In 1880 it was disfranchised for bribery, and in 1885 the borough was merged in the county division of Macclesfield.
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 Office-Holders: Custodes Rotulorum
In 1711 the 1st Duke of Kent was appointed lieutenant and custos.
In 1694 the 1st Duke of Newcastle was appointed lieutenant and custos.
In 1690 the 1st Baron Sherard was appointed lieutenant and custos.
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 Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1666-1732) was an English politician.
In 1714 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Parker of Macclesfield.
In 1718 he was advanced to the title Earl of Macclesfield with the additional subsidiary title of Viscount Parker.
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 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (April 23, 1697 – 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe.
George's father was William Anson of Shugborough in Staffordshire, and his wife was Isabella Carrier, who was the sister-in-law of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, the Lord Chancellor, a relationship that proved very useful to the future admiral.
In 1747, Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the first battle of Cape Finisterre, capturing seven French merchantmen, four ships of the line, and two frigates.
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 Adams' Grammar School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chetwynd House was formerly the home of Elizabeth Parker, the recluse on whom Dickens modelled Miss Havisham in Great Expectations(1861).
The School is now a state boarding school, and a specialist IT College with approximately 800 pupils, including 35 sixth form girls.
Thomas Parker the 1st Earl of Macclesfield who was Lord Chancellor from 1714 to 1725.
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 Sir William Parker
Melville Parker married Jesse Hector in 1847 and Albert Parker married Lucy Henrietta Jennings in 1851.
Thomas of Leek, Staffordshire, who married Anne, second daughter and co-heir of Robert Venables, of Chester, who was the eldest son and heir of Robert Venables, of Antrobus, Chester.
Their son Thomas, was First Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and after Lord High Chancellor and in 1721 created Earl of Macclesfield, with limitations to the issue of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Heathcote, of Hursley Lodge.
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 Welsh Genealogy Documents Chapter 8
Thomas, Earl of Wilton, second son of the first Marquis of Westminster, was born 30th December 1799.
FOULKE SALUSBURY, the second son of Thomas Salusbury, of Lleweni and grandson to Thomas Salusbury,hen, was made Dean of St.Asaph in 1493; Rector of Glympton, Oxfordshire in 1501; Chancellor of the Diocese of Bangor, 1513; Rector of Llanhaider and Llandyrnog, in the County of Denbigh and Rector of Denbigh in 1537.
Thomas Salisbury lived to a good old age, and is said to have died in 1602; but that statement is not verified very clearly, for in the same paper from which we copy our dates, there are 2 other persons of the same name, and they lived respectively 1602...1610...1625.
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 Parker family tree: More about the Parker Heritage
The distinguished surname Parker is one of the most notable Anglo/Saxon surnames, and its historical trail has emerged from the mists of time to become an influential surname of the middle ages and of the present day.
Although the bane Parker occurred in many manuscripts, from time to time the surname was also spelt Parker,Parkers, Parkeres, Parkere and these changes in spelling frequeently occurred even between father and son.
One of the first records of the noble name was about 1380 during the reign of King Richard II when Thomas Parker of Bulwell is recorded on the border of Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
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 BRIBERY - LoveToKnow Article on BRIBERY
The earliest recorded case was that of Sir William Thorpe, who in 1351 was fined and removed from office for accepting bribes.
Other celebrated cases were those of Michael de Ia Pole, chancellor of England, in 1387; Lord Chancellor Bacon in 1621; Lionel Cranfield, earl of Middlesex, in 1624; and Sir Thomas Parker, 1st earl of Macclesfield, in 1725.
In Scotland for some years after the Revolution the bench was not without a suspicion of interested partiality; but since the beginning of the 19th century, at least, there has been in all parts of the empire a perfect reliance on its purity.
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 The Hinshaw Family Association
Thomas must have been somewhat wealthy and held high social status, since his son William married into the family of Evan Houghton, a family with considerable wealth and noble blood.
Thomas Henshawe of Lancaster had a son William Henshawe, who married Katherine Houghton in 1630 and had sons Joshua (born c1643) and Daniel (born c1644).
Eleanor was the daughter and sole heir of John Henshaw of Henshaw, descendent of Thomas Henshaw of Henshaw, described in the College of Arms report under "Visitations C38-44b (Chesshire 1663)".
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 Photographs of Adlinton Hall, Cheshire, England, UK
Thomas Legh of Adlington, Esq., baptised at Prestbury, 16 February 1643/4.
Thomas Legh of Wincham, only son, born 2 May, baptised 27 May, Prestbury and died before his father being buried at Prestbury on 19 June 1775.
Thomas Crosse of Crosse Hall and Shaw Hill, Lancashire, baptised 23 September 1723, died 14 September 1802.
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 Browsholme Hall - Home of the Parker Family for over 500 years
After 1603 when Thomas Parker purchased the freehold, the wings and front were refaced in rusticated sandstone, a fourth storey with triangular gables, decorated with balls, added to the roof, and the central portico or frontispiece affixed.
John also built the stables in front of the house, to the south-east, and was probably responsible for inserting sash windows in the first two storeys of the Elizabethan house, replacing the frames of the ground floor windows in the central bays.
Otherwise the Hall is essentially as arranged by Thomas Lister Parker and depicted in 1807 by John Buckler (1770-1851).
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A Thomas Johnson, whom virtually everyone takes to be this Thomas Johnson, published a translation of the works of Paré in 1634, a book that exerted great influence on British surgery in the 17th century.
Tutor of Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, and his son, the next Earl of Macclesfield and the President of the Royal Society.
Jones had lost all his accumulated property through the failure of a banker; Parker (Macclesfield), in whose home he was living as a member of the family, came to his rescue.
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 Sally's Family Place
This James Hay was a young Scottish noble, brought to London in the entourage of King James I. He held the high office of Master of the Wardrobe, and was an active councilor and diplomat.
The Earl of Carlisle, a valued statesman, was retained in the service of the new king.
Since trouble was brewing in England, Peter Hayes, secretary to the Earl of Carlisle and the king's envoy to the islands decided to "stay put" on the plantaion which he had just inherited from his father, Capt Peter Hayes.
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 OSBORN 18TH CENTURY BOUND MANUSCRIPTS
Collection of poems by several 18th-century authors, including: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), Richard Roderick (d.1756), and Sneyd Davies (1709-1769); many of the poems are copied from journals and magazines, with their sources and dates identified.
Narrative of the journey of Thomas Turner, from Dieppe through France and Italy to Naples and thence to Venice, Turin, Paris, the Low Countries and back to England, 1659 Sep 28 to 1662 Jul 1; also copies of maps made by Turner, mostly plans of cities and their fortifications.
(1696-1728), Henry Levett, M.D. (1668-1725), Thomas Parker, 1st earl of Macclesfield (1667-1732), etc.; the letters were written when both were young men at Oxford and cast interesting sidelights on the social life of the day and the warm relationship that existed between two friends; accompanied by a modern doctoral dissertation on the subject.
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 The Ed and Barbara Parker Family Webpage - Family History
(From Parker Family Crest Webpage) The distinguished surname Parker is one of the most notable Anglo/Saxon surnames, and its historical trail has emerged from the mists of time to become an influential surname of the middle ages and of the present day.
Although the name Parker occurred in many manuscripts, from time to time the surname was also spelt Parker, Parkers, Parkeres, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred between father and son.
One of the first records of the name was about 1380 during the reign of King Richard II when Thomas Parker of Bulwell is recorded on the border of Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
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One Robert Pierrepont, who was born in 1584, the son of Sir Henry by Frances, sister of William, first Earl of Devonshire, was the first of the family upon whom a peerage was bestowed.
He was a good classical scholar, acquainted with modern languages, and versed in what his grand-daughter, Lady Louisa Stuart, styled "polite literature." He was interested in the pretty, clever girl, and encouraged her to talk to him of her reading and writing.
The respectful, highfalutin gallantry that is the key-note of the correspondence recalls the correspondence that presently was exchanged between Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, and the octogenarian Earl of Peterborough.
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 Rides on Railways
It was the opposition of the late proprietor, the Earl of Essex, that forced upon the engineer of the line the formidable tunnel, which was once considered an astonishing railway work,—now nothing is astonishing in engineering.
The present Earl of Spencer keeps up, on a limited scale, the herd of short-horns which were so celebrated during the lifetime of his brother, better known as Lord Althorpe,—at his seat of Althorpe, six miles from the town, and also carries on a little fancy farming.
The late Earl of Spencer was much more successful as a breeder than as a farmer; indeed, it may be questioned whether the prejudices of that amiable and excellent man in favour of pasture land, did not exercise an injurious influence over the proceedings of the Royal Agricultural Association.
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Although the name Parker occurred in many manuscripts, from time to time the surname was also spelt Parker, Parkers, Parkeres, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred, even between father and son.
They also moved northward to Scotland and William Parker of Kilmon, Perthshire, a parson, rendered homage in 1296, to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland.
Kinsman of the family name Parker were amongst the who sailed aboard the armada of small sailing ships know as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic.
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 Lord Chancellor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 2003 the governmental responsibilities of the Lord Chancellor will be transferred to a new Department of Constitutional Affairs[?], with an independent judicial appointments commission being set up to appoint new judges and and the Lords getting a new speaker, who will not be a minister.
Among the most famous Lord Chancellors were Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Saint Sir Thomas More, under King VIII of England">Henry VIII, and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon under King II of England">Charles II.
From June 12, 2003 until all the new institutions that replace it are in place the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs[?], Lord Falconer of Thoroton will serve as Lord Chancellor.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1604
Ellen Catherine Parker was the daughter of Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield and unknown Edwards.
Lady Mabel Cynthia Duncombe was the daughter of William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham and Mabel Violet Graham.
Frederick Fitzroy was the son of Lt.-Gen. Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton and Anne Warren.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 970
She married Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, son of Thomas Parker, 5th Earl of Macclesfield and Eliza Wolstenholme, on 25 August 1842.
William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp was the son of Sir William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor.
Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss was the son of Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss and Lady Louisa Bingham.
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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), Lord Chancellor.
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1666-1732), Lord Chancellor.
Sir Thomas Pengelly (1675-1730), Chief baron of the Exchequer.
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 The Builder Magazine - March 1924
Thomas Carlyle once described the vaporings of a poor sentimentalist as "the moaning boo hoo of predetermined pathos." Isn't that pretty nearly the world's record for sarcasm!
89), Ely S. Parker, a Seneca Indian, and William R. Rowley, all of whom were on the staff of General Grant, together with John Corson Smith, who served through all the grades from private soldier to general officer, and has since been Lieutenant-Governor and Grand Master of his state.
The valuable library of the latter at Little Rock, Arkansas, was about to be destroyed by the Federal troops during the war, but General Thomas H. Benton (Grand Master of Iowa), in command of the Union forces, interposed, and by making the house his headquarters not only preserved the library but also the residence.
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 The National Archives | Search the archives | National Register of Archives | Details
Agar, Charles (1736-1809) 1st Earl of Normanton, Archbishop of Dublin (3)
Ryder, Dudley (1762-1847) 1st Earl of Harrowby, statesman (13)
Wilbraham, Edward Bootle- (1837-1898) 1st Earl of Lathom (2)
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 I24989: Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker 6th Earl Of Macclesfield (17 MAR 1811 - 24 JUL 1896)
I24989: Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker 6th Earl Of Macclesfield (17 MAR 1811 - 24 JUL 1896)
Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker 6th Earl Of Macclesfield and Unknown spouse had the following children
Descendants of Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker 6th Earl Of Macclesfield and ???
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 Hamilton 17   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, originally Earl of Melrose, *1563, +29.5.1637; 1m: ca 1588 Margaret Borthwick (+XII.1596), dau.of James Borthwick of Newbyres/Glengelt; 2m: by VIII.1597 Margaret Foulis (+31.5.1609), dau.of James Foulis of Colinton; 3m: IX.1613 Julian Ker (+30.3.1637), dau.of Sir Thomas Ker of Ferniehurst; He had issue:
Thomas Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Haddington, *1625, +8.2.1645; m.Chatillon 9.8.1643 Henrietta de Coligny (+10.3.1673)
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, *21.6.1780, +1.12.1858; m.13.10/11.1802 Maria Parker (+11.2.1861), dau.of George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield
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