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John Blackburne (5 August 1754 – 11 April 1833) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Lancashire.. He was born the eldest son of Thomas Blackburne of Hale Hall, Liverpool and educated at Harrow School and Queen's College, Oxford.
The historian David Cannadine, in the History of Parliament Trust's 2006 annual lecture on 21 November 2006, noted that while Wedgwood and Namier are predominantly responsible for the foundation of the History, they were quite contrasting characters (Wedgwood a gregarious and high-spirited English aristocrat of advanced Liberal views, Namier a Polish Jew who was joyless and a strong Tory).
William Chamberlayne (1760-1829), of Coley Park at Reading in Berkshire and Weston Grove at Southampton in Hampshire, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Christchurch 31 May 1800 - 1802 and for Southampton 7 March 1818 - 10 December 1829.
The History of Parliament is a series of works ultimately intended to form a complete history of the Westminster Parliament.The portions currently published, as of 2015, are divided chronologically, and consist of surveys of the House of Commons, descriptions of elections and politics in each electoral constituency, and biographies of individual Members of Parliament.
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Sir John Nicholas (1624 – 9 Jan 1705) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament. [1]He was born the eldest son of Sir Edward Nicholas of Winterbourne Earls, Wiltshire, who was a Secretary of State under Charles I and Charles II.
Oliver Lawrence (by 1507 – 1559), of Poole and Creech St Michael, Dorset, London and Soberton, Hampshire, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Melcombe Regis in 1529, Poole (UK Parliament constituency) in 1542 and 1545 and for Dorset (UK Parliament constituency) in 1558. [1]
Sir Lawrence Smith (1515/16 – 1582), of Chester and Hough, Cheshire, was an English Member of Parliament (MP), mayor and philanthropist. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Cheshire in 1545 and 1555 and for Chester in 1558 and 1559. He was Mayor of Chester 1540–1, 1558–9, 1563–4, and 1570–1. [1]