Lord Sidney Beauclerk PC 27 February 1703 – 23 November 1744 was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1744. He acquired a reputation as a fortune hunter. Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Death and legacy 4References 5External links Early life Beauclerk was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of St Albans and his wife Lady Diana
Charles George Beauclerk 20 January 1774 – 25 December 1845 was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Richmond from 1796 to 1798. Contents 1Background and education 2Career 3Marriage and family 4References Background and education He was the only son of Topham Beauclerk and Lady Diana Spencer, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte. He had two
John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington 1678 – 14 December 1734, known as John Shute until 1710, was an English dissenting theologian and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1723. Contents 1Background and education 2Career 3Death and legacy 4References Background and education Barrington was born as John Shute at Theobalds House, near Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, the son of
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS 3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative statesman who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as Prime Minister on three occasions. Born to a prosperous family in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Baldwin was educated at Hawtreys, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the family iron and steel making business
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS 3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967 was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was three times Leader of the Opposition (1935–1940, 1945, 1951–1955). The son of a London solicitor, Attlee was born into a
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC, FRS 12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928, generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last prime minister to lead a majority Liberal government, and he played a central role
Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel, 8th Earl of Surrey c. 1313 – 24 January 1376 was an English nobleman and medieval military leader and distinguished admiral. Arundel was one of the wealthiest nobles, and most loyal noble retainer of the chivalric code that governed the reign of Edward III of England. Contents 1Early life 2Civil career 3Naval and military
Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel 1 May 1285 – 17 November 1326 was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between King Edward II and his barons. His father, Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel, died in 1302, while Edmund was still a minor. He therefore became a ward of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and married Warenne’s granddaughter Alice. In 1306
John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel c. 1348 – 16 December 1379, also known as Sir John Arundel, was an English soldier. Contents 1Lineage 2High office 3Naval victory 4Death at sea 5Burial 6Marriage and children 7Ancestry 8Notes 9References Lineage[edit] He was born in Etchingham, Sussex, England to Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel (c. 1313–1376), and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster (1318–1372), daughter
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler FRS FBA FSA 10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976 was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, and the founder and Honorary Director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, in addition to writing