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William Best, 1st Baron Wynford

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William Draper Best, 1st Baron Wynford, PC (13 December 1767 – 3 March 1845), was a British politician and judge. [1]

38 relations: Andover, Hampshire, Baron Wynford, Berkshire, Bridport (UK Parliament constituency), Charles Baring Wall, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Chilton, Oxfordshire, Dorset, Evan Nepean, George IV of the United Kingdom, Gout, Guildford (UK Parliament constituency), Haselbury Plucknett, Henry Sturt, Horace St Paul, House of Lords, Jerome Knapp Jr., Knight Bachelor, Member of parliament, Middle Temple, Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Oxfordshire, Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency), Philip Thomas Godsal, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Reform Act 1832, Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet, Somerset, Southcote, Berkshire, Thomas Cranley Onslow, Tory, United Kingdom, Wadham College, Oxford, Whigs (British political party), William Best, 2nd Baron Wynford, Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, Wynford Eagle.

Andover, Hampshire

Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire.

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Baron Wynford

Baron Wynford, of Wynford Eagle in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Bridport (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridport was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, England, which elected two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

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Charles Baring Wall

Charles Baring Wall (1795-14 October 1853) was at various stages throughout the 19th century the Member of Parliament for Guildford, Wareham, Weymouth and Salisbury.

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Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench or Common Place, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the other two common law courts and the equity and probate courts, became part of the High Court of Justice.

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Chilton, Oxfordshire

Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about southwest of Didcot.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Evan Nepean

Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet (9 July 1752 – 2 October 1822)Sparrow (n.d.) was a British politician and colonial administrator.

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George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover following the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.

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Gout

Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint.

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Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)

Guildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Anne Milton, a Conservative.

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Haselbury Plucknett

Haselbury Plucknett is a village and civil parish on the River Parrett in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.

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Henry Sturt

Henry Charles Sturt (9 August 1795 – 14 April 1866), of Crichel House, Dorset, was a British landowner and politician.

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Horace St Paul

Sir Horace David Cholwell St Paul, 1st Baronet (6 January 1775 – 8 October 1840) was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Jerome Knapp Jr.

Jerome Knapp (born 1722, Walthamstow; died 1792, Bath) was an English barrister-at-law and 18th-century City of London administrator.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.

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Nicholas Conyngham Tindal

Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, PC (12 December 1776 – 6 July 1846) was a celebrated English lawyer who successfully defended the then Queen of the United Kingdom, Caroline of Brunswick, at her trial for adultery in 1820.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire.

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Philip Thomas Godsal

Major Philip Thomas Godsal (1850–1925), was a Welsh soldier, landowner, marksman, historian and inventor of a gun mechanism.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 (known informally as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act to distinguish it from subsequent Reform Acts) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.

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Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford

Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, PC (24 February 1779 – 4 September 1826) was a British lawyer, judge and politician.

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Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet

Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet KB RN (1762 – 24 December 1814) was an officer of the Royal Navy and the cousin once removed of the more famous Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood and his younger brother Alexander Hood who sponsored Arthur (lost in a hurricane) Sir Samuel Hood and his younger brother Alexander into the Royal Navy.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Southcote, Berkshire

Southcote is a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

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Thomas Cranley Onslow

Thomas Cranley Onslow (7 October 1778 – 7 July 1861) was a British politician and British Army officer, the second son of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow.

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Tory

A Tory is a person who holds a political philosophy, known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved throughout history.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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William Best, 2nd Baron Wynford

William Samuel Best, 2nd Baron Wynford (19 February 1798 – 28 February 1869), was a British peer.

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Worshipful Company of Haberdashers

The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, is an ancient merchant guild of London, England associated with the silk and velvet trades.

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Wynford Eagle

Wynford Eagle is a hamlet and small parish in Dorset, England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately southwest of Maiden Newton and northwest of Dorchester.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Best,_1st_Baron_Wynford

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