• Sir John Wolley (died 1596) was Queen Elizabeth I's Latin Secretary, a member of her Privy Council, and a member of Parliament from 1571 until his death...
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  • John Caplyn (died c. 1603), of Southampton, was an English politician. Caplyn was the son of John Caplyn, MP for Bodmin and Southampton. He was a Member...
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    Captain Charles Francis Wolley-Dod OBE (25 August 1892 – 15 or 16 March 1937) was a British pilot and aviation executive. He was one of Imperial Airways'...
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    originally funded by local George Spateman of Tansley and from 1668 by Anthony Wolley. This school was rebuilt in 1829 and expanded in 1860 and 1889 and girls...
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     1550 – 18 December 1614) was an English politician, knight, sheriff, and MP. Finch was the second, but eldest surviving son, of Sir Thomas Finch of Eastwell...
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    (Captain John Bligh) Brunswick 74 (Captain Thomas Graves) Captain 74 (Captain Isaac Wolley) Goliath 74 (Captain Peter Puget) Hercule 74 (Captain John Colville)...
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    Their son Henry was also MP for Hythe and became a baronet. His second wife was Mary Wolley, daughter of Randolph Wolley, merchant of London. Dictionary...
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    outer barrister in 1582. His parliamentary career began when he was elected MP for Bossiney, Cornwall, in a by-election in 1581. In 1584 he took his seat...
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  • William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (category 16th-century English MP stubs)
    St John, daughter of John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso, on 7 February 1597: they had one daughter, Elizabeth (1603–1671), who married John Mordaunt...
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    the parliament, privy councillors Robert Cecil, John Wolley, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Fortescue discussed the Spanish threat in greater...
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  • Perkins (or Parkins) (1547? – 1622) was an English Jesuit turned diplomat and MP. He was educated at Oxford, and graduated B.A. on 7 April 1565; but on 21...
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    made a trip to Iceland with John Wolley with the hope of rediscovering the great auk. Shortly after their return Wolley died, and at the suggestion of...
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    this time his first wife died, and he married Elizabeth Wolley, the widow of Sir John Wolley, and daughter of Sir William More of Loseley, Surrey. He...
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    conveying the manor to the courtier Sir John Wolley and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir William More. Wolley's son Francis inherited the manor in 1596...
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  • East Looe (UK Parliament constituency) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters)
    from 1801 until its abolition in 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election. It was disenfranchised in the Reform...
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    Elizabeth ordered an inventory of her jewels and money to be made by John Wolley and John Fortescue, master of her wardrobe. Her collection included a chain...
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    Irving (1900). Wolley, John. Vol. 62. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1890. Retrieved 13 February 2013. Ives, E.W. (2008). "More, Sir John (c.1451–1530)"...
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  • John Clarke was an English politician in the 17th century. Clarke was born in London and lived at Hurtmore. In later life he moved to Battle, Sussex. Cobbett's...
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    the existing members were dismissed as idle and impotent. He was elected MP for Winchester in 1584, and was re-elected in 1593. His progression within...
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  • 1616. His financial position was improved when he became heir to Francis Wolley who died in 1609, despite litigation from family members. He became notorious...
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    naturalized in Australia †Romulea papyracea Wolley-Dod - Cape Province but extinct Romulea pearsonii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa Romulea...
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    Guildford and was re-elected MP for Guildford in 1586 and 1589. He was provost marshal for Surrey in 1589. In 1593, he was MP for Guildford again. He was...
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    speaker was Edward Coke, the solicitor-general and member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk. The Parliament met on 18 February 1593 and lasted until 10 April...
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  • % ±% Liberal Ralph Smith 1,256 42.49 +1.33 Conservative Clive Phillips Wolley 868 29.36 -3.69 Liberal William Sloan 832 28.15 -12.81 Total valid votes...
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    reform. Mayo was born in Mumbai in 1869. Her parents were Alice Portia (born Wolley) and Thomas Monck-Mason. Her father, who was a civil servant, died in 1874...
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  • poet Raymond M. Patterson – explorer and travel writer Clive Phillipps-Wolley – author and big game hunter Michael Barratt – BBC TV Nationwide anchorman...
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    Edward Fraunceys (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
    Gentlemen Pensioners in 1603. He was knighted in 1605. In 1604 he was elected MP for Haslemere. His promising political career was ruined by the Gunpowder...
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  • Traffic Crashes in New South Wales 2004", Roads and Traffic Authority. Wolley J (2005) "Recent Advantages of Lower Speed Limits in Australia", Journal...
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  • Charitable Corporation (category Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template without an unnamed parameter)
    who suffered from the frauds, specifically excluding Robinson, Thomson, Wolley and Warren from benefitting. It also extended the time for submitting claims...
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  • (William Blanchard) 1790. Thomas Kilby. (William Blanchard) 1792. Edward Wolley. (William Blanchard) Masonic Dictionary Entry in Mackeys Encyclopedia on...
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