... Speke family, with the male members which family he became closely conlected in the troublous problems of us time. He was a Whig and bitterly ■upported such acts as the Test Act >f Charles 11. 's time, speaking itronglv against the Duke of York leir to ...

... date. —Ethelbert Horne. REPLIES TO QUERIES JOHN TRENCHARD 3856. —John Trenchard. —Mr. (later Sir) John Trenchard was elected Whig M P. for Taunton in February. 1678-9. His first Session was an exciting one. During it the Commons impeached Danby, the King's ...