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TAUNTON REJECTED MR. DISRAELI

... Labouchere. afterwards known as Lord Tauntcn. who became Cabinet Minister, President the Board of Trade, represented Taunton In the Whig interest from 1839 The clock on the Parade Market House was his gift to % town He was opposed, in 1835. Benjamin Disraeli, ...

HUSTINGS ON THE PARADE

... Diogenes-likei with a lantern and 1 candle and a long pole, poking all the gutter-holes—not to And honest man, but a Buff (Whig). Jack Bastable. a Buff, was passing the time, and asked the poker of the gutter-holes what he was looking for. He was told ...

Letters To The Editor Loss on The Civic Restaurant Bolshevik Competition Sir. —One item in your columns last week

... But this did not happen when Tories were in office Rights granted to trade unions in 1821 by the Tories were deferred bv the Whigs, and those rights were given by the Conservative Government of Lord Derby in 1859. The Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1842. passed ...

The Wyndham Family

... accession George I, the Whigs came into their own, and S.r William, a Tory, went over to the Jacobite camp In Somerset between the two factions led disturbances at Taunton on the evening of the coronation of George I. Hearing that the Whigs of Taunton intended ...

TAUNTON-A REBELLIOUS TOWN

... George Speke referred to was the father-in-law of JOhn Trenchard. and stout supporter of the Protestant religion An ardent Whig he did much to aid his son-in-law shall hear more him later. CAPTAIN HUCKER Mr Hucker was the Captain John Hucker. a Taunton ...

CONDUITS RAN WITH WINE

... gave up this profession, however, and became noted for his political essays and patriotic conduct. He founded the Independent Whig In 1704. and many articles for that publication are said to have been ■written at Flook House, which he occupied whilst resident ...

Tragic Days For West Somerset

... was Thomas Dire Taunton goldsmith. He had fled to the Netherlands, where he 'lelned to maintain correspondence between the Whigs in Holland and those home. He landed with the Duke of Monmouth at Lyme Regis, and rode inland to win recruits. He returned ...

White Christmas on The Quantocks

... and Mrs. E. J. Stanley. After their deaths the mansion became a sanatorium about 35 years ago. Mr. Labouchere was a famous Whig M.P. for Taunton (1830- 1859 i and Mr. Stanley represented the Bridgwater Division as a Conservative from 1885 until 1906. ...

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... 30 p.m. MONDAY. MARCH 4th. DOORS OPEN 1.35 p.m. LAST HOUSE 7 p.m. »NI ORGANISATION NIIfNTI tOMALB SIMDEM MURIEL PAYLOW TOUT WHIG *fctjr fcra * A »SNCM itm with tMM Tifer In The Smoke : 1.55, 5.20 8.40. Fernandel : 3.40 7.05. AIsoGAUMONT BRITISH NEWS : ...

DISRAELI AT TAUNTON

... DISRAELI AT TAUNTON SOMERSET NOTES AND QUERIES Whig or Tory? GAINED POPULARITY BUT LOST CONTEST DENJAMIN Disraeli, later to become Prime Minister and the Earl of Beaconsfleld, contested Taunton (or a seat in Parliament 18S5, his opponent being Henry ...

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS OF SOMERSET

... extras. The report of the Schools inquiry Commission 1864. whose chairman was Lord Taunton (many years as Henry Labouchere, Whig M.P. for Taunton), was highly critical of the state of most the grammar schools. which had been ' inspected and examined the ...

LIVELY SCENES ON THE PARADE

... Thank God, I'm out, I'm out! Cheap Fares The clock on the Market House, the gift 1830 Henry Labouchere, for many years Whig M.P. for Taunton, has always kept good time. In the horse days there was a cab stand round The Parade, the fare to any point ...