A conspiracy , also known as a plot , ploy , or scheme , is a secret plan or agreement between people (called conspirers or conspirators ) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder , treason , or corruption , especially with a political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of subverting established political power structures. This can take the form of usurping or altering them, or even continually illegally profiteering from certain activities in a way that weakens the establishment with help from various political authorities. Depending on the circumstances, a conspiracy may also be a crime or a civil wrong . The term generally connotes, or implies, wrongdoing or illegality on the part of the conspirators, as it is commonly believed that people would not need to conspire to engage in activities that were lawful and ethical, or to which no one would object.
16-1009: John Egerton may refer to: Sir John Egerton (died 1614) (1551–1614), English MP for Staffordshire and Lichfield John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater (1579–1649), English peer and politician John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater (1623–1686), English nobleman John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (1646–1701) John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater (1727–1748), British peer and politician John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (1753–1823), British soldier and Tory politician John Egerton, Viscount Alford (1812–1851), British Tory Member of Parliament John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere (1872–1944), British peer and soldier John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland (1915–2000), his son John Egerton (bishop) (1721–1787), Anglican bishop John Egerton (journalist) (1935–2013), American journalist Sir John Grey Egerton, 8th Baronet (1766–1825), British MP for Chester [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
32-523: A duel with Edward Morgan of Flintshire, with whom the Egerton family had a long-standing quarrel, in 1610. After strenuous efforts by Sir John to obtain justice for his son, in which he was assisted by his powerful cousin Lord Chancellor Brackley, Morgan was eventually convicted of murder , but obtained a royal pardon . A third son Peter married Margaret Hayes, daughter of Sir Thomas Hayes , who
48-472: A brief residence there. He was custos rotulorum by 1601. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire . He was commissioner for musters in 1601 and became high steward of Tamworth in 1602. He was elected MP for Staffordshire again in a by-election in 1607. In 1614 he was elected MP for Lichfield for the Addled Parliament , but died a few weeks later. Despite his double family tie to
64-511: A closed system that is unfalsifiable , and therefore "a matter of faith rather than proof." Conspiracy comes from the Latin word conspiratio . While conspiratio can mean "plot" or "conspiracy", it can also be translated as "unity" and "agreement", in the context of a group an example of this "Kirri and Adele commenced the conspiracy at the secret thursday gin meeting". Conspiratio comes from conspiro which, while still meaning "conspiracy" in
80-458: A comfortable fortune, and a London townhouse on Bassinghall Street . He was the father of Roland Egerton who became a baronet. Roland was greatly troubled by litigation after his father's death, in particular over the validity of his father's last will and testament , which left a substantial part of the estate to his cousin Edward Egerton of Wrinehill. A younger son John was killed in
96-427: A lack of evidence for them. Political scientist Michael Barkun has described conspiracy theories as relying on the view that the universe is governed by design, and embody three principles: nothing happens by accident, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected. Another common feature is that conspiracy theories evolve to incorporate whatever evidence exists against them, so that they become, as Barkun writes,
112-404: A sister of the renegade soldier and conspirator Sir William Stanley , and had five sons and six daughters, most of whom lived to be adults. Margaret seems to have died in 1595. He married secondly after February 1598, Anne Trappes (died 1619), widow of Francis Trappes, a London goldsmith , and of Sir William Blount, and daughter of Robert Barnard (or Byrnand) of Knaresborough , who brought him
128-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Egerton (died 1614) Sir John Egerton (1551 – 28 April 1614) was an English landowner from the Egerton family and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1614. He became one of the leading politicians in Cheshire and Staffordshire. Egerton
144-438: Is not considered a conspiracy because this is considered a legitimate part of the sport. Furthermore, a conspiracy must be engaged in knowingly. The continuation of social traditions that work to the advantage of certain groups and to the disadvantage of certain other groups, though possibly unethical, is not a conspiracy if participants in the practice are not carrying it forward for the purpose of perpetuating this advantage. On
160-561: The Cold War , the United States tried to covertly change other nations' governments 66 times, succeeding in 26 cases. A " conspiracy theory " is a belief that a conspiracy has actually been decisive in producing a political event of which the theorists strongly disapprove. Conspiracy theories tend to be internally consistent and correlate with each other; they are generally designed to resist falsification either by evidence against them or
176-851: The Roman Catholic conspirator Sir William Stanley (each married the other's sister), his own family remained in high favour (his cousin Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley , was one of the leading figures at Court), and neither his Protestant faith nor his loyalty to the Crown was ever questioned. Egerton died at his house in Bassinghall Street in the City of London at the age of about 62, probably from kidney disease . Egerton married firstly Margaret Stanley, daughter of Sir Rowland Stanley, of Hooton, Cheshire, and his wife Margaret Aldersey, and thus
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#1732876202276192-661: The American CIA and the British MI6 necessarily make plans in secret to spy on suspected enemies of their respective countries and the general populace of its home countries, but this kind of activity is generally not considered to be a conspiracy so long as their goal is to fulfill their official functions, and not something like improperly enriching themselves. Similarly, the coaches of competing sports teams routinely meet behind closed doors to plan game strategies and specific plays designed to defeat their opponents, but this activity
208-418: The other hand, if the intent of carrying out a conspiracy exists, then there is a conspiracy even if the details are never agreed to aloud by the participants. CIA covert operations , for instance, are by their very nature hard to prove definitively, but research into the agency's work, as well as revelations by former CIA employees, has suggested several cases where the agency tried to influence events. During
224-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Egerton&oldid=582950002 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
240-503: Was Sheriff of London in 1604-5 and Lord Mayor of London in 1614. Sir John's stepdaughter Ursula Trappes married the prominent judge and politician Lewis Prowde , MP for Shrewsbury in 1614, at whose request Egerton was made an honorary member of Lincoln's Inn in 1602. He was known as "black Sir John". Conspiracy There are some coordinated activities that people engage in with secrecy that are not generally thought of as conspiracies. For example, intelligence agencies such as
256-571: Was the eldest son of Sir John Egerton of Egerton and Oulton and his wife Jane Mostyn, daughter of Piers Mostyn of Talacre, Flintshire. He was a J.P. for Cheshire by 1587. He succeeded to the estates of his father in 1591 and subsequently purchased the Wrinehill estate in Staffordshire from his cousin Edward Egerton, later to be a major beneficiary under his will. He was knighted in Dublin in 1599, during
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