10-500: Pendarves is a Cornish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Pendarves , English politician John Pendarves , English Puritan controversialist Edward Wynne-Pendarves , English politician Other uses The Pendarves estate at Troon, Cornwall Pendarves Wood, a Cornwall Wildlife Trust nature reserve See also [ edit ] Pendarvis [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
20-653: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexander Pendarves Alexander Pendarves , MP (baptised 11 November 1662 – 13 March 1725) was a Cornish landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1689 and 1725. Pendarves, of Roscrow, Cornwall , United Kingdom was the son of John Pendarves and Bridget, daughter of Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet of Antony, Cornwall . He had two brothers, Rev. John Pendarves (born 1682), Rector of Drewsteignton , and William (died 1693). He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1682 and
30-450: The surname Pendarves . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pendarves&oldid=1183218978 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Articles with short description Short description
40-596: The estate she would inherit would repay her for years of misery. Two months after the wedding, the couple left for Roscrow Castle. There, Pendarves suffered from gout and it worsened. In 1721, the two moved to London where Pendarves began to drink excessively while his wife reunited with many of her old friends. Pendarves died suddenly in his sleep in 1725. Upon his death in London, Roscrow Castle passed to Pendarves' niece, Mary, daughter of Rev. John Pendarves. As Pendarves had not changed his will to accommodate his wife Mary, she
50-539: Was George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne . Mary was introduced to Pendarves while visiting Lord Lansdowne in December 1717. Shortly thereafter, in February 1718, at the age of 17, she married Pendarves, age 60, a marriage brought on by her parents' financial dependence on Lord Lansdowne, and Lord Lansdowne's hope to have political influence through the nuptials. Lord Lansdowne was of the mindset that should Mary outlive her spouse,
60-575: Was called to Bar of Gray's Inn in the same year. Pendarves was a wealthy landowner. He served as Director of Land-Bank in 1696, Stannator for Tywarnhaile in 1703, Commissioner of Prizes from September 1703 to July 1705, Commissioner for Sewers for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1712, and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown from January 1714 to January 1715. Pendarves
70-450: Was elected at Saltash in 1708 and remained until 1710 when he was returned again at Saltash. However he was also returned at Penryn and chose to represent that seat. He was returned again at Penryn in 1713 but when he was required to stand for re-election on appointment to office in 1714, he lost the by-election. He then won a by-election at Helston . In 1721, he was returned as MP for Launceston , which he held until his death. In 1711, he
80-554: Was left a poor widow. In later years, however, the Bluestocking artist and writer became notable for her "paper-mosaicks". Helston (UK Parliament constituency) Helston , sometimes known as Helleston , was a parliamentary borough centred on the small town of Helston in Cornwall . Using the block vote system of election, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to
90-549: Was listed as member of the October Club , an organization of Tory MPs active at this time. The group made resolutions calling for inquiries into suspected financial abuses and was "a major threat to the Harley administration". He first married Lady Dorothy Bourke, daughter of Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde . He married, secondly, to Mary (1700–1788), daughter of Bernard Granville (died 1723). Her uncle, Bernard's brother,
100-415: Was most notable as a Member of Parliament , serving four different constituencies over the course of his career. In 1689 he was returned as MP for Penryn and sat until 1698 when he chose not to stand in the general election. However, he contested a subsequent by-election and was returned again for Penryn on 16 January 1699. In 1701 he stood at Penryn and Saltash but chose to represent Penryn until 1705. He
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