15-1403: William or Bill Carr may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] William Carr (Bristol MP) (died 1575), MP for Bristol William Carr (Newcastle-upon-Tyne MP, died 1572) , MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Carr (Newcastle-upon-Tyne MP, died 1720) , MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Carr (Newcastle-upon-Tyne MP, died 1742) , MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Theodore Carr (1866–1931), Member of Parliament for Carlisle Bill Carr (politician) (1918–2000), British Conservative Party politician William F. Carr (1910–1998), American politician Sports [ edit ] William Carr (rower) (1876–1942), American rower Bill Carr (equestrian) (1901–1982), British Olympic equestrian Bill Carr (1909–1966), American Olympic 400m runner Bill Carr (coach) (1917–2006), American football coach Bill Carr (American football) (born 1945), American football player and college athletic director William Carr (arena football) (born 1975), American and arena football player and assistant coach William Carr (cricketer) (born 1976), Australian cricketer Association football [ edit ] William Carr (footballer, born 1848) (1848–1924), England international football goalkeeper William Carr (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1990), English footballer who played as
30-1090: A fullback Billy Carr (1905–1989), English football defender Willie Carr (born 1950), Scottish international footballer Military [ edit ] William M. Carr (1829–1884), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War William Louis Carr (1878–1921), American Medal of Honor recipient in the Boxer Rebellion William Carr (admiral) (1883–1966), Australian naval officer William Guy Carr (1895–1959), Canadian naval officer and author William Keir Carr (1923–2020), Canadian Air Force officer Others [ edit ] William Holwell Carr (1750–1830), English art dealer, art collector and painter Sir William Ogle Carr (1802–1856), Chief Justice of Ceylon William Broughton Carr (1837–1909), English beekeeper and author William Henry Carr (1855–1953), English trade unionist and political activist William Carr (biographer) (1862–1925), British biographer for
45-476: The Dictionary of National Biography Sir William Emsley Carr (1867–1941), British newspaper editor William George Carr (1901–1996), British-born American educator and author William Carr (historian) (1921–1991), British historian Bill Carr (actor) (born 1955), Canadian actor and comedian [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
60-631: The Field Security Police . Carr returned to Birmingham University in 1947, where he was awarded a first class degree in 1948. Carr was appointed lecturer in history at the University of Sheffield in 1952, then senior lecturer (1963), reader (1970) and then to a personal chair (1979). He retired in 1986. A few days before his death, Carr learnt that the German government had awarded him the Order of Merit of
75-562: The Kingdom and had the third largest electorate for an urban seat. From the 1885 United Kingdom general election the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East , Bristol North , Bristol South and Bristol West . The use of Roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name, not that the individuals concerned would have used the Roman numerals as part of their name. Non Partisan denotes that
90-686: The ancient right franchises, applicable to Bristol, preserved by the Reform Act 1832 , which also introduced a broader occupation franchise for all borough constituencies. Bristol was a fairly partisan constituency in the eighteenth century with two rival clubs - the Union Club for the Whigs and the Steadfast Society for the Tories. The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past
105-457: The city had 10,315 names on the electoral register. Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote. Note on sources: The information for
120-536: The election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result. 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s William Carr (historian) William Carr (1 April 1921 – 20 June 1991)
135-460: The historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries. The parliamentary borough of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the 13th century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom. Namier and Brooke comment that in 1754 the city was the second largest in
150-505: The politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). Whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics. Notes:- During the existence of this constituency, Bristol was a city with
165-457: The post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872). Namier and Brooke, in The House of Commons 1754-1790 , estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5,000. When registration of electors was introduced in 1832
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195-416: The status of being a county of itself. That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated. In electoral terms it meant that the voters for the parliamentary borough included those qualified on the same 40 shilling freeholder franchise as that for a county constituency. Other electors qualified as freemen of the borough. These were
210-577: Was a British historian of Germany. He was born in Workington , Cumberland . He studied history at the University of Birmingham , where he was awarded a prize for European history, but halted his studies after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Carr volunteered and served in the Royal Corps of Signals and Royal Artillery . After victory, he worked as an interpreter of German internees before joining
225-627: Was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707–1800), and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885. The historic port city of Bristol is located in what is now the South West Region of England . It straddles the border between
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