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Soon after Locke's birth, the family moved to the market town of Pensford, about seven miles south of Bristol, where Locke grew up in a rural Tudor house in Belluton. In 1647, Locke was sent to the prestigious Westminster School in London under the sponsorship of Alexander Popham , a member of Parliament and John Sr.'s former commander.
Ashley and his assistant John Locke drafted a plan for the colony known as the Grand Model, which included the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina and a framework for settlement and development. By early 1664, Ashley was a member of the circle of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, who ranged themselves in opposition to Lord Clarendon.
The family had no male heirs, nor female who married a celebrity. [6] Hugh died without children in 1926 and his elder brother Peter died in middle age in 1885 in Aston without sons. Hugh's large Brooklands estate became Brooklands College , Brooklands Museum, a hotel, Mercedes Benz World, paths through greens, skateboarding and playground ...
John Locke (disambiguation), multiple people; Josef Locke (1917–1999), an Irish tenor; Joseph Locke (1805–1860), English civil engineer, particularly associated with railway projects; Joseph Locke, penname of Ray Garton, an American author; Keith Locke (born 1944), New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa, New Zealand
The Clarkes also wrote to John Locke, who was a friend of Edward and a cousin of Mary; Locke had previously suggested that Clarke marry his friend Sir William Pelham. His replies in their three-way discussions concerning the education of Edward Junior were later published in 1693 as Some Thoughts Concerning Education . [ 2 ]
John Locke (September 15, 1825 – December 12, 1873) was a Canadian merchant and Senator from Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Senate from October 23, 1867 to December 12, 1873 and was summoned to the Senate by Royal Proclamation. He was born on Locke's Island, Nova Scotia (later the town of Lockeport), the son
As bandmate Paul McCartney would later note, The Beatles’ John Lennon’s short life was full of tragedy. Brought up in a turbulent family dynamic after his father Alfred left at an early age ...
John Lok was the son of Sir William Lok, the great-great-great-grandfather of the philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). In 1554 he was captain of a trading voyage to Guinea . An account of his voyage was published in 1572 by Richard Eden .