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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. [1] A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery , he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets during the Napoleonic Wars .
William Congreve was born in Stafford on 4 July 1742. He and his first wife, Rebecca Elmston, had four children together, two sons and two daughters. [1] His eldest son, William Congreve, invented the Congreve Rocket. [2] His second wife, Julia-Elizabeth Eyre, died aged 78 in 1831. [3] Congreve was made a Baronet on 7 December 1812. [4]
The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The design was based upon the rockets deployed by the Kingdom of Mysore against the East India Company during the Second , Third , and Fourth Anglo-Mysore Wars .
William Congreve was born in Bardsey Grange, on an estate near Ledston, West Riding of Yorkshire. [1] Although Samuel Johnson disputed this, it has since been confirmed by a baptism entry for "William, sonne of Mr. William Congreve, of Bardsey grange, baptised 10 February 1669" [i.e. 1670 by the modern reckoning of the new year]. [2]
The Congreve baronetcy, of Walton in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 December 1812 for William Congreve, best remembered for his innovations in the production of gunpowder. He was succeeded by his son, William, the second Baronet, who gained fame as the inventor of the Congreve rocket. The title ...
The Way of the World is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve.It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London.It is widely regarded as one of the best Restoration comedies and is still occasionally performed in operas and theatres.
A Congreve clock (also known as Congreve's Rolling Ball Clock or Oscillating Path Rolling Ball Clock) is a type of clock that uses a ball rolling along a zigzag track to regulate the time. It was invented by Sir William Congreve in 1808.
In 1827, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet devised a machine running on capillary action [8] that would disobey the principle that water seeks its own level, so to produce a continuous ascent and overflow.