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Sir John Say trained as a lawyer and became a King's Serjeant, Coroner of the Marshalsea, Yeoman of the Chamber and Crown, Keeper of Westminster Palace, Squire of the Body and Privy Councillor. In 1447 he entered Parliament as MP for Cambridge and was then in 1449 elected Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire , when he was also elected Speaker ...
On 1 September 1670 he was given licence as John James, of Tripleton, "to remain in and about London and Westminster, although an officer in the army of the late usurped powers." [1] James married Jane Higgins, daughter of William Higgins, of Tripleton, Herefordshire. [1] James died at Tripleton at the age 71. [1]
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.
At the beginning of 1801, Great Britain was combined with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a single House of Commons serving the whole kingdom. John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons of England since October 1705, was elected the first Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain.
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The word "handbagging" is unparliamentary "particularly with reference to a lady member of the House". [43] Allegations of criminal or dishonourable conduct against a member can only be made by a formal motion. [44] Conduct specifically ruled on includes selling one's vote, violation of cabinet confidentiality, [45] and doctoring the Official ...
Sir John Bankes, portrait by Gilbert Jackson. Lady Mary Bankes defended the castle during two sieges in the English Civil War. Sir John Bankes (1589 – 28 December 1644) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. [1] He was Attorney General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil ...
In the British House of Commons, the Speaker or one of his or her deputies can initiate the process by proposing a vote on the suspension of a member of the House if the speaker believes that the member has broken the rules of conduct of the House. Usually this is only done if the member has already been ordered to leave the House (which ...