"colliery. The mine was closed in 1969 since when light industry has taken over. Blackwell has two churches: St Werburgh's Parish Church and Blackwell Methodist Church. Blackwell forms part of the Bolsover parliamentary constituency; the MP is Dennis Skinner (Labour). Blackwell, Bolsover Blackwell is a village in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 4,389. It is one of the four villages that make up the civil parish of Blackwell within the District of Bolsover - the other villages being Hilcote, Newton and Westhouses. The Parish Council meets monthly. A brief history of"
"best known, according to the ""New Statesman"" and other sources, are listed as follows: He usually sits on the first seat of the front bench below the gangway in the Commons (known as the 'Awkward Squad Bench' because it is where rebel Labour Party MPs have traditionally sat) in a tweed jacket (whilst most other MPs wear suits) and signature red tie. He is known as 'the Beast of Bolsover': according to Skinner he earned the nickname for his behaviour in a tribute debate in the Commons following the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Anthony Eden - ""They were"
"Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, (28 January 1837 – 18 May 1912), styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1872 and 1874 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury between 1880 and 1885. However, he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule in 1886 and joined the Liberal Unionists. Grosvenor was the fourth but second surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and Lady Elizabeth Mary, daughter of George"
"Dennis Skinner Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British politician of the Labour Party serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 1970. Skinner became the longest continuously serving Labour MP on 16 December 2017. He was Chairman of the Labour Party for one year from 1988–89 and served as a member of Labour's National Executive Committee, with brief breaks, for thirty years. He is known for his left-wing views and is considered by some to have an acerbic wit. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Born in Clay"
"Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (familiarly ""Bendor"") (19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. From his childhood and during his adult life he was known within family circles as ""Bendor"", which was also the name of the racehorse Bend Or owned by his grandfather the first Duke, which won The"
"party disliked his relaxed attitude to political life. A large, handsome, jovial man, he was fond of long dinners and good wine and was given the nickname ""Toby Tosspot"" by ""The Bulletin"". For much of 1902, Barton was in England for the coronation of King Edward VII, which was postponed from June to August, delaying Barton′s return. Accompanying him on this trip was Sir John Forrest, Minister of Defence, and the trip was also used to negotiate the replacement of the naval agreements between the Australian colonies and the United Kingdom (under which Australia funded Royal Navy protection from foreign"
"Balfour's usual abstruse, theoretical style, saw Campbell-Bannerman respond with: ""Enough of this foolery,"" to the delight of his supporters. Balfour made the controversial decision, with Lord Lansdowne, to use the heavily Unionist House of Lords as a check on the political programme and legislation of the Liberal party in the Commons. Legislation was vetoed or altered by amendments between 1906 and 1909, leading David Lloyd George to remark that the Lords had become ""not the watchdog of the Constitution, but Mr. Balfour's poodle."" The issue was forced by the Liberals with Lloyd George's People's Budget, provoking the constitutional crisis that"
"affairs. Moved by what he saw during a trip to Ireland, Barnes became a passionate supporter of Catholic Emancipation. By the early 1830s his paper had earned the nickname ""The Thunderer"", with Robert Peel declaring it to be ""a powerful advocate of Reform"" and his colleague Lord Lyndhurst describing Barnes as ""the most powerful man in the country."" It was during this period that Barnes shifted politically, opposing the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 and falling out with Brougham. Barnes feuded with Lord Palmerston, who manipulated public opinion to enhance his control of foreign affairs. Palmerston leaked secrets to"
"the earldom of Cornwall. It did not take long, however, for him to alienate the earls once more. The chronicles tell of how Gaveston gave mocking nicknames to other earls, calling Lincoln 'burst-belly', Pembroke 'Joseph the Jew', Lancaster 'the fiddler' and Warwick 'the black dog of Arden' (from the forest of Arden in Warwickshire). Gaveston also began to exploit his relationship with the King more ostentatiously, obtaining favours and appointments for his friends and servants. The political climate became so hateful that in February 1310, a number of the earls refused to attend parliament as long as Gaveston was present."
"political opponents on the other hand, accused him of being fierce, stubborn, and too much influenced by Saul Solomon (a liberal MP whom Molteno held in high regard). In Lord De Villiers’s biography he is summed up as """"a fighter, who did not mind hard knocks, as long as he could return them."""" Molteno was unusually tall and powerfully built. In Southern Africa he acquired the nickname the ""Lion of Beaufort"", though his British opponents reputedly referred to him in private as the ""Beaufort Boer"". The nicknames were both reportedly due to his deep booming voice, his height, and the"
"Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869 and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner. He inherited the estate of Eaton Hall in Cheshire and land in Mayfair and Belgravia, London, and spent much of his fortune in developing these properties. Although he was a member of parliament from the age of 22, and then a member of the House of Lords,"
"Baron Bolsover Baron Bolsover, of Bolsover Castle in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 April 1880 (as Baroness Bolsover) for Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of her late husband Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck (1819–1877), younger son of Lord Charles Bentinck, third son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. Lady Bolsover was the daughter of the Very Reverend Henry Montague Browne, Dean of Lismore, second son of James Caulfeild Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine. She was succeeded according to the special remainder by"
"he was attacked by wild dogs; or he could have fallen and struck his head on a rock, and possibly bled to death. Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere PC (26 March 1708 – 13 November 1774) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He became notorious for his abusive treatment of his second wife, Mary Molesworth. He was the son of Rt. Hon. George Rochfort, son of Robert Rochfort, and Lady Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament"
"Gibson Jr. led the provincial Liberals in the 1970s. Gordon Gibson Sr. Gordon Gibson Sr. (November 28, 1904 – July 17, 1986) was a prominent business leader and politician in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1953 to 1956 and North Vancouver from 1960 to 1966 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal. Gibson was a millionaire timber baron whose nickname was ""Bull of the Woods"" due to his loud lumberjack's voice. He was dismissed as a rough, hard-drinking logger who had made it rich, but was loved by many small loggers as being one of the"
"at a by-election on 12 June 1958. He held the seat until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election, and did not stand for Parliament again. He was knighted in 1974. He was tenant of Lamb House, the National Trust property in Rye, East Sussex, 1980–87. Brian Batsford Sir Brian Caldwell Cook Batsford (18 December 1910 – 5 March 1991) was an English painter, designer, publisher and Conservative Party politician. Born at Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire as Brian Caldwell Cook, he adopted his mother's maiden name, Batsford, in 1946. As Brian Cook, he was well known as the"
"an active member of the trade union. At the time of the election she was also a councillor in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The UK Independence Party candidate was Mike Nattrass, MEP for the nearby West Midlands and a former deputy party leader. Robert Smith, a 23-year-old town planner (and transport planning specialist) educated at the University of Liverpool stood for the Green Party of England and Wales and particularly campaigned to reverse the privatisation of British Rail (and associated fare increases). The Official Monster Raving Loony Party stood ""The Flying Brick"" (his legal name, although he was formerly known as Nick Delves),"
"century”. Joynson-Hicks' nickname “Jix” dates from this by-election. The election was notable for both the attacks of the Suffragette movement on Churchill, over his refusal to support legislation that would give women the vote, and Jewish hostility to Joynson-Hicks over his support for the controversial Aliens Act. Joynson-Hicks called Labour leader Keir Hardie “a leprous traitor” who wanted to sweep away the Ten Commandments. This prompted H G Wells to send an open letter to Labour sympathisers in Manchester, saying that Joynson-Hicks “”represents absolutely the worst element in British political life … an entirely undistinguished man … and an obscure"
"was subsequently raised to the peerage on 22 March 1886 as Baron Stalbridge, of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset, and became a leader of the Liberal Unionist Party from the House of Lords. On 15 April 1882, Grosvenor resigned his command of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry and was appointed honorary colonel of the regiment, a post he held until 1895. In 1891, he was appointed chairman of the London and North Western Railway, of which he had been a director since 1870 and had eagerly promoted. In 1867 he was prompted by Emperor Napoleon III to head an international"
"an advice centre in Manchester. Stephen Morris, an official of Manchester Metrolink and trade union branch official, was announced as the candidate for the English Democrats; he is also Chairman of the party. Musician, composer and teacher Loz Kaye, who had recently become leader of the Pirate Party, was also nominated. Two further fringe candidates had less serious agendas. Nick Delves, who had acquired the nickname ""the flying brick"" after a paragliding accident, became the Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate, while artist and poet David Bishop (founder of the Church of the Militant Elvis Party) offered himself to the"
"political enemy since the days of Queen Anne) and William Pulteney (a capable Whig statesman who felt snubbed when Walpole failed to include him in the Cabinet). Bolingbroke and Pulteney ran a periodical called ""The Craftsman"" in which they incessantly denounced the Prime Minister's policies. Walpole was also satirised and parodied extensively; he was often compared to the criminal Jonathan Wild as, for example, John Gay did in his farcical ""Beggar's Opera"". Walpole's other enemies included Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Johnson. Walpole secured the support of the people and of the House of Commons with a"
"Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, (24 April 1910 – 19 February 1979) was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain. Grosvenor was born Robert Grosvenor, the son of Lord Hugh Grosvenor, sixth son and tenth child of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster by his second wife, the Honourable Katherine Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham. His mother, Lady Mabel Crichton, was the daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public"
"it in its natural condition. John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, KG, PC (27 October 1835 – 13 August 1910), known as Viscount Althorp from 1845 to 1857 (and also known as the ""Red Earl"" because of his distinctive long red beard), was a British Liberal Party politician under, and close friend of, British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. He was twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Spencer was the son of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, by his first wife Georgiana, daughter of William Poyntz. The prominent Whig politician John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, was"
"Gibson Sr, a millionaire timber baron, nicknamed the ""Bull of the Woods,"" was elected for Lillooet as a Liberal. During the early period of this time, the Liberals' most prominent member was Gordon Gibson, Sr. He was a cigar-smoking and gregarious logging contractor who could have been Premier but for a major political error. He was elected in 1953 for the Lillooet riding. In 1955, the Sommers scandal surfaced and he was the only leader in the legislature to make an issue of it. W. A. C. Bennett and his attorney general tried many tactics to stop the information from"
"Castlemartin which he acquired in 1729, was made Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1731, which office he had continued to hold until 1754. He was a skilful and experienced parliamentarian and political organiser. A strong, if not often violent Whig, noted for his rudeness and his loathing of English ministerial interference in Irish affairs and his satirical lampooning of political opponents earned him the nickname ""Vicious Carter"". During the late 1740s Carter became one of the leaders of the country of Ireland as a member of the Patriot party along with Henry Boyle, speaker of the Irish House"
"the best known, and least appreciated by his Lordship, is Rupert Baxter, the bespectacled efficiency expert, who made Emsworth's life a misery with his ruthless organisation of his master's precious time. Emsworth's favourite pastimes are his pig and his garden, and he spends many a happy hour pottering about it, arguing with his gardeners, especially Angus McAllister, whose desire to gravel the famous Yew Alley is particularly upsetting to his Lordship, and with his pig-keepers, who include Wellbeloved, Pirbright, and the Amazonian Monica Simmons. He won first prize for roses at the Shrewsbury Flower Show in the same year Psmith's"
"The Duke also awarded it as a lifelong family nickname to his grandson Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953), born in the year before the Derby win. Bendor Range is named after the horse. Bred and foaled at the 1st Duke of Westminster's Eaton Stud, Bend Or grew to be a large stallion but was noted for his unusual docility. He was a chestnut colt who stood and had a white blaze. He was sired by Doncaster, a son of Stockwell, out of the mare, Rouge Rose by Thormanby. Thormanby won the 1860 Epsom Derby and the 1861 Ascot"
"could not pronounce his ""r""s . He had professional charm and the natural authority of an aristocrat, the latter aided by his immense height. He stood . Harold Begbie described Halifax as ""the highest kind of Englishman now in politics"" whose ""life and doctrine were in complete harmony with a very lofty moral principle, but who has no harsh judgement for men who err and go astray."" Harold Macmillan said that Halifax possessed a ""sweet and Christian nature."" Rab Butler called him ""this strange and imposing figure—half unworldly saint, half cunning politician."" In 1968, the official records were released of"
"and antisocial, with a slight speech impediment. In the 1990s, his grandson, John Sinclair, entered politics and sat from 2001 to 2015 as the Liberal Democrat MP for his grandfather's seat, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Sinclair's granddaughter, Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (daughter of the Hon. Elizabeth Sinclair), has also become a Liberal Democrat politician. Because he had been Secretary of State for Air during the Battle of Britain, the Southern Railway named a Battle of Britain Class Light Pacific steam locomotive ""Sir Archibald Sinclair"". See SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes The ceremonial naming of"
"better results. For the by-election, the party selected Richard Small, a local lecturer. John Desmond Lewis, a 22-year-old student from Hayes in Greater London, contested the election as the President of the Cambridge University Raving Loony Society. For the election, he changed his name by deed poll to ""Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel"", the outlandish name of a character from Monty Python's ""Election Night Special"" sketch. In the sketch, the character by that name wins Luton for the Silly Party. Veteran candidate Bill Boaks stood as ""Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident"", while Tom Keen stood in support of a Conservative-Liberal Alliance. John"
"John Elwes (politician) John Elwes [né Meggot or Meggott] (a.k.a. ""Elwes the Miser""), MP (7 April 1714 – 26 November 1789) was a Member of Parliament (MP) in Great Britain for Berkshire (1772–1784) and a noted eccentric and miser, suggested to be an inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"". Dickens made reference to Elwes some years later in his last novel, ""Our Mutual Friend"". Elwes was also believed to inspire William Harrison Ainsworth to create the character of John Scarfe in his novel ""The Miser's Daughter"". Elwes (birth name ""Meggot"") was born on"
"Gordon Gibson Sr. Gordon Gibson Sr. (November 28, 1904 – July 17, 1986) was a prominent business leader and politician in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1953 to 1956 and North Vancouver from 1960 to 1966 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal. Gibson was a millionaire timber baron whose nickname was ""Bull of the Woods"" due to his loud lumberjack's voice. He was dismissed as a rough, hard-drinking logger who had made it rich, but was loved by many small loggers as being one of the few people to be interested in them over the"
"His crazed portrayal of Roald Dahl's ""George's Marvellous Medicine"" proved memorable. However, the BBC received complaints ""with viewers claiming both story and presentation to be both dangerous and offensive"". In 1987, Mayall played fictional Conservative MP Alan Beresford B'Stard in the sitcom ""The New Statesman"" (Yorkshire Television) written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The character was a satirical portrait of Tory MPs in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and early 1990s. The programme ran for four series—incorporating two BBC specials—between 1987 and '94 and was successful critically and in the ratings. In a similar vein to his appearance"
"Wilson was not yet regarded as a heavyweight politician: Hugh Dalton referred to him scornfully as ""Nye [Bevan]’s dog"". After Labour lost the 1951 election, he became the Chairman of Keep Left, Bevan's political group. At the bitter Morecambe Conference in late 1952, Wilson was one of the Bevanites elected as constituency representatives to Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC), whilst senior right-wingers such as Dalton and Herbert Morrison were voted off. Wilson had never made much secret that his support of the left-wing Aneurin Bevan was opportunistic. In early 1954, Bevan resigned from the Shadow Cabinet (elected by Labour MPs"