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    William Alexander Madocks (17 June 1773 – 15 September 1828) was a British politician and landowner who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough...
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  • Madocks is a Welsh surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Madocks (1786–1837), a Welsh politician William Madocks (1773–1828), a British...
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    built on land reclaimed from Traeth Mawr by William Madocks. In 1805 the first cottages appeared in what Madocks called Pentre Gwaelod ("Bottom Village")...
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  • William Maddocks may refer to: William Madocks (1773–1828), English Member of Parliament Bill Maddocks (1921–1992), English trade union leader William...
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    there, although it was probably his son Tom, who was a contemporary of Madocks. Madocks believed that "in education and religion all ought to have fair play"...
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    John Edward Madocks (22 July 1786 – 20 November 1837) was a Welsh politician. Madocks was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He watched...
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  • Jacques MacDonald – French military commander and Marshal of France William Madocks – English landowner and statesman Miłosz Magin – Polish composer Abdol...
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    second-cousin Harriet Caroline Octavia Spencer (1798–1831), daughter of William Robert Spencer (youngest son of Lord Charles Spencer), went through a false...
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    Idris and visited Edward Scott at Bodtalog near Tywyn. He also visited William Madocks at Dolmelynllyn. His journey included Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge...
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    the Traeth Mawr polder. The Cob was built between 1807 and 1811 by William Madocks and, in addition to its land reclamation function in conjunction with...
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    owned an interest in a gin distillery, being a business partner of MP William Madocks. Born at Chester about 1762, he was the only son of Francis Wardle...
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    the creation of about 1,500 acres (607 ha) of new land. Around 1798, William Madocks bought the Tan-yr-Allt estate near Penmorfa Marsh. Soon afterwards...
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    'Boston Lodge' after Boston, Lincolnshire, the parliamentary seat of William Madocks, the proprietor of the land reclamation venture. Construction of the...
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  • roads were built across Great Britain heading towards Ireland; In 1803 William Madocks started building earthworks for a road to Porthdinllaen; this was rejected...
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    It is owned by the National Trust. The estate was formerly owned by William Madocks, the architect of Porthmadog. Features of the estate include ancient...
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  • and CEO of Dentons William Madocks (1773–1828), property developer and politician, founder of Tremadog and Porthmadog Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet...
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    Robert Peel Tory 1817 John Maitland Tory 1818 William Miles Tory Marquess of Blandford Tory 1820 William Madocks Whig John Rock Grossett Whig 1826 Ebenezer...
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    Wales, Porthmadog was originally named "Portmadoc" by its developer William Madocks, to commemorate both his own name and that of the possibly mythical...
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    1830 Member of Parliament for Boston In office 1812–1820 Preceded by William Madocks Thomas Fydell Succeeded by Henry Ellis Gilbert Heathcote Personal details...
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    Church Lychgate. Tremadog was founded, planned, named for and built by William Madocks between 1798 and 1811. The Lychgate to the churchyard is spanned by...
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    2008. Retrieved 28 March 2019. Carradice, Phil (6 December 2011). "William Madocks and the Cob at Porthmadog". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 December...
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    gardens The house was designed and the grounds laid out in c. 1800 by William Madocks. On the lawn to the east of the house is a memorial to Percy Bysshe...
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    and worked as a freelance surveyor. In 1825, Spooner took a lease of William Madocks' house Tan yr Allt Isaf at Tremadog where Elizabeth and Harriet were...
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    surviving son and heir was the art collector William Fuller Maitland, who was father of the MP and cricketer William Fuller-Maitland. Group portrait of Ebenezer...
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    building formed part of a planned settlement which was developed by William Madocks on flat land reclaimed from Traeth Mawr, the estuary of the Afon Glaslyn...
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  • is opened at Swansea. William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament to allow him to construct a harbour at Portinllaen. William Owen Pughe inherits the...
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  • was a British landowner and politician. Lord Portmore was the son of William Colyear, 3rd Earl of Portmore and Lady Mary Leslie (1753–1799), second...
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  • gas street lighting in Wales is installed at Swansea. unknown date – William Madocks obtains an Act of Parliament allowing him to build a port, later known...
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    performances, and became a stonemason. In 1808 he was working for William Madocks on the construction of the Porthmadog embankment. The interludes Edwards...
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  • Robarts (1788-1852), who married John Edward Madocks, MP for Denbigh Boroughs and nephew of William Madocks, in 1817. James Thomas Robarts (1784–1825),...
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