Archibald Hutcheson (c. 1659 – 12 August 1740) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Hastings from 1713 until 1727. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Hastings was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of
He was also elected MP for Westminster in 1722, that election being declared void because of rioting. Westminster was a former parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707 the Parliament of Great Britain 1707-1800 and the Parliament of Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Westminster was the borough constituency with the largest electorate before the Reform Act 1832 (estimated by Namier and Brooke at about 12,000 voters later in the eighteenth century). In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system Contested elections there were often hard fought.
He was an impassioned opponent of the repeal of the Triennial Act. The Triennial Act 1641 (16 Cha I c 1 (also known as the Dissolution Act) was an Act passed on 15 February 1641 by the English Long Parliament
In his old age he took part in the efforts of Thomas Coram and others to establish a home for abandoned children in London. Captain Thomas Coram (c 1668 &ndash March 29, 1751) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK In 1739, the year before Hutcheson's death, a Royal Charter was granted by George II for a new charity which became known as the Foundling Hospital. A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( The Foundling Hospital in London, England was founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. The Charter listed Hutcheson as one of the founding governors.
References
- The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier ( June 27 1888 &ndash August 19 1960) was an English historian W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)