Charles Carmichael Lacaita
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Charles Carmichael Lacaita (1853 - 17 July 1933) was a British botanist and Liberal
politician.
Lacaita was the only son of Sir James Philip Lacaita
and his wife Maria Clavering Gibson-Carmichael daughter of Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford
and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn
in 1879. He was Assistant Private Secretary to Earl Granville
in 1885.
At the 1885 general election
, Lacaita was elected as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Dundee
. He was re-elected in 1886
, and resigned his seat
on 7 February 1888 by the procedural device of acceoting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Lacaita was a botanist of note. He lived at Horsley near Leatherhead and later at Selham, West Sussex.
Lacaita died at the age of 80.
Lacaita married Mary Annabel Doyle, daughter of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle
.
Lacaita had nineteen plant species named after him.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
Lacaita was the only son of Sir James Philip Lacaita
James Lacaita
Sir James Lacaita K.C.M.G was Anglo-Italian politician and writer.Lacaita was born at Manduria in southern Italy he practised law in Naples, and having come in contact with a number of prominent Englishmen and Americans in that city he acquired a desire to study the English language...
and his wife Maria Clavering Gibson-Carmichael daughter of Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
Gibson-Craig-Carmichael Baronets
The Gibson, later Gibson-Carmichael, later Gibson-Craig-Carmichael Baronetcy, of Keirhill in the County of Edinburgh, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 31 December 1702 for Thomas Gibson, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. The sixth Baronet assumed the...
. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records beyond...
in 1879. He was Assistant Private Secretary to Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...
in 1885.
At the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
, Lacaita was elected as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Dundee
Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)
Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West....
. He was re-elected in 1886
United Kingdom general election, 1886
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
, and resigned his seat
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
on 7 February 1888 by the procedural device of acceoting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Lacaita was a botanist of note. He lived at Horsley near Leatherhead and later at Selham, West Sussex.
Lacaita died at the age of 80.
Lacaita married Mary Annabel Doyle, daughter of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle
Francis Hastings Doyle
Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, 2nd Baronet was a British poet.-Biography:Doyle was born near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, to a military family which produced several distinguished officers, including his father, Major-General Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 1st Baronet, who was created a baronet in 1828...
.
Lacaita had nineteen plant species named after him.
- (AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
) CentaureaCentaureaCentaurea is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich...
lacaitae PeruzziPeruzziThe Peruzzi were bankers of Florence, among the leading families of the city in the 14th century, before the rise to prominence of the Medici. Their modest antecedents stretched back to the mid 11th century, according to the family's genealogist Luigi Passerini, but a restructuring of the Peruzzii... - (BoraginaceaeBoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
) EchiumEchiumEchium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.The type species is Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss. Species of Echium are native to North Africa, Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands, but have also become invasive in southern Africa and Australia...
lacaitae SennenSennenSennen is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance.... - (BrassicaceaeBrassicaceaeBrassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
) DrabaDrabaDraba is a large genus of cruciferous plants, commonly known as whitlow-grasses. There are over 400 species:*Draba abajoensis Windham & Al-Shehbaz*Draba × abiskoensis O.E.Schulz*Draba × abiskojokkensis O.E.Schulz...
lacaitae Boiss. - (CaryophyllaceaeCaryophyllaceaeThe Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae and Polygonaceae...
) CerastiumCerastiumCerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The around 100 species are commonly called Mouse-ear chickweed; different species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is mainly from the northern temperate areas of the...
lacaitae BarberisBarberisBarberis is a surname, and may refer to;* Dominique Barbéris* Mariolino Barberis* Sébastien Barberis* Stephano Barberis* Umberto Barberis...
, Bechi & MiceliMiceliMiceli is a surname and may refer to:*Dan Miceli , American baseball reliever*Debra Miceli , American wrestler*Felisa Miceli , Argentine economist*Jim Miceli, American politician... - (CaryophyllaceaeCaryophyllaceaeThe Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae and Polygonaceae...
) SileneSileneSilene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
lacaitae Willk. - (CistaceaeCistaceaeThe Cistaceae is a small family of plants known for its beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom...
) Halimiocistus × lacaitae Dans. - (LamiaceaeLamiaceaeThe mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
) MicromeriaMicromeriaMicromeria is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.It contains the following species:* Micromeria fruticosa* Micromeria nervosa* Micromeria remota* Micromeria thymifolia...
lacaitae Lojac. - (Leguminosae) LathyrusLathyrusLathyrus is a genus of flowering plant species known as sweet peas and vetchlings. Lathyrus is in the legume family Fabaceae and contains approximately 160 species. They are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in...
lacaitae Czefr. - (LiliaceaeLiliaceaeThe Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
) GageaGageaGagea is a large genus of spring flowers in the Liliaceae found in Europe and western Asia. It is named after the English naturalist Sir Thomas Gage...
lacaitae Terrac. ex Lojac. - (OrchidaceaeOrchidaceaeThe Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
) Ophrys lacaitae Lojac. - (PlumbaginaceaePlumbaginaceaePlumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family....
) ArmeriaArmeriaArmeria is the botanical name for a genus of flowering plants. These plants are sometimes known as "thrift" or as the "sea pinks" as they are often found on coastlines...
lacaitae (VillarVillarVillar can refer to:* Villar-en-Val, a town in the Aude département, FranceThe name of several places in Italy:* Villar Dora, a town in the province of Turin in Piedmont* Villar Focchiardo, a town in the province of Turin in Piedmont...
) Rivas Mart.