Charles Cox (brewer)
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Sir Charles Cox was an English brewer
and Whig Member of Parliament for Southwark
from 1695 to 1712. For many years afterwards the MP for Southwark would generally be a brewer.
In 1709 he began to offer German Protestant refugees from the Palatinate ("Palatines") living space in his warehouses. Soon there were nearly fourteen hundred, and the residents of Southwark gave a petition to Parliament to have them removed.
When the Duke of Marlborough
returned to the United Kingdom shortly after the death of Queen Anne
in 1714, Sir Charles led the procession into London on , earning him a place in a satire by Ned Ward
. Not long afterwards a fire in his warehouses lost him thousands of pounds. He was ruined in the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
In 1734 the case of Lady Cox was heard and it was put on record that he had been a bigamist
.
Brewing
Brewing is the production of beer through steeping a starch source in water and then fermenting with yeast. Brewing has taken place since around the 6th millennium BCE, and archeological evidence suggests that this technique was used in ancient Egypt...
and Whig Member of Parliament for Southwark
Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)
Southwark was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament from 1295 to 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
from 1695 to 1712. For many years afterwards the MP for Southwark would generally be a brewer.
In 1709 he began to offer German Protestant refugees from the Palatinate ("Palatines") living space in his warehouses. Soon there were nearly fourteen hundred, and the residents of Southwark gave a petition to Parliament to have them removed.
When the Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
returned to the United Kingdom shortly after the death of Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
in 1714, Sir Charles led the procession into London on , earning him a place in a satire by Ned Ward
Ned Ward
Ned Ward , also known as Edward Ward, was a satirical writer and publican in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century based in London, England. His most famous work is The London Spy. Published in 18 monthly instalments starting in November 1698 it was described as a "complete survey" of...
. Not long afterwards a fire in his warehouses lost him thousands of pounds. He was ruined in the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
In 1734 the case of Lady Cox was heard and it was put on record that he had been a bigamist
Bigamy
In cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other...
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