Whittington families » Michael Thomas (Jun) BASS (1799-1884)

Personal data Michael Thomas (Jun) BASS 


Household of Michael Thomas (Jun) BASS

He is married to Eliza Jane ARDEN (BASS).

They got married in the year 1835 at Rangemore, Staffordshire, he was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Hamar Alfred BASS  1842-1898 


Notes about Michael Thomas (Jun) BASS

Michael Bass, the grandson of the brewer William Bass, was born on 6th July 1799. After his education at schools in Burton-on-Trent and Nottingham, Michael joined the family firm. The William Bass Brewery had been established in 1777. Initially the company concentrated on exporting its beer to India. The opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal greatly benefited the Burton Breweries and the company expanded rapidly.

In 1831 Bass, as an officer in the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry, assisted in putting down the riots during the campaign for the 1832 Reform Act. However, Bass sympathized with the complaints of working people and over the next few years became a supporter of the reformers.

In 1848 Bass agreed to become the Liberal candidate in a by-election held in Derby. Bass was elected and held the seat for the next thirty-five years. Although Bass rarely spoke in debates in the House of Commons, he worked behind the scenes for legislation that would improve the standard of living of the working classes. This included commissioning the investigation carried out by Leone Levi into wage levels in Britain.

Unlike most Liberal MPs, Bass was a supporter of trade unions. In 1870 he helped finance the formation of the Associated Society of Railway Servants Union. He also provided generous support for the Railways Servants' Orphanage at Derby.

Bass also donated large sums of money to Derby. This included £25,000 to provide a free library, and £12,000 for a large recreation ground and public swimming baths. Another £100,000 was given to the town of Burton.

Bass continued to be involved in running the family brewing business. By 1882 the William Bass Brewery employed over 3,000 people at Burton-on-Trent and had a turnover of £2,400,000. In the 1880s the Bass company did as much business in three days as it did in 12 months in the 1830s.

Michael Bass, who refused offers of a baronetcy and a peerage, died on 29th April 1884.

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Birthday July 6, 1799

  • The temperature on July 6, 1799 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1799: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
    • May 4 » Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.
    • June 18 » Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith.
    • August 23 » Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
    • October 12 » Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
    • November 9 » Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government).

Day of death April 29, 1884

  • The temperature on April 29, 1884 was about 11.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.


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