What is "essex"

Old English East-Seaxe "East Saxons," who had a 7c. kingdom there. See east, Saxon.\n

The Essex was a brand of automobile produced by the Essex Motor Company between 1918 and 1922 and by Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1922 and 1933.

Essex (formerly known as Essex—Windsor) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882 and since 1968.

Essex was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1290 until 1832. It elected two MPs, traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire, to the House of Commons. It was divided into two single member constituencies ( Essex North and Essex South) in the Great Reform Act.

Essex is the name of a county in England, named after the ancient Kingdom of Essex. A number of places and things have been named after it.

Essex is the name of several ships:

• For US Navy ships, see USS Essex.
  • Essex Junior was the British whaler Atlantic that Captain David Porter, of the American frigate Essex, captured off the Galapagos Islands on 29 April 1813, renamed, and used as a tender. The Royal Navy recaptured Essex Junior, and used her as a cartel. The Americans then seized her when she brought her passengers to New York.
• For Royal Navy ships, see
• For East Indiamen, see Essex (East Indiaman)

Four American ships that have worked as whalers (whaling ships) have born the name Essex:

• Essex (1789 whaler), was launched in Hampton, New Hampshire, and made at least two whaling voyages.
• Essex (1799 whaleship), was launched in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and made seven recorded whaling voyages; she is most famous for the last, which ended when a whale rammed and sank her in November 1820.
• Essex (1820 whaler), was launched at Amesbury, Massachusetts, and made some eight recorded whaling voyages before she was condemned at Montevideo in January 1843.
• Essex (1821 whaler), was launched at Saybrook, Connecticut, and made one recorded whaling voyage.

Many merchant vessels have also borne the name:

• Essex (1808 ship), of 302 tons (bm), was built in 1808 in the U.S. She was condemned in the Prize Court on 20 May 1809 for trading with the enemy. Peter Everitt Maestaer then purchased her and retained her name. She was deleted from the register at Cape Town on 12 July 1832 after having been sold for breaking up.
• Essex (1810 ship), of 554 tons (bm) was launched on 13 October 1810 by John Brockbank & Nepwhew, Lancaster, for J. Wildman & Co. She sailed under two letters of marque. The first was issued on 28 October 1811 to Robert Muirhead, master, for the Essex, ship, of 554 tons. It gave her armament as twenty 12-pounder guns. The second was issued on 16 October 1813 to Gabriel Ford, master, for the Essex, ship, of 554 tons. This time her armament was described as twelve 9 and 12-pounder guns.

Essex is the fourth studio album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album (although recorded in Liverpool) is named after the artist's native Essex, England and includes the singles " Falling" (1993), " Whispering Your Name", " Getting into Something" and "Ode to Boy II".

Essex was again a source of controversy for the singer. In order for the album to be released at all, her label (originally CBS/ Columbia – as of 1988 a subsidiary label of Sony Music Entertainment) insisted that certain Essex tracks were to be re-recorded and re-produced, and that there be additional material remixed to create a more 'commercial' package. The acoustic ballad " Whispering Your Name" was for example turned into an upbeat dance single and released as the second single after "Falling" failed to live up to the label's expectations. The re-recording of "Ode To Boy", originally from Yazoo's 1983 album You and Me Both, was later given the dance remix treatment by Junior Vasquez.

Due to prolonged litigation with Sony, this was to be Moyet's last full-length studio album for over eight years.

Essex is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It existed from 1867 to 1874 and was re-created in 1999 from Essex South, Essex—Kent and Windsor—Sandwich.

When the riding was recreated, it included all of Essex County except for Windsor, Old Tecumseh, St. Clair Beach, Leamington and Mersea Township.

In 2007, it lost the parts of Tecumseh that had since been amalgamated ( South Sandwich Township).

Essex is an Anglo-Saxon locational surname, for someone from Essex, England. Notable people with the surname include:

• David Essex (born 1947), English actor, singer-songwriter, and musician
• Frankie Essex, TV personality on reality show The Only Way is Essex
• Joey Essex, TV personality on reality show The Only Way is Essex
• Karen Essex, American novelist, screenwriter, and journalist
• Mark Essex (1949–1973), American spree killer
• Trai Essex (born 1982), American professional football player

Fictional characters:

• Nathaniel Essex, the true identity of Mister Sinister, a Marvel comics villain

Essex is a county in England, immediately north-east of London. It borders the counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, which is the only city in the county. Essex occupies the east of the pre-England Kingdom of Essex. As well as rural areas, the county also includes the Lakeside Shopping Centre, London Stansted Airport and the new towns of Basildon and Harlow.

A number of ships with the name Essex served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:

• Essex (1716 EIC ship) — of 320 tons (bm), launched on the Thames in 1716; made four voyages for the EIC before she was sold.
• Essex (1744 EIC ship) — of 570 tons (bm), launched by Brondson & Wells, Deptford, on 17 April 1744, in November 1780; she made four voyages for the EIC until 17 September 1755 when she was sold at Lloyd's Coffee House to breakers who promptly stripped her and broke her up.
• Essex (1758 ship) — of 632 tons (bm), launched by Graves, Limehouse, on 3 August 1758; made four voyages for the EIC before she was sold for breaking up in 1770.
• Essex (1780 EIC ship) - of 799 tons (bm), launched in October 1780 by Perry, Blackwell; she made five voyages for the EIC and was sold in 1798 to be hulked or broken up. She was present at the battle of Porto Praya and participated in the action of 10 September 1782. John Strover, master, received a letter of marque on 20 November 1793 for the Essex, ship, 793 tons. Her armament was described as consisting of twenty-six 4 and 9-pounder guns.
• Essex (1803 EIC ship) - of 1257 tons (bm), launched on 7 February 1803 by Perry, Blackwell; she made seven voyages for the EIC until on 20 August 1821 her register was cancelled as she had been demolished. She was reputed to have had the greatest spread of sail of any East Indiaman. George Bonham received a letter of marque on 27 May 1803 for the Essex, ship, of 1352 tons (bm). Her armament was described as consisting of twenty-six 18-pounder guns and ten 18-pounder carronades. Her next master, Richard Nisbet, received a letter of marque on 16 November 1813. This time her armament was described as thirty-six 18-pounder guns.