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Golding Baronets
The Golding Baronetcy, of Colston Bassett in the County of Nottingham, was a British nobility, title in the List of extant baronetcies, Baronetage of England. It was created on 27 September 1642 for Edward Golding. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1715. Golding baronets, of Colston Bassett (1642) *Sir Edward Golding, 1st Baronet (died ) *Sir Charles Golding, 2nd Baronet (c. 1624 – 1661) *Sir Edward Golding, 3rd Baronet (died 1715) References Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England {{Baronet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colston Bassett
Colston Bassett is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, in the Rushcliffe district of south-east Nottinghamshire, close to its border with Leicestershire. It lies by the River Smite. The population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall, increased to 399 at the 2011 Census. Place name and history The name, first recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Coletone'', is from the Old Norse personal name ''Kolr'' (genitive ''Kols''), and the Old English ''tūn'' "farm or village", and so means "Kolr's farm or village". Alternatively, it has been suggested that it derives from Cole meaning "coal" or "stone". The suffix Bassett is from the holder of the estate in the 12th century, Ralph Bassett, a judge appointed by Henry I. The history of the village is recorded in some detail in the publication ''A History of Colston Bassett'' by Rev. Evelyn Young, edited for the Thoroton Society in 1942 by Thomas M. Blagg. The First World War cost the village at least 14 lives, listed on the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Nottingham
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is based at County Hall, Nottinghamshire, County Hall in West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe, at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent. The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Ashfield, Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw, Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe, Borough of Gedling, Gedling, Mansfield (district), Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe. The City of Nottingham was administratively part of Nottinghamshire between 1974 and 1998, but is now a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, remaining part of Nottinghamshire for ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial purposes. The county saw a minor change in its coverage as Finningley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Nobility
The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry. The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although now they retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right to an audience (a private meeting) with the monarch. More than a third of British land is in the hands of aristocrats and traditional landed gentry. British nobility The British nobility in the narrow sense consists of members of the immediate families of peers who bear courtesy titles or honorifics. Members of the peerage carry the titles of duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron. British peers are sometimes referred to generically as lords, although individual dukes are not so styled when addressed or by reference. A Scottish feudal barony is an official title of nobility in the United Kingdom (but not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Extant Baronetcies
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
