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Minstead Lodge, Hampshire
Minstead Lodge in Hampshire is a building of historical significance built in about 1830 and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. Today it is owned by the Minstead Trust. Residents Lieutenant Colonel Edward Pery Buckley (1760-1840) built Minstead Lodge in about 1830. In 1782 he married Lady Georgina West (1766-1832) who was the daughter of John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr. When Edward died in 1840, his eldest son, Edward Pery Buckley, who sold the Lodge in 1852 to William Robert Preston, a landowner and partner in the engineering firm Fawcett, Preston and Co in Liverpool. By the late 1880s the Preston family rented the house to wealthy tenants, the first being Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford. For a few years William Deane Preston, the eldest son of Major William Berthon Preston lived at the house and then it was sold to Jane Hart Matthews Duncan, widow of physician James Matthews Duncan. She lived at the Lodge until her death in 1915. The next residents w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minstead Lodge 2
Minstead is a small village and civil parish in the New Forest, Hampshire, about north of Lyndhurst. There is a shop and a pub, the ''Trusty Servant''. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's grave is under a large tree at the back of the 13th century All Saints' church. Overview Minstead is a small village and civil parish in the New Forest. The majority of the parish area is a complex of woodland, heathland, acid grassland, scrub and valley bog, supporting a great richness and diversity of wildlife. One mile north of the village at Lower Canterton lies the Rufus Stone, said to mark the place where in 1100 King William II ("William Rufus") was killed by an arrow whilst out hunting. Nearby Furzey Gardens contain of landscaped gardens containing many interesting and rare plants. There is also a gallery, open to the public from March to October, as well as a tree house and play area for children. History People have lived in the area of Minstead since prehistoric times. Paleolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire is the 9th-most populous county in England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, located in the north of the county. The county is bordered by Dorset to the south-west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the south east. The county is geographically diverse, with upland rising to and mostly south-flowing rivers. There are areas of downland and marsh, and two national parks: the New Forest National Park, New Forest and part of the South Downs National Park, South Downs, which together cover 45 per cent of Hampshire. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The statutory term in Ireland is "Record of Protected Structures, protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Georgina Buckley
The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Informal use is sometimes euphemistic ("lady of the night" for prostitute) or, in American slang, condescending in direct address (equivalent to "mister" or "man"). "Lady" is also a formal title in the United Kingdom. "Lady" is used before the family name of a woman with a title of nobility or honorary title '' suo jure'' (in her own right), or the wife of a lord, a baronet, Scottish feudal baron, laird, or a knight, and also before the first name of the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl. Etymology The word comes from Old English '; the first part of the word is a mutated form of ', "loaf, bread", also seen in the corresponding ', "lord". The second part is usually taken to be from the root ''dig-'', "to knead", seen also in d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr
John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr (9 May 1729 – 22 November 1777) was a British peer, politician and army officer. Early life Born The Honourable John West, he was the son of John West, 7th Baron De La Warr and his first wife, the former Lady Charlotte McCarthy (1700–1734/5). His younger brother was George Augustus West (who married Lady Mary Grey, eldest daughter of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford and Lady Mary Booth, only daughter of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington). His two sisters were Lady Henrietta Cecilia West (the wife of Gen. James Johnston) and Lady Diana West (the wife of Lt.-Gen. Sir James John Clavering). After the death of his mother, his father remarried to Anne Neville, Lady Bergavenny (widow of George Neville, 1st Baron Bergavenny), daughter of sea captain Nehemiah Walker, in June 1744. His father was the only son of John West, 6th Baron De La Warr and the former Margaret Freeman (the daughter and heiress of John Freeman of London). His mother was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Pery Buckley
Edward Pery Buckley (7 November 1796 – 28 May 1873) was a British Liberal and Whig politician. Buckley was the son of his namesake, Edward Pery Buckley, and Lady Georgiana West. He married Lady Catherine Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Lady Catherine Pelham-Clinton, in 1828, and together they had six children: Frances Gertrude (died 1921); Alfred (1829–1900); Edward William (1829–1840); Duncombe Frederick (1831–1855); Felix John (1834–1911); and Victor (1838–1882). He was first elected Whig MP for Salisbury at a by-election in 1853—caused by the death of Charles Baring Wall Charles Baring Wall (1795 – 14 October 1853) was at various times the Member of Parliament for Guildford, Wareham, Weymouth and Salisbury. Wall was initially a Conservative but shifted to the Whigs as an MP for Guildford. He then belonged to t ...–and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until the 1865 general election, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl Of Gosford
Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford, (19 August 1841 – 11 April 1922) was a British peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he was born at Worlingham Hall, Suffolk, in 1841, and educated at Harrow School; and succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864. He was Lord of the Bedchamber to Edward VII, Prince of Wales between 1886 and 1901, and bore the Queen consort's Ivory rod At Edward VII's King's coronation. He became vice-admiral of Ulster, also received the Order of the Dannebrog, and the Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire). Since there are two United Kingdom peerages (e.g. Baron Worlingham) subsumed in that Irish Earldom, he was entitled to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was Lord Lieutenant of Armagh from 1883 to 1920, and served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household of Queen Alexandra from 1901. He was Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers from 1899, and Vice-Admiral of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Matthews Duncan
Dr James Matthews Duncan FRS FRSE FRCP FRCPE LLD (April 1826 – 1 September 1890) was a Scottish physician, known as a practitioner of and author on obstetrics. Life The fifth child of William Duncan, a merchant, and his wife Isabella Matthews, he was born on 29 April 1826 in Aberdeen. After education at Aberdeen grammar school, he entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, studying Medicine and graduated M.A. in April 1843. He continued study at Edinburgh University in 1845, and, returning to Aberdeen, graduated M.D. in 1846, before he was 21. Duncan spent the winter of 1846–7 in Paris, attending the lectures of Gabriel Andral, Jean Cruveilhier, Mathieu Orfila, and Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau. He returned in April 1847, and shortly became the assistant in Edinburgh of James Young Simpson. He assisted Simpson in his experiments in anaesthetics, and on 4 November 1847 experimentally inhaled chloroform to the point of insensibility. At the end of 1849, after some months of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carnegie, 10th Earl Of Northesk
David John Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk (1865 – 5 December 1921), a Scottish representative peer Early life Carnegie was born on 1 December 1865. He was the eldest son of Lt.-Col. George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot. His elder sister, Helen Alice Carnegie, married barrister Sir Francis Lacey, and his younger brothers were Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas George Carnegie, MP, and Lt. Ian Ludovic Andrew Carnegie. Career Lord Northesk served as aide-de-camp to the Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1895. He also served as a Conservative Representative Peer for Scotland from 5 October 1900 until his death on 5 December 1921. Personal life He married Elizabeth Boyle Hallowes, eldest daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Skene Hallowes, on 3 February 1894 and had two children: * David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk (1901–1963), who married Jessica Ruth ( Brown) Reinhard, a former Ziegfeld Follies d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carnegie, 11th Earl Of Northesk
David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk (24 September 1901 – 7 November 1963) was elected a Scottish representative peer. He was also a skeleton competitor who won a bronze medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics. Early life Carnegie was born at 6 Hans Crescent, London SW1 on 24 September 1901. He was the only son of David Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Boyle Hallowes. His sister, Lady Katherine Jane Elizabeth Carnegie, was married to Lt.-Col. William Bridgeman Lambert Manley and, after their divorce, Brig. Edward Leathley Armitage. His paternal grandparents were George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and, his cousin, Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot (eldest daughter of his Adm. Sir George Elliot). His mother was the eldest daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Skene Hallowes. He was educated at St. Aubyns Preparatory School, Rottingdean and Gresham's School, Holt Career He succeeded his father as 11th earl on 5 December 1921. From 1921 to 1923 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulva
Ulva (; gd, Ulbha) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, off the west coast of Mull. It is separated from Mull by a narrow strait, and connected to the neighbouring island of Gometra by a bridge. Much of the island is formed from Cenozoic basalt rocks, which are formed into columns in places. Ulva has been populated since the Mesolithic and there are various Neolithic remains on the island. The Norse occupation of the island in the Early Middle Ages has left few tangible artefacts but did bequeath the island its name, which is probably from ''Ulvoy'', meaning "wolf island". Celtic culture was a major influence during both Pictish and Dalriadan times as well as the post-Norse period when the islands became part of modern Scotland. This long period, when Gaelic became the dominant language, was ended by the 19th-century Clearances. At its height, Ulva had a population of over 800, but by May 2019, this had declined to 5; some increase in the number of residents wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
