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Ouseley Baronets
The Ouseley Baronetcy, of Claremont in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 October 1808 for the entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat, Gore Ouseley. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a composer, organist, and musicologist. The title became extinct on his death in 1889. The first Baronet was the brother of Sir William Ouseley and the uncle of Sir William Gore Ouseley. Ouseley baronets, of Claremont (1808) *Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet Royal Guelphic Order, GCH, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (24 June 1770 – 18 November 1844), was a British entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat. He was born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfiel ... (1770–1844) * Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet (1825–1889). He died unmarried. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ouseley Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ...
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Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
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) James I of England, 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 Pound sterling, £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 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ...
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Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet
Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet Royal Guelphic Order, GCH, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (24 June 1770 – 18 November 1844), was a British entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat. He was born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire in 1844. He negotiated Treaty of Gulistan, an important treaty between Russia and Persia in 1813 which redrew their common borders. Early life Sir Gore Ouseley was born in Limerick in Ireland to Ralph Ouseley (1739), Ralph and Elizabeth (born Holland) Ouseley. Gore's father's family was originally from Shropshire. Gore and his brother were tutored at home in the company of brother, William Ouseley, William and his cousin, Gideon Ouseley. All three had notable careers. India Whilst serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow he became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II, Saadat Ali Khan
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William Ouseley
Sir William Ouseley HFRSE FSAScot (1767September, 1842), was a British orientalist. Early life Ouseley was born in Monmouthshire, the eldest son of Captain Ralph Ouseley and his wife Elizabeth (born Holland). He was tutored at home in the company of his brother, Gore and his cousin, Gideon Ouseley. All three had notable careers.R. W. Ferrier, "Ouseley, Sir Gore, first baronet (1770–1844)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200accessed 10 Nov 2011/ref> In 1787 he went to Paris to learn French, and there laid the foundation of his interest in Persian literature. In 1788 he became a cornet, a junior cavalry officer, in the 8th regiment of dragoons. At the end of 1794 he sold his commission and went to Leiden to study Persian. Marriage and family life In 1798 he was in Crickhowell where he eventually would publish his ''Travels'' and have them locally printed. He had married Julia Frances Irving in 1796 and had a large ...
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William Gore Ouseley
Sir William Gore Ouseley (26 July 1797 – 6 March 1866) was a British diplomat who served in various roles in Washington, D.C., Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. His main achievement were negotiations concerning ownership of Britain's interests in what is now Honduras and Nicaragua. Career Ouseley was born in London to the orientalist Sir William Ouseley and his wife, Julia. He was attaché in Washington D.C. from 1825 to 1832, when he had his first book published.Historical Autographs
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Sir Frederick Ouseley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet (12 August 18256 April 1889) was an English composer, organist, musicologist and priest. Biography Frederick Ouseley was born in London, the son of Sir Gore Ouseley, and manifested an extraordinary precocity in music, composing an opera (''L'Isola disabitata'') at the age of eight years. In 1844, having succeeded to the baronetcy, he entered at Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated BA in 1846 and MA in 1849. He was ordained in the latter year, and, as curate of St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, served the parish of St. Barnabas, Pimlico until 1851. Throughout his life, Ouseley experienced a social conflict between his aristocratic heritage and his interest in the performance of Anglican church music, an activity which was seen as beneath someone of his stature. In 1850 he took the degree of Mus.B. at the University of Oxford, and four years afterwards that of Mus.D., his exercise being the oratorio ''The Martyrdom of St Polycarp''. ...
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Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); the remaining three are in the Republic of Ireland. It is the second-largest (after Munster) and second-most populous (after Leinster) of Ireland's four traditional provinces, with Belfast being its biggest city. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestants, making up almost half of its population. English is the main language and Ulster English the main dialect. A minority also speak Irish, and there are Gaeltachtaí (Irish-speaking regions) in southern County Londonderry, the Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast, and in County Donegal; collectively, these three regions are home to a quarter of the total Gaeltacht population of Ireland. Ulster-Scots is also spoken. Lough Neagh, in the east, is the largest lake i ...
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Harland Baronets Of Sutton Hall (1808)
The Harland Baronetcy, of Sutton Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 October 1808 for Charles Harland. Born Charles Hoar, he had married Anne Harland, only daughter and heiress of Philip Harland, of Sutton Hall, Yorkshire, in 1802, and had assumed the same year the surname of Harland in lieu of his patronymic. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1810. Harland baronets, of Sutton Hall (1808) *Sir Charles Harland, 1st Baronet (died 1810) Extended family William Charles Harland, Member of Parliament for City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency), Durham, was the nephew of Philip Harland. Notes

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Hood Baronets Of Tidlake (1809)
The Hood baronetcy, of Tidlake in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 April 1809 for Admiral Samuel Hood (1762–1814). He was a younger son of Samuel Hood (1715–1805) of Kingsland in the parish of Netherbury, Dorset, a purser in the Royal Navy and first cousin of the 1st Viscount Hood and the 1st Viscount Bridport. The baronetcy was created with remainder to his nephew Alexander Hood (1793–1851) of Wootton House, Butleigh, Somerset, and the heirs male of his body. Family background The 1st Baronet was the grandson of Alexander Hood (c.1675–1756) of Mosterton in Dorset (uncle of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood and Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport) by his wife, Ann Way. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the 2nd Baronet, who represented Somerset West in the House of Commons. His son, the 3rd Baronet, in 1849 married Isabel Harriet Fuller-Palmer-Acland, daughter and heiress of Sir Peregrine Fulle ...
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