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Stockdale Baronets
The Stockdale Baronetcy, of Hoddington in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created by the Queen on 5 December 1960 for Edmund Stockdale, Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ... from 1959 to 1960. The title was for him and "the heirs made of his body lawfully begotten." the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded in that year. Stockdale baronets, of Hoddington (1960) * Sir Edmund Villiers Minshull Stockdale, 1st Baronet (1903–1989) * Sir Thomas Minshull Stockdale, 2nd Baronet (1940–2021) married (1965) Jacqueline Ha Van Vuong: their daughter is the fashion writer and stylist Charlotte Stockdale. *Sir John Minshull Stockdale, 3rd Baronet (born 1967) The heir apparent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoddington
Upton Grey is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. History Roman times The village is on the line of an ancient Roman road, the Chichester to Silchester Way. Norman times The Grey derives from the years when the village was owned by the de Grey family and was used to differentiate the village from the many other Uptons. Elizabethan times The Manor House dates from Elizabethan times when the Matthew family lived there. The famous Elizabethan poet, George Puttenham, lived at Herriard House but also had a farm at Upton Grey. It was there that- at least according to his wife in their divorce proceedings- he kept his seventeen-year-old sex slave whom he had kidnapped in London. Eventually she was released when Puttenham's long suffering wife discovered her existence. Buildings Manor House Charles Holme purchased several houses and a great deal of the surrounding land in Upton Grey. The Old Manor House, which he rented to tenants for the rest of his life, was in fragile c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Southampton
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan 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 and part of the 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 chief town was Venta Belgarum (now Winchester). The county was recorded in Domesday Book as divided into 44 hundreds. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime, and was head of state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female monarch in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Mayor Of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style ''The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London''. One of the world's oldest continuously elected civic offices, it is entirely separate from the directly elected mayor of London, a political office controlling a budget which covers the much larger area of Greater London. The Corporation of London changed its name to the City of London Corporation in 2006, and accordingly the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was introduced, so as to avoid confusion with the mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title remains ''Lord Mayor of London''. The Lord Mayor is elected at ''Common Hall'' each year on Michaelmas, and takes office on the Friday before the second Saturday i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Stockdale
Sir Edmund Villiers Minshull Stockdale, 1st Baronet (16 April 190324 March 1989) was an English banker who served as the 632nd Lord Mayor of London from 1959 to 1960. Life Edmund Stockdale was born on 16 April 1903, the son of Major Henry Stockdale and Florence (née Villiers). Stockdale was raised at Mears Ashby Hall which had been in the possession of the family since the mid 1600s. He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire. Edmund Stockdale married the Hon. Louise Fermor-Hesketh daughter of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Baron Hesketh in 1937. Stockdale began his career with the Bank of England in 1921, serving as deputy principal of the bank in 1948. In 1948, Stockdale held the office of Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ... for the Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Minshull Stockdale
Sir Thomas Minshull Stockdale, 2nd Baronet (7 January 1940 – 28 October 2021) was an English barrister and landowner. Life Sir Thomas was born on 7 January 1940 the son of Sir Edmund Stockdale and Lady Louise Stockdale (née Fermor-Hesketh). His family had been seated at Mears Ashby Hall since the 1600s and can trace their ancestry back to Edward II of England. Sir Thomas Stockdale was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton College in Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ... before graduating with an M.A. from Worcester College, University of Oxford. In 1966, he was admitted to Inner Temple and began practice as a barrister. Sir Thomas Minshull Stockdale married artist Jacqueline Ha-Van-Vuong on 5 June 1965, they had issue: * John Stockdale (b. 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
