Uvedale Corbett (other)
Uvedale Corbett may refer to: * Uvedale Shobdon Corbett DSO (1909–2005), British soldier, politician and businessman * Uvedale Corbett Junior, Poor Law Inspector *Sir Uvedale Corbet (1668–1701), 3rd of the Corbet baronets * Uvedale Corbett, barrister, son of Archdeacon Joseph Corbett of Longnor, Shropshire and brother of Panton Corbett See also *Corbett (surname) Corbett is an English-language surname. It is derived from the Anglo-Norman French, Middle English, and Old French ''corbet'', which is a diminutive of ''corb'', meaning "raven". The surname probably originated from a nickname referring to someone w ...

Uvedale Shobdon Corbett
Lieutenant-Colonel Uvedale Shobdon Corbett CBE DSO DL (12 September 1909 – 1 September 2005) was a British soldier, politician and businessman. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Ludlow from 1945 to 1951. Corbett was born near Shrewsbury on 12 September 1909 and educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1929. He acquired the nickname 'Streak' at the Equitation School at Weedon. In World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... he was awarded the DSO for his actions during the capture and defence of the Orne Bridgehead during the Normandy campaign in August 1944. After representing Ludlow in Parliament from 1945 to 1951, he went into the poultry industry and co ...
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Uvedale Corbett Junior
Uvedale Corbett Jr. was a Poor Law inspector. In 1855 he was District Auditor to the Llanfyllin Poor Law Union. He had a salary of around £600 a year. Gathorne Hardy appointed him, in 1866, as ‘an inspector of much experience’ with Dr. W. O. Markham, a former editor of the ''British Medical Journal'', to visit the London workhouses with a view to procuring information which might assist him in drafting new legislation for the reform of workhouse infirmaries. He was summoned from Derby at less than a day's notice. The Poor Law Board paid to move him, his family, his furniture and his five servants to his new house in Onslow Square. He explained to Hardy that on an inspection he would "go immediately to the sick wards of the infirmary without forewarning, to ensure that no preparations were made for his arrival. Inspection of the sick wards was the heaviest part of his work and a part he did not wish to hurry. He would question some of the inmates quietly, to gain their co ...
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Corbet Baronets
There have been six baronetcies created for members of the Corbet family, four in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All creations are extinct. The recipients were descendants of the ancient Norman family of Corbet which held substantial estates in Shropshire including Wattlesborough, Caus Castle, Moreton Corbet Castle and Acton Reynald Hall. Corbet baronets, of Sprowston (1623) The Corbet Baronetcy, of Sprowston in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 July 1623 for John Corbet, of Sprowston, grandson of Sir Miles Corbet, Kt, of Moreton Corbet and son of Sir Thomas Corbet, Kt, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612. He sat as Member of Parliament for Norfolk and Yarmouth. He was the elder brother of the regicide Miles Corbet. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1661. * Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet (1591–1628) *Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baron ...
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Panton Corbett
Panton Corbett ( – 22 November 1855) was an English Tory politician from Shropshire. His family was a branch of the Norman Corbet family of Caus. Panton Corbett lived at Longnor Hall in Shropshire and Leighton Hall in Montgomeryshire. He was elected at the 1820 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury, having contested the seat unsuccessfully at a by-election in May 1819. He was re-elected in 1826, but was defeated at the 1830 general election. He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1849. His oldest surviving son Edward Corbett (1817–1895) was MP for South Shropshire South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England. South Shropshire was the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district was 40,410 in 2001 s ... from 1868 to 1877. References External links * 1785 births 1855 deaths Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliame ...
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