Kesteven County Council was the

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irel ...

Parts of Kesteven The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England. This division had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire, Lindsey and Holland. Etymology Th ...

in the east of England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 1974. The county council was based at the County Offices in

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington to the south-west, Holdingham to the n ...

. It was amalgamated with Holland County Council and

Lindsey County Council Lindsey County Council was the county council of Parts of Lindsey in the east of England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 1974. The county council was initially based at the County Hall, Lincoln Castle and then ...

to form the new

Lincolnshire County Council Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire an ...

in 1974.

Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen

Chairmen

* 1889–98:

Sir William Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet (4 January 1829 – 26 November 1898) was a British Conservative Party politician. Career He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham at the 1857 general election, and held the sea ...

* 1898–1921: Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet."Death of Sir John H. Thorold, Bart.", ''Grantham Journal'', 7 October 1922, p. 5 * 1921–34:

Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Baronet, (11 August 1865 – 19 March 1938) was a British civil servant who became a Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1906, and then had a long career in local govern ...

* 1934–54: Sir Robert Pattinson * 1955–62: F. J. Jenkinson * 1962–67:

H. W. N. Fane Captain Henry William Newman Fane, OBE, JP, DL (6 February 1897 – 23 May 1976) was an English local politician who served as Chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Early life and family A member of the Fane fam ...

* 1968–73:

J. H. Lewis John Hedley Lewis (October 1908 – 28 December 1976) was an English landowner, farmer and local politician, who served as Chairman of Kesteven County Council and Lincolnshire County Council. Born in October 1908,''House of Commons 1959'' (London ...

Vice-chairmen

* 1889–98: Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet. * 1898–1904: Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 3rd Baronet."Kesteven County Council", ''Sheffield Independent'', 31 March 1904, p. 8 * 1904–09:

Valentine Stapleton Valentine Stapleton (died 16 July 1911) was an English local politician who served as Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council and Mayor of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Career Stapleton was admitted a solicitor in 1863 and practised in and around th ...

."Kesteven County Council", ''Grantham Journal'', 15 May 1909, p. 6 * 1909–21: Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet. * 1921–34: Robert Pattinson * 1934–37: W. V. R. King-Fane * 1937–40:

J. H. Bowman James Henry Bowman, Order of the British Empire, MBE, Justice of the peace, JP (died 6 November 1940) was a local politician from the English county of Lincolnshire who served as Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council. Life James Henry Bowm ...

* 1940–55: F. J. Jenkinson * 1955–56: John Cracroft-Amcotts * 1957–62: H. W. N. Fane

Coat of arms

Kesteven County Council received a grant of arms in 1950. The

Lincoln green Lincoln Green is a mainly residential area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England around Lincoln Green Road, and is adjacent to and southwest of St James's University Hospital. It falls within the Burmantofts and Richmond Hill ward of the City o ...

shield bears an ermine pale, representing the Roman

Ermine Street Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London (''Londinium'') to Lincoln ('' Lindum Colonia'') and York (''Eboracum''). The Old English name was ''Earninga Strǣt'' (1012), named after a tribe called the ''Earningas ...

which runs the length of the county. This is charged with an oak tree for the ancient forests, among them Kesteven Forest. The crest shows a heron with a pike in its beak. The dexter supporter is a Roman legionary which recalls the Roman settlements of the county. The sinister supporter is a poacher, recalling the song " The Lincolnshire Poacher", an unofficial anthem of Lincolnshire.

References

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