Wolseley may refer to:

People

* Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630–1714), English politician *

Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet (20 July 1769 - 3 October 1846) was one of the Wolseley baronets of Staffordshire. Suffrage In 1819 Wolseley was elected as Birmingham's "legislatorial representative" by a large pro-reform rally held there. In 1 ...

(1769–1846), English landowner and political agitator *

Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (15 September 1872 – 24 December 1936) was an English gardening author and instructor. Her Glynde College for Lady Gardeners in East Sussex had the patronage of famous gardening names such as ...

(1872–1936), English gardener * Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899), Irish-born Australian woolgrower and inventor of sheep shearing machinery * Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), Irish-born British field marshal, elder brother of Frederick Wolseley *

George Wolseley Lieutenant-General Sir George Benjamin Wolseley (11 July 1839 – 10 May 1921) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the Indian Army. Military career Wolseley was the third surviving son of Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley, of the 90th Regiment of Foot (Pe ...

(1839–1921), British Indian army officer *

Pat Wolseley Pat Wolseley is a botanist and illustrator, specialising in lichen. Patricia Anne Wolsely studied botany at Somerville College, Oxford and then was employed at the Natural History Museum, London from 1960. She had always made illustrations of ...

, British botanist * Sir Reginald Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1872–1933), emigrated to the US and initially refused the title *

Viscount Wolseley Viscount Wolseley, of Wolseley in the County of Stafford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1885 for the Anglo-Irish military commander Garnet Wolseley, 1st Baron Wolseley. It became extinct upon the death of his dau ...

Wolseley baronets There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Wolseley family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland. As of 2018, the Wolseley Baronetcy of Mount Wolseley is dormant. History The Wolseleys of Stafford ...

Businesses

:all taking their name from Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899) * The Wolseley, a restaurant at 160 Piccadilly, London, in the former showroom of the Wolseley Motors building * The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, a British manufacturer of sheep shearing and other machinery, now Wolseley plc ** Wolseley plc, a UK-based multinational building supplies company, previously The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company *** Wolseley UK, the UK subsidiary of Wolseley plc *

The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It initially made a full range, topped by large luxury cars, and dominated the market in the Ed ...

, automobile manufacturer spun off to

Vickers, Sons & Maxim Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in ...

renamed Wolseley Motors in 1914 ** Wolseley Motors, automobile manufacturer, owned in turn by Vickers, W R Morris, Morris Motors, BMC and British Leyland

Electorates

Wolseley (Manitoba electoral district) Wolseley is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the 1958 provincial election. The riding is located in the centre of the City of Winnipe ...

, provincial electorate in Manitoba * Wolseley (Saskatchewan electoral district), former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan * Qu'Appelle-Wolseley, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan

Settlements

Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155 The Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 5 and Division No. 1. it is located in the southeast portion of the province. ...

, Saskatchewan, Canada * Wolseley, Saskatchewan, a town within the rural municipality * Wolseley, South Australia, a town and former railway junction * Wolseley, Staffordshire, an area within the parish of Colwich, including Wolseley Hall and Wolseley Centre * Wolseley, Western Cape, a town in South Africa * Wolseley, Winnipeg, Canada, a neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Other locations

* Wolseley Battery, a coastal battery in Malta * Wolseley Buttress, a place in Antarctica * Wolseley River, a river in Ontario, Canada * Wolseley Road, a residential street in Sydney, Australia *

Wolseley Hall Wolseley Hall was a stately home near the village of Colwich, in Staffordshire, England. It was demolished in 1966; the former gardens are now a nature reserve of the Wolseley Centre. History The manor house The estate was held by the Wolsel ...

, a demolished stately home in Staffordshire, England, subsequently the location of the Wolseley Centre {{disambiguation, place name, surname Surnames of English_origin