Wolseley may refer to:

People

Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – 9 October 1714), of Wolseley in Staffordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He held high office during the Commonwealth. ...

(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 (1872–1936), English gardener *

Frederick Wolseley Frederick York Wolseley (16 March 1837 – 8 January 1899) was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery after extensive experimentation. It revolut ...

(1837–1899), Irish-born Australian woolgrower and inventor of sheep shearing machinery *

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, (4 June 183325 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, We ...

(1833–1913), Irish-born British field marshal, elder brother of Frederick Wolseley * George Wolseley (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 o ...

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

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 Staff ...

Businesses

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(1837–1899) *

The Wolseley The Wolseley is a restaurant located at 160 Piccadilly in London, England, next to the Ritz Hotel. Designed by the architect William Curtis Green, the Grade II* listed building was erected by Wolseley Motors in 1921 as their regional offices wit ...

, a restaurant at 160 Piccadilly, London, in the former showroom of the Wolseley Motors building *

The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited was a London-incorporated public listed company created to capitalize on a sheep-shearing machinery business established by Frederick Wolseley in Australia which was managed by Herbert Austin ...

, a British manufacturer of sheep shearing and other machinery, now Wolseley plc **

Wolseley plc Ferguson plc (formerly Wolseley plc) is a British-American multinational plumbing and heating products distributor with its head office in Wokingham, England. Its brands include Ferguson Enterprises (in the United States). Wolseley plc changed ...

, a UK-based multinational building supplies company, previously The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company ***

Wolseley UK Wolseley UK is a supplier of building materials, with trade customers (plumbers and builders) accounting for the largest proportion of its sales. It has retail showrooms around the United Kingdom which are open to the general public. History T ...

, the UK subsidiary of Wolseley plc * The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, automobile manufacturer spun off to Vickers, Sons & Maxim renamed Wolseley Motors in 1914 **

Wolseley Motors 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 E ...

, 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) Wolseley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Centred on the town of Wolseley, it was one of 25 constituencies created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. Creat ...

, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan *Qu'Appelle-Wolseley, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan

Settlements

*Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155, 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, a demolished stately home in Staffordshire, England, subsequently the location of the Wolseley Centre {{disambiguation, place name, surname Surnames of English_origin