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. Lif ...

(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 (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 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 Sir Reginald Beatty Wolseley, 10th Baronet (31 January 1872 – 10 July 1933), known as Dick Wolseley, was an Anglo-Irish Baronet of Mount Wolseley in County Carlow, Ireland. He left Britain as a young man, became an elevator operator at a hotel ...

(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 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, 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 Winnipeg ...

, provincial electorate in Manitoba * Wolseley (Saskatchewan electoral district), former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan *

Qu'Appelle-Wolseley Qu'Appelle-Wolseley is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 by combining the constituencies ...

, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan

Settlements

* Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155, Saskatchewan, Canada *

Wolseley, Saskatchewan Wolseley ( Canada 2011 Census population 864) is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 100 km east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway. History Wolseley's Provincial Court House building was constructed in 1893, and is ...

, a town within the rural municipality *

Wolseley, South Australia Wolseley (formerly Tatiara) is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border. It is five kilometres south of the Dukes Highway and 13 kilometres east of Bordertown. It was first proclaimed a town in 1884. The 2016 Australian cens ...

, a town and former railway junction *

Wolseley, Staffordshire Colwich is a civil parish and village in Staffordshire, England. It is situated off the A51 road, about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Rugeley and 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Stafford. It lies principally on the north-east bank of the R ...

, an area within the parish of Colwich, including Wolseley Hall and Wolseley Centre * Wolseley, Western Cape, a town in South Africa *

Wolseley, Winnipeg Wolseley is a neighbourhood located within the West End of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is named for field marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley, a British Army officer who came to Manitoba in 1870 to suppress the Red River Rebellion. History The area that is ...

, Canada, a neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Other locations

Wolseley Battery Wolseley Battery ( mt, Batterija ta' Wolseley) is an artillery battery in Delimara, Marsaxlokk, Malta. It was built by the British between 1897 and 1899, and is located close to Fort Tas-Silġ. Today, the battery still exists, but it is not acces ...

, a coastal battery in Malta *

Wolseley Buttress Wolseley Buttress () is a high buttress on the southern edge of Detroit Plateau, forming the west side of Albone Glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960– ...

, a place in Antarctica *

Wolseley River The Wolseley River is a river in Sudbury District and Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic Servos Township in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, passes through the mun ...

, a river in Ontario, Canada *

Wolseley Road Wolseley Road is a road in the Sydney suburb of Point Piper. It is one kilometre long. It starts at New South Head Road and curves around the west side of Point Piper, terminating in a dead end above Lady Martins Beach. Description As at 2002 ...

, 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