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Cuthbert Kenworthy, 9th Baron Strabolgi
Cuthbert Matthias Kenworthy (24 February 1853 - 12 February 1934) was the 9th Baron Strabolgi, in the English peerage. His parents were Joseph Kenworthy and Harriet Elizabeth Leatham. He was educated at Rossall School in Lancashire, and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge. On 15 August 1884 Kenworthy married Elizabeth Florence of Sacramento, California. In January 1913 she was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses. In 1909, Kenworthy, along with Alexander Leith and R.G. Alexander, petitioned for the recreation of three baronies that had gone extinct: the baronies of Cobham, Strabolgi, and Burgh. In 1914 the House of Lords granted Kenworthy's petition, and he became the 9th Baron Strabolgi. He died on 12 February 1934, and his son Joseph Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossall School
Rossall School is a private Day school, day and boarding school, boarding school in the United Kingdom for 0–18 year olds, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey, St Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year. Its establishment was "to provide, at a moderate cost, for the sons of Clergymen and others, a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class, and to do all things necessary, incidental, or conducive to the attainment of the above objects."''The Rossall Register 1844–1894'' – Anguline Research Archives – p.44 Along with Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Lancing College, Lancing and Marlborough College, Marlborough, Rossall was part of a flurry of expansion in Public school (United Kingdom), public school education during the early Victorian period. Set in a estate next to Rossall Beach, and now with about 900 students, Rossall is a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |