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George Fermor, 5th Earl Of Pomfret
George William Richard Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (3 December 1824 - 8 June 1867) was an English peer. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret, who he succeeded in 1833, inheriting Easton Neston house. He died unmarried on 8 June 1867, cites: ''Gentlemen's Magazine''. 4th ser. iv. 105 when the earldom, barony, and baronetcy became extinct. Easton Neston house passed to his sister's son Sir Thomas Henry Fermor-Hesketh, 6th Baronet, of Rufford in Lancashire, who then made Easton his seat and in 1935 was created Baron Hesketh Baron Hesketh, of Hesketh in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Baronet, who had previously briefly represented Enfield in the House of Co .... References ;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fermor, George Richard William Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret 5 1824 births 1867 deaths ...
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Easton Neston East Side 21 July 1985
Easton may refer to: Places Canada * Easton, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Easton, Bristol * Easton, Cambridgeshire *Easton, Dorset *Great Easton, Essex and Little Easton, Essex *Easton, Hampshire **Crux Easton, Hampshire *Easton, Isle of Wight *Great Easton, Leicestershire *Easton, Lincolnshire *Easton, Norfolk *Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire *Easton Neston, Northamptonshire *Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire * Easton, Somerset, near Wells *Easton in Gordano, Somerset *Easton, Suffolk *Easton Bavents, Suffolk *In the county of Wiltshire: **Easton, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, near Devizes ** Easton, Corsham, Wiltshire ** Easton, Pewsey Vale, a parish ***Easton Royal, village in the parish **Easton Grey, between Malmesbury and Sherston **Easton Town, Wiltshire, near Sherston United States *Easton, California *Easton, Connecticut *Easton, Georgia, a former town located in what is now Atlanta *Easton, Illinois *Easton, Kansas *Easton, Maine *Easton, Maryland *Easton, Massachusett ...
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Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl Of Pomfret
Lieutenant general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret (12 October 1770 – 29 June 1833), styled The Honourable Thomas Fermor until 1830, was an officer in the British Army who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Early life Fermor was the second son of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785), by Miss Anna Maria Drayton of Sunbury, Middlesex. Military career Fermor was appointed to an Ensign (rank), ensigncy in the 3rd Foot Guards. He served in Flanders in 1793, and was present at the Battle of Famars, the Siege of Valenciennes (1793), sieges of Valenciennes and Siege of Dunkirk (1793), Dunkirk, and the battle of Lincelles. In 1794 he was promoted to a lieutenancy. He served in Ireland during the rebellion, and in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, where he took part in the several actions. On 16 March 1800 he was appointed to a company with the rank of lieutenant-colone ...
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Easton Neston House
Easton Neston is a large Listed building, grade I listed English country house, country house in the parish of Easton Neston (parish), Easton Neston near Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It was built by William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster (1648–1711), in the English Baroque, Baroque style to the design of the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. Easton Neston is thought to be the only mansion which was solely the work of Hawksmoor. From about 1700, after the completion of Easton Neston, Hawksmoor worked with Sir John Vanbrugh on many buildings, including Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace, and often provided technical knowledge to the less qualified Vanbrugh. Hawksmoor's work was always more classically severe than Vanbrugh's. However, Easton Neston predates this partnership by some six years. Architect Hawksmoor was commissioned to re-build the old manor house at Easton Neston by Sir William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, William Fermor, later created Baron Leominster, who h ...
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Gentlemen's Magazine
''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1907, ceasing publication altogether in 1922. It was the first to use the term ''magazine'' (from the French ''magazine'', meaning "storehouse") for a periodical. Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with ''The Gentleman's Magazine''. History The original complete title was ''The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer''. Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry. It carried original content from a stable of regular contributors, as well as extensive quotations and extracts from other periodicals and books. Cave, who edited ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' under the pen name "Sylvanus Urban", was the first to use the term ''magazine'' (meaning "storehouse") for a ...
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Baron Hesketh
Baron Hesketh, of Hesketh in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Baronet, who had previously briefly represented Enfield in the House of Commons as a Conservative. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1955. Lord Hesketh held junior ministerial positions in the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. However, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament. The Hesketh baronetcy, of Rufford in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1761 for Thomas Hesketh, with special remainder to his brother Robert, who succeeded him as second Baronet. The latter's great-great-grandson, the fifth Baronet, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Preston. H ...
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Earl Of Pomfret
Earl of Pomfret (alias Pontefract) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1721 for Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster. The title became extinct upon the death of the fifth earl in 1867. Ancestral titles and achievements The Fermor family descended from Richard Fermor (d. 1552), who acquired great wealth as a wool merchant. However, he fell out with Henry VIII after remaining an adherent of Catholicism and had his estates confiscated. Some of the estates, including Easton Neston in South Northamptonshire, were restored after the accession of Edward VI. In 1603, his grandson Sir George Fermor entertained James I and Anne of Denmark at Easton Neston. In 1615, he was confirmed by the Crown following his marriage as lord of the manor of Westoning, Bedfordshire. Sir George's grandson William Fermor was created a Baronet, of Easton Neston in the County of Northampton, in the Baronetage of England in 1641, aged nineteen and succeeded by his son. The latter was ...
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Earls Of Pomfret
Earl of Pomfret (alias Pontefract) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1721 for Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster. The title became extinct upon the death of the fifth earl in 1867. Ancestral titles and achievements The Fermor family descended from Richard Fermor (d. 1552), who acquired great wealth as a wool merchant. However, he fell out with Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII after remaining recusancy, an adherent of Catholicism and had his estates confiscated. Some of the estates, including Easton Neston house, Easton Neston in South Northamptonshire, were restored after the accession of Edward VI of England, Edward VI. In 1603, his grandson Sir George Fermor (died 1612), George Fermor entertained James I of England, James I and Anne of Denmark at Easton Neston. In 1615, he was confirmed by the Crown following his marriage as lord of the manor of Westoning, Bedfordshire. Sir George's grandson William Fermor was create ...
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1824 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – John Stuart Mill begins publication of The Westminster Review. The first article is by William Johnson Fox * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society in London, with only one vote against him. * January 21 – First Anglo-Ashanti War: Battle of Nsamankow – forces of the Ashanti Empire crush British forces in the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast (modern-day History of Ghana, Ghana), killing the British governor Charles MacCarthy (British Army officer), Sir Charles MacCarthy. * January 24 – The first issue of ''The Westminster Review'', the radical quarterly founded by Jeremy Bentham, is published in London. * February 10 – Simón Bolívar is proclaimed dictator of Peru. * February 20 — William Buckland formally announces the name ''Megalosaurus'', the first scientifically validly named non-avian dinosaur species. * February 21 – The Chumash Revolt of 1824 ...
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