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Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey
Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (7 March 1870 – 22 October 1958), DL (known from 1922 to 1938 as Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet), of Apethorpe Hall in Northamptonshire, was a British Conservative Party politician. Origins He was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry Arthur Brassey (1840–1891), DL, of Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent and of Bath House, Piccadilly, London, a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Sandwich in Kent, the second son of the railway magnate Thomas Brassey (1805–1870) and a younger brother of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918). His mother was Anna Harriet Stevenson (d.1898), a daughter of Major George Robert Stevenson of Tongswood, Hawkhurst, Kent. Career In 1904 he purchased Apethorpe Hall near the City of Peterborough in Northamptonshire, which he made his seat. He was elected to the House of Commons for Northamptonshire North in 1910, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Peterboroug ...
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Escutcheon Of Baron Brassey Of Apethorpe
Escutcheon may refer to: * Escutcheon (heraldry), a shield or shield-shaped emblem, displaying a coat of arms * Escutcheon (furniture), a metal plate that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door * (in medicine) the distribution of pubic hair * (in archaeology) decorated discs supporting the handles on hanging bowls * (in malacology) a depressed area, present in some bivalves behind the beaks The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for pecking, grasping, and holding (in probing for food, eating, manipulating and ca ...
in the dorsal line (about and behind the ligament, if external), in one or both valves, generally set off from the rest of the shell by a change in sculpture or colour. {{Disambiguation ...
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Northamptonshire North (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This constituency included the majority of the Soke of Peterborough (also known as the 'Liberty of Peterborough'), with the exception of the actual city of Peterborough itself, which was a borough constituency that returned its own MP. Boundaries 1832–1885: The Liberty of Peterborough, and the Hundreds of Willybrook, Polebrook, Huxloe, Navisford, Corby, Higham Ferrers, Rothwell, Hamfordshoe and Orlingbury. 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Oundle and Thrapstone, part of the Sessional Division of Kettering ''(with the exceptions below)'', the Liberty of the Soke of Peterborough, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Stamford in the county of Northamptonshire. ''(The part of the Sessional Division of Kettering included in North Northamptonshire excluded the parishes of Broughton, Cransley, Kettering and Pytchley, which wer ...
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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke Of Richmond
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Gordon (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928), styled Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March between 1860 and 1903, was a British politician and peer. Early life Styled Lord Settrington from birth, he was born at Portland Place, London, on 27 December 1845. He was the eldest son of Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Frances Harriett Greville (1824–1887). His elder sister, Lady Caroline Gordon-Lennox, who never married, acted as chatelaine of Goodwood after their mother's death in 1887. His younger siblings were Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox (who married Blanche Maynard and was the father of Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland), Capt. Lord Francis Gordon-Lennox (who died unmarried), Lady Florence Gordon-Lennox (who died unmarried), and Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox (who married Alice Ogilvie-Grant). His paternal grandparents were Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and Lad ...
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Baron Brassey
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Southern Italy. It later spread to Scandinavian and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '':wikt:baron, baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , ...
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Earl Brassey
Earl Brassey was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Liberal politician and former Governor of Victoria, Australia, Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, eldest son of the railway magnate Thomas Brassey (1805-1870). He had already been created Baron Brassey, of Bulkeley in the County Palatine of Chester, in 1886, and was made Viscount Hythe, of Hythe in the County of Kent, at the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles became extinct upon the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1919. Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe was the nephew of the first Earl. Earl Brassey (1911) *Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918) * Thomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey (1863–1919) Title succession chart See also * Baron Brassey of Apethorpe References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brassey Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Earl Earl () is a ra ...
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Baron Brassey Of Apethorpe
Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, of Apethorpe in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1938 for Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Northamptonshire Northern and Peterborough in the House of Commons as a Conservative. He had already been created a Baronet, of Apethorpe in the County of Northampton, in 1922. Brassey was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry Brassey, third son of Thomas Brassey, and the nephew of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, and Albert Brassey. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2015. The family seat is The Manor House, Apethorpe, Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ... Baron Brassey of A ...
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Baronet
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th century; however, in its current usage it was created by James VI and I, James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. Baronets rank below barons, but seemingly above all grand cross, knights grand cross, knight commander, knights commander and knight bachelor, knights bachelor of the British order of chivalry, chivalric orders, that are in turn below in chivalric United Kingdom order of precedence, precedence than the most senior British chivalric orders of the order of the Garter, Garter and the order of the Thistle, Thistle. Like all British knights, baronets are addressed as "Sir" and baronetesses as "Dame". They are conventionally seen to belong to the lesser nobility, although William Thoms in 1844 wrote tha ...
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High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March. Sheriffs Before the 13th century *c. 1070 – c. 1090 William of Keynes (or Cahaignes) "English Historical Review" *c. 1086 Hugh fitzBaldric *c. 1125 – 1128: Hugh de Warelville *1129: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere II *1154: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere II *1155–1156: Simon Fitz Peter *1161–1162: Hugh Gobion *1163: Simon Fitz Peter and Hugh Gobion *1164–1168: Simon Fitz Peter *1169–1173: Robert, son of Gawini *1174–1176: Hugo de Gundevill *1177–1182: Thomas, son of Bernard *1183: Thomas and Radulph Morin *1184–1186: Geoffrey Fitz Peter ...
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West Kent Yeomanry
The Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry was a British Army regiment formed in 1794. It served in the Second Boer War and the World War I, First World War. It amalgamated with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry, Royal East Kent (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Yeomanry (Mounted Rifles) to form the Kent Yeomanry in 1920. History Formation and early history Under threat of invasion by the French Revolutionary government from 1793, and with insufficient military forces to repulse such an attack, the British government under William Pitt the Younger decided in 1794 to increase the Militia#United Kingdom, Militia and to form corps of volunteers for the defence of the country. The mounted arm of the volunteers became known as the "Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry". In 1827 the government disbanded the Yeomanry Regiments in those districts where they had not been mobilised in the previous 10 years. The Kent Regiment was stood down and their equipment returned to the regular army. In 1830 the West Kent ...
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Northamptonshire Yeomanry
The Northamptonshire Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1794 as volunteer cavalry. It served in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War before being reduced to squadron level in 1956. It ceased to have a separate existence in 1971. History Formation and early history In 1793, the prime minister, William Pitt the Younger, proposed that the English Counties form a force of Volunteer Yeoman Cavalry that could be called on by the king to defend the country against invasion or by the Lord Lieutenant to subdue any civil disorder within the country. The regiment was originally formed at Althorp, with George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer becoming Colonel of the Regiment, as the Northamptonshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1794, but it was disbanded in 1828. It was raised again as independent troops in 1830 but disbanded again in 1873. Second Boer War A Northamptonshire Imperial Yeomanry regiment was formed during the Second Boer War. The regimen ...
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