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Sir Charles Yate, 3rd Baronet
Sir Charles Yate, 3rd Baronet ( – ) was an English landowner. Early life Yate was born at Buckland, Berkshire. He was the son of Sir John Yate, 2nd Baronet (d. ) and the former Mary Pakington. His paternal grandparents were Sir Edward Yate, 1st Baronet and the former Katherine Baker (a sister of Baker Baronets of Sissinghurst (1611), Sir Henry Baker, 1st Baronet, daughter of Sir John Baker, and granddaughter of Richard Baker (English politician, died 1594), Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle). His maternal grandparents were Humphrey Pakington of Harvington Hall, Harvington and Abigail ( Sacheverell) Pakington.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 1756. Career Upon the death of his father in , succeeded his father as the 3rd Yate baronets, Baronet Yate, of Buckland. The Buckland, Oxfordshire, Manor of Buckland was held by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Borsseler
Pieter Borsseler or Pieter Borselaer (1633/1634 Middelburg - in or after 1687, Middelburg) was a Dutch people, Dutch portrait painter who was prominent in England during the second half of the 17th century. Borsseler was born in Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg. He was a student of Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert in Antwerp between 1651 and 1654. He eventually returned to Middelburg, but painted between 1665 and 1679 in England. In 1681 he is reported to be in The Hague and from 1684 and 1687 in Middelburg again. Borsseler's earliest known dated work is from 1664, but his signature work was his painting of the antiquarian Sir William Dugdale (1665), which established his distinctive sober and melancholic style. Borsseler also painted the portraits of Dugdale's wife and of Orlando Bridgman that are at Dugdale's seat of Merevale Hall. Several paintings of the Hoby family are at Bisham Abbey, Buckinghamshire, most notably his sensitive picture of the elderly Mrs Peregrine Hoby. Borssel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Suffolk
Duke of Suffolk is a title that has been created three times in the peerage of England. The dukedom was first created for William de la Pole, who had already been elevated to the ranks of earl and marquess, and was a powerful figure under Henry VI. The second creation was for Charles Brandon, a favourite of Henry VIII; his two sons successively inherited the title, but left no more heirs. The third creation of the dukedom of Suffolk was for Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, in 1551. The duke also held the title Baron Ferrers of Groby (1300). These titles became forfeit when the duke was attainted in 1554. Duke of Suffolk, first creation Earl of Suffolk (1385) * Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1330–1389), Lord Chancellor under Richard II, was stripped of his titles by the Merciless Parliament in 1388 * Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1367–1415), son of the 1st Earl, obtained restoration to his father's title in 1398. They were again brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trust Collections
The National Trust () is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter (civil servant), Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the Nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest". It has since been given statutory powers, starting with the National Trust Act 1907. Historically, the Trust acquired land by gift and sometimes by public subscription and appeal, but after World War II the loss of English country house, country houses resulted in many such properties being acquired either by gift from the former owners or through the National Land Fund. One of the largest landowners in the United Kingdom, the Trust owns almost of land and of coast. Its properties include more than 500 historic houses, castles, archaeological and industrial monuments, gardens, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckland House
Buckland House is a large Georgian stately home, the manor house of Buckland in Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire). It is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture erected by John Wood, the Younger for Sir Robert Throckmorton in 1757 to replace a previous manor house. Buckland House has nine bays, the three central ones being narrow on each of its three storeys. Two wings of lower height adjoining connected by narrow galleries. The building overlooks a landscaped park, which includes gardens, a cricket ground and a deer park. Buckland House is a Grade II* listed building. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the most splendid Georgian house in the Country", It is rumoured that a ghost of a white lady haunts the house. The previous manor house, Buckland Manor House, also a Grade II* listed building, was converted into stables in 1797 and is in the park. Owners In the mid-1750s Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet had Buckland House built to replace his previous m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Herbert, 2nd Marquess Of Powis
William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis DL ( – 22 October 1745) was an English peer and Jacobite supporter. Early life Herbert was born in .G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes'', Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 648. He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, by Lady Elizabeth Somerset. Among his siblings were Frances Mackenzie, Countess of Seaforth (wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth), Lady Mary Maxwell (wife of Richard Molyneux, Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu, and Sir George Maxwell of Orchardtoun, 3rd Baronet), Anne Smith, Viscountess Carrington (wife of Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington), Lady Lucy Herbert (who became a canoness regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south, and Worcestershire and the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county to the west. The largest settlement is Nuneaton and the county town is Warwick. The county is largely rural; it has an area of and a population of 571,010. After Nuneaton (88,813), the largest settlements are Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby (78,125), Leamington Spa (50,923), Warwick (36,665), Bedworth (31,090) and Stratford-upon-Avon (30,495). For Local government in England, local government purposes, Warwickshire is a non-metropolitan county with five districts. The county Historic counties of England, historically included the city of Coventry and the area to its west, including Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Coldfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coughton Court
Coughton Court () is an English Tudor country house, situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The house has a long crenellated façade directly facing the main road, at the centre of which is the Tudor Gatehouse, dating from after 1536; this has hexagonal turrets and oriel windows in the English Renaissance style. The Gatehouse is the oldest part of the house and is flanked by later wings, in the Strawberry Hill Gothic style, popularised by Horace Walpole. History The Coughton estate has been owned by the Throckmorton family since 1409. The estate was acquired through marriage to the De Spinney family.Peter Marshall. ''Catholic Gentry in English Society: The Throckmortons of Coughton from Reformation to Emancipation,'' Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Nov 17, 2009''Google eBook''/ref> Coughton was rebuilt by Sir George Throckmorton, the first son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court by Catherine Marrow, daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet (1641–1680), of Coughton Court, Warwickshire and Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, was a member of a prominent English family of Roman Catholic dissenters. Early life Francis was born in 1641, the son of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (d.1650) by his second wife Mary Smyth, daughter of Sir Francis Smyth (d.1629) of Ashby Folville and Queensborough, Leicestershire and Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, by Anne Markham. His uncle was Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington. Career On 16 January 1650, he succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Throckmorton, of Coughton.George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes'' (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, pages 197-198. Personal life He married Anne Monson (d.1728), daughter of John Monson, a Catholic and eldest son of Admiral Sir William Monson (1569–1643) of Kinnersley Manor, Horley, Surrey and Croft and Skegne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet (10 January 1662 – 8 March 1720), was a member of a prominent English family of Roman Catholic dissenters. Early life Throckmorton was born on 10 January 1662 at Moorhall, Warwickshire. He was the eldest son of Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet and the former Anne Monson. Among his siblings were Mary Throckmorton (the wife of Martin Wollascot), Anne Throckmorton (the Abbess of the English Augustinian Convent of Notre Dame de Sion in Paris), and George Throckmorton (a Jansenist dévot who had a religious life). His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet and, his second wife, Mary Smyth (daughter of Sir Francis Smyth of Ashby Folville, Queensborough, Leicestershire and Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire). His grandmother was the sister of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington. His mother was a daughter of John Monson, Esq. of Kinnersley (son of Admiral Sir William Monson and brother to William Monson, 1st Viscount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Sutton Publishing
The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history. It claims to be the United Kingdom's largest independent publisher in this field, publishing approximately 300 books per year and with a backlist of over 12,000 titles. Created in December 2007, The History Press integrated core elements of the NPI Media Group within it, including all existing published titles, plus all the future contracts and publishing rights contained in them. At the time of founding, the imprints included Phillimore, Pitkin Publishing, Spellmount, Stadia, Sutton Publishing, Tempus Publishing and Nonsuch. History The roots of The History Press's publishing heritage can be traced back to 1897 when William Phillimore founded a publishing business which still carries his name, however the company itself evolved from the amalgamation of multiple smaller publishing houses in 2007 that formed part of the NPI Media Group. The lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west; it is sited from Monmouth, from Bristol, and east of the England and Wales border, border with Wales. Gloucester has a population of around 132,000, including suburban areas. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary. Gloucester was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans and became an important city and ''Colonia (Roman), colony'' in AD 97, under Nerva, Emperor Nerva as ''Glevum, Colonia Glevum Nervensis''. It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II of England, Henry II. In 1216, Henry III of England, Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester's significance in the Middle Ages is unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goring Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Goring, both in the Baronetage of England. The second creation came into the family through a special remainder in the patent creating the baronetcy. Only the latter creation is extant as of 2008. The Goring Baronetcy, of Burton in the County of (West) Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 May 1622 for William Goring, subsequently Member of Parliament for Sussex. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1724. The Bowyer, later Goring Baronetcy, of Highden in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 18 May 1678 for Sir James Bowyer, 3rd Baronet, of Leighthorne (see Bowyer baronets), with remainder to Henry Goring and with the precedence of 23 July 1627, the date when the Bowyer Baronetcy of Leighthorne was created. Bowyer had prior to the second creation surrendered the original patent. On Bowyer's death in 1680 the Bowyer Baronetcy became extinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
