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Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet
Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet (26 May 1782 – 23 December 1874), also known as Sir George Cholmley was an English Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament and lawyer. He took the name Cholmley to succeed to the Cholmley estates in 1865. Life Strickland was the second son of Sir William Strickland, 6th Baronet, of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Boynton in Yorkshire, but his older brother died before him and he inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1834. Strickland inherited Boynton Hall and was Lord of the Manor of Wintringham. Strickland began his career in the law, being called to the Bar in 1810, and practised as a barrister on the Northern Circuit. However, he took an interest in politics, supporting the British Whig Party, Whigs and being an ardent supporter of Parliamentary reform and an early advocate of the secret ballot. In 1830, at the height of the agitation over the Great Reform Act, Great Reform Bill, he stood for Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Strickland (1782–1874)
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain Order of chivalry, orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 United Kingdom General Election
The 1841 United Kingdom general election was held between 29 June and 22 July 1841. Following increasing government defeats, the Conservatives under Sir Robert Peel won a decisive victory against the governing Whigs. The Conservatives campaigned mainly on an 11-point programme modified from their previous electoral effort and designed by Peel, whilst the Whigs emphasised reforming the import duties on corn, replacing the existing sliding scale with a uniform rate. The Whig position lost them support amongst protectionists, and the Whigs saw heavy losses in constituencies like the West Riding, where aristocratic Whig families who held a strong tradition of unbroken representation in Parliament were rejected by the electorate. O'Connell, who had been governing with the Whigs through a compact, felt the government's unpopularity rub off on him. His own party was shattered in the election. Barely a dozen Repealers retained their seats, and O'Connell himself lost in Dublin whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassand
Wassand is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea and to the south of the A1035 road (formerly B1244). It forms part of the civil parish of Seaton. Wassand Hall is a large Regency house overlooking Hornsea Mere. The hall was designated a Grade II* listed building in March 1952 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot .... Wassand was served from 1865 to 1953 by Wassand railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway. References * External links * Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness {{EastRiding-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Strickland, 8th Baronet
Sir Charles William Strickland, 8th Baronet (6 February 1819 – 31 December 1909) was an English barrister and a rower who was in the winning crew in the first Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. He was President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Strickland was born and died at Hildenley Hall, near Malton, Yorkshire. He was the eldest son of Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet, of Boynton. He was educated at Rugby School where he is supposed to have been the original of the character 'Martin' in Tom Brown's Schooldays. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge on 6 March 1837 and was also admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 11 March 1841. Strickland married Georgina Selina Septima Milner, daughter of Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, Bt on 19 September 1850 and they had a son Walter. He married secondly on 22 May 1866, Anne Elizabeth Nevile, daughter of Rev. Christopher Nevile, of Thorney, Nottinghamshire. They had a son Henry and a daughter. He had two brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Elmsall
North Elmsall ( ) is a village in the civil parish of Upton and North Elmsall, in the City of Wakefield district in West Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 4,093 in 2001 and 3,873 in 2011. Until 1974 it was part of Hemsworth Rural District. The parish is seven miles from Pontefract, nine miles from Barnsley and Doncaster, and eleven miles from Wakefield. In 1887, North Elmsall was described as :North Elmsall, ry. sta. (Upton and North Elmsall), E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SE. of Pontefract. History The name 'Elmsall' is derived from the Old-English 'elm', literally meaning an elm tree, and the Anglian 'halh', meaning a nook of land or a small valley. A prominent landmark in North Elmsall is St Margaret's church, on Hall Lane, which was built in 1896 and is still in use. However, an earlier acknowledgement of a settlement in this area can be found in the ''Domesday Book''. The book lists Elmsall in the Osgodcross Hundred, with 1 villager and 5 sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howsham, North Yorkshire
Howsham is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is home to St John's Church, Howsham and Howsham Hall. Howsham appeared as Husun in the ''Domesday Book''. Historically the village was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 the village was in the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council. Howsham was served by Howsham railway station on the York to Scarborough Line between 1845 and 1849. George Hudson George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the Railway Mania, railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a ... (1800–1871), an English railway financier and politician was born in Howsham. See also * Listed buildings in Howsham, North Yorkshire Gallery File:Howsham Bridge YORYM-S220.jpg, Howsham Bridge with picnickers, August 1907 File:Cottages in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. From the Middle Ages, Whitby had significant Herring fleet, herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship. He first explored the southern ocean in HMS Endeavour, HMS ''Endeavour'', built in Whitby.Hough 1994, p. 55 Alum industry in North Yorkshire, Alum was mined locally, and Whitby Jet (lignite), jet jewellery was fashionable during the 19th century. Tourism started in Whitby during the Georgian period and developed with the arrival of the railway in 1839. The abbey ruin at the top of the East Cliff is the town's oldest and most prominent landmark. Other significant features include the Whitby Swing Bridge, swing bridge, which crosses the River Esk and the harbour sheltered by grade II listed Piers of Whitby, east and west piers. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Cholmley
Nathaniel Cholmley (15 November 1721 – 11 March 1791) was a British Member of Parliament. Life He was the son of Hugh Cholmley MP and his wife Catherine, the daughter of Sir Wentworth baronets#Wentworth baronets, of North Elmsal (1692), John Wentworth, 1st Bt. He was selected High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1754–55. He was elected to Parliament for the constituency of Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency), Aldborough from 1756 to 1768 and for Boroughbridge (UK Parliament constituency), Boroughbridge from 1768 to 1774. He commissioned the remodelling of his seat at Howsham Hall in North Yorkshire, employing Capability Brown to lay out the parkland. Family Cholmley married three times; firstly in 1750, Catherine, the daughter of Sir Rowland Winn, 4th Baronet of Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, with whom he had two daughters; secondly, in 1757, Henrietta Catherine, daughter of Stephen Croft of Stillington, Yorkshire who gave him a son and two daughters and thirdly, in 1774, Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hudson
George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the Railway Mania, railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844. Hudson played a significant role in linking London to Edinburgh by rail, carrying out the first major merging of railway companies (the Midland Railway) and developing his home city of York into a major railway junction. He also represented Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency), Sunderland in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. Hudson's success was built on dubious financial practices and he frequently paid shareholders out of capital rather than money the company had earned. Eventually in 1849, a series of enquiries, launched by the railways he was chairman of, exposed his methods, although many leading the enquiries had benefited from and approved of Hudson's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a York Minster, minster, York Castle, castle and York city walls, city walls, all of which are Listed building, Grade I listed. It is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the wider City of York district. It is located north-east of Leeds, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and north of London. York's built-up area had a recorded population of 141,685 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The city was founded under the name of Eboracum in AD 71. It then became the capital of Britannia Inferior, a province of the Roman Empire, and was later the capital of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and Jórvík, Scandinavian York. In the England in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages it became the Province of York, northern England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridlington
Bridlington (previously known as Burlington) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is on the Holderness part (Flamborough Head to the Humber estuary) of the Yorkshire Coast by the North Sea. The town is about north of Kingston upon Hull, Hull and east of York. The stream called Gypsey Race flows through the town and enters the North Sea at the harbour. Bridlington Priory, The Priory Church of St Mary and associated Bayle (or gate) are Grade I listed buildings on the site of an Augustinians, Augustinian Priory. As a sea-fishing port, the town is known for shellfish, and is the largest lobster port in Europe, with over 300 tonnes of the crustaceans landed there each year. It has been termed the "Lobster Capital of Europe". Alongside manufacturing, retail and service firms, its main trade is summer tourism. It holds one of the List of coastal weather stations in the British Isles, UK's coastal weather stations. History Ancient history Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildenley
Hildenley is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Amotherby, south-west of Malton, North Yorkshire, England, on the north bank of the River Derwent. In 1971 the parish had a population of 27. Hildenley stone, considered to be the best decorative stone in Yorkshire, takes its name from the site. Until 1974 it was in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council. The area is referred to in Domesday Book as ''Hildingeslei'' and was also referred to as ''Hieldenley''. There was a holy well at the site, which was named in honour of St. Hilda. Hildenley was formerly a township in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, in 1866 Hildenley became a separate civil parish. On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Amotherby. In 1565, the estate and its quarries were purchased by the navigator William Strickland, grandfather of Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet, and the Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
