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Sir Lionel Darell, 5th Baronet
Captain Sir Lionel Edward Darell, 5th Baronet JP DL (6 September 1845 – 17 February 1919) was an English landowner and soldier. Early life Darell was born on 6 September 1845. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Sir William Darell, 4th Baronet, Rector at Fretherne, and Harriet Mary Tierney. Among his siblings were Flora Mary Darell (who married Edward Stopford Claremont, a son of Edward Stopford Claremont). Before his parents were married in 1843, his father had been married to Mary Ford (a daughter of Sir Francis Ford, 2nd Baronet) in 1840. Mary died in 1842. After his mother's death in 1873, his father married Fanny Julia Braithwaite (a daughter of Alfred Braithwaite) in 1880. The Darell family derived its fortune from service in the East India Company in the late eighteenth century. His paternal grandparents were Sir Harry Darell, 2nd Baronet and Amelia Mary Anne Beecher. His maternal grandfather was Sir Edward Tierney, 2nd Baronet. Through his brother Edward Tierney Gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the List of municipalities in Delaware, most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish colonization of the Americas, Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area (which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading, Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birmingham Post
The ''Birmingham Post'' is a weekly printed newspaper based in Birmingham, England, with distribution throughout the West Midlands (region), West Midlands. First published under the name the ''Birmingham Daily Post'' in 1857, it has had a succession of distinguished editors and has played an influential role in the life and politics of the city. It is currently owned by Reach plc. In June 2013, it launched a daily tablet edition called ''Birmingham Post Business Daily.'' In 2019, the website was scrapped to instead host the nation-wide business news brand ''Business Live''. History The ''Birmingham Journal (nineteenth century), Birmingham Journal'' was a weekly newspaper published between 1825 and 1869. A nationally influential voice in the Chartism, Chartist movement in the 1830s, it was sold to John Frederick Feeney in 1844 and was a direct ancestor of today's ''Birmingham Post''. The 1855 Stamp Act removed the tax on newspapers and transformed the news trade. The price of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Alexander Carleton
General Henry Alexander Carleton Order of the Bath, CB (28 February 1814 – 22 February 1900) was a British Army officer in British Raj, British India. Military career Carleton was born in 1814, the son of Francis Carleton. He entered the Bengal Artillery in 1830. He served in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, where he commanded the artillery division siege train at the Capture of Lucknow, siege and capture of Lucknow, and the artillery in the action at Nawabganj, Bareilly, Nawabgunge. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches, received the Brevet (military), brevet rank of Lieutenant colonel (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant-colonel, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He became Colonel commandant in the Royal Artillery, received the rank of General (British Army), general in July 1879, and retired from the army in 1881. He married, in 1855, Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Armor Boyle, Dundrum, County Down. She died in 1878. General Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
