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Thomas Chester-Master (1815–1899)
Thomas William Chester-Master, senior (25 May 1815 – 31 January 1899) was an English businessman. Thomas was the eldest son of Colonel William Chester-Master by Isabella-Margaret, daughter of Colonel the Hon. Stephen Digby. He married in 1840, the daughter of Sir George Cornewall, baronet, MP, of Moccas Court, Herefordshire. His family had originally settled in Kent during the English civil wars.Adam Nicolson, The Gentry (2012) But moved to the Three Counties, and held lands in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, including the ancient medieval Abbey of Gloucester. Lord Seymour, the Marquess of Hertford, had been declared a traitor by bill of Attainder, rendered forfeit his vast estates and titles by Queen Elizabeth I's parliament. The Master family acquired the estates in 1864. Master was a traditional Conservative MP of conventional 'strictly conservative' opinions. He was returned as MP for Cirencester in 1837, considered an unreformed wool town quite unaffected by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moccas Court
Moccas Court is an 18th-century country house which sits in sloping grounds overlooking the River Wye north of the village of Moccas, Herefordshire, England. The house was built in 1775–81 by the architect Anthony Keck for Sir George Amyand Cornewall to replace the existing Manor house near the church. Built in three storeys to a rectangular plan, it was constructed of brick with stone dressings and a stone tile roof. It has a seven bay frontage with a single storey semi-circular plan porch which was added in 1792. The grounds were landscaped to plans by Capability Brown Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, a notable figure in the history of the English landscape garden style. Unlike other architects .... The house is a Grade I listed building. The Cornewall family occupied Moccas until 1916 when Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, the 6th Baronet, moved to a smaller ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 Cirencester By-election
In the Philippines, 1844 had only 365 days, when Tuesday, December 31 was skipped as Monday, December 30 was immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845, the next day after. The change also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines; these became the first places on Earth to redraw the International Date Line. Events January–March * January 4 – The first issue of the Swedish-languaged ''Saima'' newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland. * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives its charter from Indiana. * February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. * February 28 – A gun on the USS ''Princeton'' explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing U.S. Secretary of State Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer and four other people. Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
