Conservative Club

By sball, 2 July, 2017
Family and Education
bap. 6 May 1769, 2nd s. of John Benbow, of Ribbesford, Worcs., and his w. Elizabeth. educ. G. Inn adm. 26 May 1792. m. 11 June 1792, Elizabeth, da. of Charles Bradley, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. d. 24 Feb. 1855.
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Dir. North Western Railway; Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.

Main residence: 26 Mecklenburgh Square, London.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
By krix, 23 June, 2015
Family and Education
b. 7 Feb. 1777, 1st s. of Samuel Dick, of Dublin, and Charlotte, da. of Nicholas Foster, of Tullaghan, co. Monaghan; bro. of Hugh Dick MP. educ. Trinity, Dublin, matric. 1793, BA 1797; L. Inn, adm. 1797; King’s Inns, adm. 1799, called [I] 1800. unm. suc. fa. 1802. d. s.p. 26 Mar. 1858.
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MP Dunleer [I] 1800.

Capt. W. Essex militia 1839, lt.-col. 1846–52.

Main residences: Curzon Street, Mayfair, London; Sackville Street, Dublin, [I].
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Commons 1832-1868
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
By krix, 22 June, 2015
Family and Education
bap. 26 Mar. 1800, 2nd s. of Thomas Moore, of Pontefract, Yorks., and Martha Tate. m. 1830, Seraphina Hibernia, da. of William Pennell, British consul-gen. for Brazil, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p.) assumed additional name of Bramley 7 Apr. 1840. d. 19 Nov. 1886.
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JP Lancs., Bucks.; dep. lt. Lancs.

Ald. Liverpool 1841 – 65; mayor 1848 – 49.

Chairman Liverpool Dock Trust 1843 – 48.

Dir. London North Western Railway.

Imperial Order of the Rose (Brazil) 1863.

Main residences: 10 King Street, St. James's, London and Langley Lodge, Bucks and Carioca Lodge, Aigburth, nr. Liverpool, Lancs.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
By krix, 31 January, 2015
Family and Education
b. 7 Oct. 1825, 2nd s. of Rev. Thomas Collins, of Follifoot and Knaresborough, Yorks., rect. of Barningham, and later perpetual curate of Farnham, Yorks., and Anne, da. of Richard Ramsden Bramley, of Addingham, Yorks. educ. Charterhouse 1841-4; Wadham, Oxf. adm. 1843, BA 1847, MA 1856; M. Temple adm. 1844; I. Temple adm. 1848, called 1849. suc. fa. 7 May 1870. d. 26 Nov. 1884.
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J.P. W. Riding Yorks. deputy lt. W. Riding Yorks.

Memb. London sch. bd. 1876 – 79.

Main residences: 2 Hare Court, Temple, London; Knaresborough, Yorks.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
By krix, 5 November, 2014
Family and Education
b. 24 Mar. 1806, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Charles Duncombe MP, 1st Bar. Feversham (d. 16 July 1841), of Duncombe Park, Helmsley, Yorks., and Lady Charlotte Legge, da. of William, 2nd earl of Dartmouth; bro. of Hon. William Duncombe MP and Hon. Octavius Duncombe MP. m. (1) 14 July 1836, Delia (d. 5 May 1873), yst. da. and coh. of John Wilmer Field, of Heaton Hall, Yorks., 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2) 13 Mar. 1877, Jane Maria, da. of Sir James Walker, 1st bt., of Sand Hutton, Yorks. s.p. d. 6 Feb. 1889.
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Midshipman RN 1819, lt. 1826, cdr. 1828, capt. 1834, r.-adm. (reserved half-pay) 1856, v.-adm. 1863, adm. 1867.

Groom in waiting to Queen Victoria 1841 – 46; ld. of admiralty Feb. – Dec. 1852.

J.P. Mdx., Notts., Westminster, E. Riding Yorks; deputy lt. E. Riding Yorks. 1852; chairman q. sess. E. Riding Yorks. 1865 – d.; high sheriff Yorks. 1874; alderman E. Riding Yorks. co. council 1889.

Dir. Manchester and Lincoln Union railway.

Memb. Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club 1848; fell. Royal Horticultural Society 1861; president Yorks. Agricultural Society 1865.

Main residences: Bishop Field, nr. Scrooby, Notts; 24 Arlington Street, London; Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorks; 84 Brook Street, London; 22 Grosvenor Square; 58 Grosvenor Street, London.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
By psalmon, 19 August, 2014
Family and Education
b. 19 June 1824, o.s. of Rev. Francis Haggitt, rect. of Nuneham Courtney, Oxon., and 2nd w. Lucy, da. and co-h. of William Parry, of King Street, Hereford, Herefs. educ. Eton 1838; Balliol, Oxf. matric. 10 Mar. 1842, BA 1845. m. Harriet Catherine, da. of John Somers-Cocks MP, 2nd Earl Somers. 2s. 2da. suc. to great-uncle Rev. Dr. Richard Prosser’s estates in 1849; assumed name of Wegg-Prosser in lieu of patronymic by royal lic. 21 July 1849. d. 16 Aug. 1911.
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Fell. Royal Astronomical Society 1875.

Main residence: Belmont Abbey, Hereford, Herefordshire.
Wegg-Prosser
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
By hmiller, 3 July, 2012
Family and Education
b. 15 June 1823, 1st s. of Lord Francis Egerton MP, 1st earl of Ellesmere, and Harriet Catherine, da. of Charles Greville, of Wilberry, Wilts.; bro. of Francis Egerton MP; Algernon Fulke Egerton MP. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 26 May 1841. m. 29 Apr. 1846, Mary Louisa Campbell, da. of 1st earl Cawdor. 2s. styled. visct. Brackley 1846-57. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Ellesmere 18 Feb. 1857. d. 19 Sept. 1862.
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Cornet, Duke of Lancaster’s yeomanry militia 1841, capt. 1846, lt. col. 1857.

Main residences: Bridgewater House, St. James's, Middlesex and Worsley Hall, Lancashire and and Hatchford, near Cobham, Surrey.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
By sball, 19 October, 2011
Family and Education
b. 17 Nov. 1796, 2nd s. of Sir Christopher Willoughby, 1st bt., of Baldon (d. 5 Feb. 1808), and 2nd w., Martha, da. of Maurice Evans, of St. James’s, Westminster; bro. of John Pollard Willoughby MP; educ. Eton 1808; Christ Coll. Oxf. matric. 27 Oct. 1814. suc. bro. Sir Christopher Willoughby as 3rd bt. 24 June 1813. d. unm 23 Mar. 1865.
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JP; dep. lt. Oxon.

Main residences: Baldon House, Oxon; Berwick Lodge, Glos; 63A Lower Brook Street, London, Mdx.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
By sball, 15 October, 2011
Family and Education
b. 26 July 1802, 1st s. of John Alexander, of Milford, co. Carlow, and Christian, da. of Lorenzo Nickson Izod, of Chapel Izod House, co. Kilkenny. educ. Trinity Coll., Dublin matric. 4 Jan. 1819; BA 1822; MA 1834. m. 18 Oct. 1848, Esther, 1st da. of Matthew Brinkley, of Parsonstown House, co. Meath, 5s. 1da. suc. fa. 16 Aug. 1843. d. Oct. 1885.
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High sheriff Carlow 1824.

LL.B & LL.D 1856.

Clubs: Carlton; Conservative; Kildare Street.

Main residences: Milford House, co. Carlow, [I]; 26 Inverness Terrace, Kensington, London, Mdx.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
By krix, 12 July, 2011
Family and Education
b. 11 July 1827, 2nd s. of Thomas Bagnall (d. 11 Oct. 1885), of Red House, Great Barr, Staffs., and later of Newberries Park, nr. Watford, Herts., and 1st w. Mary Keen, o. da. of John Nock, of West Bromwich, Staffs. educ. King’s Coll. London. m. 1 Nov. 1860, Harriet Curtis, 2nd da. of John Chapman, of Whitby, Yorks. 5s. 3da. d. 25 Feb. 1884.
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JP Staffs, N. Riding Yorks.

Cornet Staffs. yeomanry cavalry 1864; lt. 1871; ret. 1876.

Improvement commissioner West Bromwich; chairman Whitby district highway board; chairman Whitby school attendance committee; Whitby harbour trustee; member of board of conservators Esk fishery district.

Main residence: Sneaton Castle, nr. Whitby, Yorks.
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Commons 1832-1868
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Oxford 1644
No
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Religion