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Hace 4 días · In 1856 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners sold 539 a. of the manor to the tenant Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, marquess of Lansdowne, the owner of Bowood House, and about then the rest of the manor, c. 150 a., was bought by George Walker Heneage, the tenant of that land and the lord of Compton Bassett manor.
Hace 2 días · The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet .
Hace 2 días · Of that part of the tithing in Calne parish, in 1843 c. 110 a. belonged to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, marquess of Lansdowne, the owner of all the principal estates of Calstone, c. 50 a. belonged to William Tanner, the lord of Blackland manor, and the rest, c. 75 a., lay in several other estates.
Hace 4 días · The name of Petty was assumed by the Hon. John Fitzmaurice, second son of Thomas, twentyfirst Lord Kerry, and of Anne, only daughter of Sir William Petty, on inheriting the Petty estates on the death of his maternal uncle, Henry Petty, Esq., of Shelburne.
Hace 5 días · The ‘Friend to America’ Who Helped Recognize the Country’s Independence. Learn about the short-lived British prime minister who negotiated a peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War....
Hace 2 días · Henry II (() 5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.
Hace 3 días · Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish to English.
