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2 giorni fa · The marriage portion which the guardians of the twelve-year-old Mary Davies were able to offer the young Cheshire baronet Sir Thomas Grosvenor in 1677 consisted of some five hundred acres of land, mostly meadow and pasture, a short distance from the western fringes of built-up London.
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18 ore fa · 1821 – Made Baronet of Middle Hill, Worcestershire. 1822 – Establishes the Middle Hill Press in Broadway Tower. 1848 – Second marriage to Elizabeth Mansel. 1863 – Begins laborious move of all his ‘stuff’ to Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham. 1872 – Death of Sir Thomas Phillipps in Cheltenham (6th February) aged 79.
5 giorni fa · During an expedition into Scotland in 1385 Lord Scrope, it appears, carried his accustomed arms, 'azure a bend or,' when to his amazement he found the same arms borne by Sir Robert Grosvenor. Scrope challenged Grosvenor's right, and a suit was commenced, at first before the Lord High Commissioner, and afterwards before John of Gaunt ...
3 giorni fa · Occupants include: Lady Frances Harpur, wid. of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th bt., 1791–1801. 4th Viscount Midleton, 1802–27. Lord Robert Grosvenor, latterly 1st Baron Ebury, 1837–93. William Dalziel Mackenzie, barrister and landowner, 1895–1901.
1 giorno fa · History. A "Scottish Prescriptive Barony by Tenure " was, until 2004, the description of the only genuine degree of title of British nobility capable of being disponed along with the caput (or property), rather than passing strictly by blood inheritance.
5 giorni fa · CHAPTER VI. Mr Varley, Sir Geoffrey Charteris’ valet and factotum, and majordomo in the baronet’s town residence, Grosvenor Square, was by no means devoid of courage; but the contents of the note he was reading in the hall one fine morning early in May were sufficient to put to flight for the moment any vengeful schemes he was harbouring ...
2 giorni fa · His son John sold the manor in 1723 to Leonora Frederick and her son John Frederick who was created baronet in the same year. (fn. 24) Early in the 19th century Hascombe became the property of Robert Thistlewaite through marriage with Selina Frederick, (fn. 25) daughter of Sir John's younger son Thomas, who succeeded his brother in the baronetcy.
