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Hintlesham
Hintlesham is a small village in Suffolk, England, situated roughly halfway between Ipswich and Hadleigh. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council. The village is notable for Hintlesham Hall, a 16th-century Grade I listed country house, now operated as a hotel. The church The parish church of St Nicolas is a typical Decorated church, and therefore not typical for Suffolk. It has many memorials to the Tymperley family and the squint in the north wall shows that the vestry was once a chapel, possibly a chantry to the family, converted to secular use in the 1540s. The stairway to the roodloft in the south wall is one of the best preserved in the county. For about 350 years Hintlesham has been a joint parish with Chattisham whose church, St Margaret's, stands about a mile away, separated by a valley of meadows and woods. Hintlesham Hall For six years from 1448, Hintlesham Manor, a single-storey Tudor Hall, was owned by Sir John Fortescue who u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattisham
Chattisham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles west of Ipswich and half a mile south of the A1071, it is part of Babergh district. In 2006 its population was 140, increasing to 167 at the 2011 Census. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council. In the early 1870s, Chattisham was portrayed as: "CHATTISHAM, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; 2¼ miles NE of Raydon r. station, and 5 SW by W of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 713. Real property, £1, 427. Pop., 192. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the Diocese of Norwich. Value, £168.* Patron, Eton College. The church has a brass of 1592; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6." Population Chattisham had a population of "167" according to the 2011 census."Chattisham can be considered less ethnically diverse than the UK average." Approximately 86% of the UK's population is white. In Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Savage Lloyd
Richard Savage Lloyd (c.1730–1810), of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Lloyd of Hintlesham, lawyer and solicitor-general and was educated at Eton College (1742–48) and St. John’s College, Cambridge. Like his father before him, he then entered the Middle Temple to study law. He succeeded his father in 1761 to Hintlesham Hall, now a Grade I listed building. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1759 to 1768 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ab .... He married and had 2 sons and 2 daughters and was succeeded by Richard Savage Lloyd, jnr. References 1730s births 1810 deaths People from Babergh District People e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lloyd (died 1761)
Sir Richard Lloyd (bapt. 31 May 1697 – 1761), of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, was an English Solicitor General for England and Wales, solicitor-general and Member of Parliament. He was born the son of Talbot Lloyd of Lichfield and educated at Lichfield grammar school and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He entered the Middle Temple in 1720 to study law, was called to the bar in 1723, and made a bencher in 1738. He succeeded his father before 1713, and his wife's brother to Crustwic. He was made King's Counsel (K.C.) in 1738 and appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales for 1754–6. He was elevated to serjeant-at-law in 1759, appointed a Baron of the Exchequer for 1759–61 and served as the recorder (judge), Recorder of Harwich, Orford and Ipswich. He was knighted in 1745. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency), Mitchell 14 May 1745 – 1747, for Maldon (UK Parliament constituency), Maldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Carrier (chef)
Robert Carrier McMahon, OBE (November 10, 1923 – June 27, 2006), usually known as Robert Carrier, was an American chef, restaurateur and cookery writer. His success came in England, where he was based from 1953 to 1984, and then from 1994 until his death. Biography Robert Carrier McMahon was born in Tarrytown, New York, the third son of a wealthy property lawyer father of Irish descent; his mother was the Franco-German daughter of a millionaire. After his parents went bankrupt in the 1930s Great Depression, they maintained their lifestyle by firing their servants and preparing their own elaborate dinner parties. Educated in New York City, Robert took part-time art courses and trained to become an actor. He had a part in the Broadway revue ''New Faces,'' before touring Europe with a rep company, singing the juvenile lead in American musicals. After returning to America, Robert often stayed at weekends with his beloved French grandmother in upstate New York. She taught him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther
Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther (21 April 1841 – 24 August 1914) was a British people, British British Army, army officer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. The son of Captain James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther and his wife Georgiana ''née'' Burrell. Following officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he entered the Rifle Brigade as an ensign (rank), ensign in 1858, and immediately saw action in the later stages of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Mutiny. In 1862 he rose to the rank of lieutenant by Sale of commissions, purchase He fought in the operations to repulse the Fenian raids in Province of Canada, Canada in 1866, and was promoted to captain in 1872. In 1871 he married Gertrude Louisa Georgiana Fitzroy of Hampshire. He served as a garrison instructor for the South Eastern District until 1881 when he was appointed ''aide de camp'' to General Edward Newdegate in the Colony of Natal in 1881. He re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Watson
Ruth Watson is an English hotelier, restaurateur, broadcaster and food writer. Early life and career Born in London, Ruth Watson was educated in London and at Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire. After taking up a career in graphic design, she became an inspector for the ''Good Food Guide''. In 1983, Watson and her husband David bought Hintlesham Hall in Hintlesham, Suffolk, as a restaurant and cookery school from Robert Carrier, which over six years they turned into a 33-room hotel, with an 18-hole golf course. In 1986 she featured with her family in a Bisto gravy advert. In 1990 they bought the Fox and Goose Inn at Fressingfield, launching it as one of Britain's first gastropubs. In November 1999, Watson and her husband bought the Crown and Castle Hotel in Orford near Woodbridge, Suffolk, which they fully restored and ran as a modern country house hotel. In October 2017 Watson sold her interest in the Crown and Castle, stating "dealing with has long overtaken the core b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stopford, Countess Of Courtown (died 1810)
Mary Stopford, Countess of Courtown (1736 - 3 January 1810), formerly Mary Powys, was the wife of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown. Mary was the daughter of Richard Powys, MP, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, and his wife, the former Lady Mary Brudenell. Her sister Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess Sydney, Elizabeth married Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, after whom the Australian City of Sydney was named. Following their father's death in 1743, their mother remarried, her second husband being Thomas Bowlby (MP), Thomas Bowlby, MP. Mary married the future earl on 19 April 1762 at St. George's, Hanover Square, when he was an MP representing an Irish constituency. The earl and countess had four sons: *James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown (1765-1835) *Lt.-Gen. Hon. Sir Edward Stopford (1766-1837), Edward Stopford (1766–1837), who died unmarried, leaving one illegitimate child *Admiral Hon. Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer), Sir Robert Stopford (1768–1874), who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belstead Brook Division, Suffolk
Belstead Brook Division is an electoral division in Babergh District, Suffolk which returns a single County Councillor to Suffolk County Council. Geography Named for the Belstead Brook watercourse, it comprises two wards, Brook and Pinewood. Parishes The following parishes are in the Belstead Brook Division. * Belstead * Burstall * Chattisham * Copdock and Washbrook Copdock and Washbrook is a civil parish in the Babergh District, Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It covers the villages of Copdock and Washbrook, Suffolk, Washbrook, as well as the Hamlet (place), hamlets of Coles Green, Ma ... * Hintlesham * Pinewood * Sproughton * Wherstead Members for Belstead Brook Election results Elections in the 2020s References Babergh District Electoral Divisions of Suffolk {{Suffolk County Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totnes (UK Parliament Constituency)
Totnes was a parliamentary constituency in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency name was abolished. With to minor boundary changes, it was renamed South Devon at the 2024 general election. History An original parliamentary borough of Totnes or Totness was created in 1295. It returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 election. The constituency was reformed in 1885, in a much narrower form than previously. It was abolished again at the 1983, largely replaced by the South Hams constituency. In 1997, South Hams was abolished and largely replaced by the reformed Totnes. At the 2024 general election, the name Totnes disappeared once a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army
The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve personnel and 4,697 "other personnel", for a total of 108,413. The British Army traces back to 1707 and the Acts of Union 1707, formation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain which joined the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland into a Political union, single state and, with that, united the English Army and the Scots Army as the British Army. The Parliament of England, English Bill of Rights 1689 and Convention of the Estates, Scottish Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the Charles III, monarch as their commander-in-chief. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence (United Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mitchell, or St Michael (sometimes also called St Michael's Borough or Michaelborough), was a rotten borough consisting of the town (or village) of Mitchell, Cornwall. From the first Parliament of Edward VI of England, Edward VI, in 1547, it elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons. History The borough encompassed parts of two parishes, Newlyn East and St Enoder. Like most of the Cornish rotten boroughs, Cornish boroughs enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the Tudor period, it was a rotten borough from the start. The franchise in Mitchell was a matter of controversy in the 17th century, but was settled by a House of Commons resolution on 20 March 1700 which stated '' "That the right of election of members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of St Michael's, in the County of Cornwall, is in the portreeves, and lords of the manor, who are capable of being portreeves, and the inhabitants of the said borough paying scot and lot"'': this gave the vote to most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
