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Lawrence Vaughan Palk
Sir Lawrence Vaughan Palk, 3rd Baronet (24 April 1793 – 16 May 1860) of Haldon House in the parish of Kenn, near Exeter in Devon, was a landowner and Member of Parliament for Ashburton, Devon, from 1818 to 1831.George Edward Cokayne, ''The Complete Baronetage'', volume V (Exeter, 1906p. 221 Origins He was born on 25 April 1793 the son of Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet (c. 1766–1813) by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne. Haldon House Haldon House was purchased by Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (1717–1798) and was one of the "best" Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.374-5 houses in Devon, built in the style of Buckingham House in London. Death and succession He died at Haldon House on 16 May 1860 and was succeeded by his son Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon (5 January 1818 – 23 March 1883), known as Sir Lawrence Palk, 4th Baronet from 1860 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haldon House
Haldon House (pronounced: "Hol-don") on the eastern side of the Haldon Hills in the parishes of Dunchideock and Kenn, near Exeter in Devon, England, was a large Georgian country house largely demolished in the 1920s. The surviving north wing of the house, comprising the entrance front of the stable block, consists of two cuboid lodges linked by a screen pierced by a Triumphal Arch, with later additions, and serves today as the "Lord Haldon Hotel". The house was originally flanked by two such paired pavilions, as is evident from 19th century engravings. History According to Nikolaus Pevsner, the house was built in about 1735 by Sir George Chudleigh, 4th Baronet (died 1738), and was supposedly influenced by Buckingham House in London, built in about 1715. Chudleigh's ancestral seat was at nearby Ashton House, on the west side of Haldon Hill, the residence of his family since about 1320, and which he abandoned to build Haldon House on the east side of the hill. In 1798 Ashton Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 Births
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UK MPs 1830–1831
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Alumni Of Christ Church, Oxford
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People Educated At Eton College
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Baronets In The Baronetage Of Great Britain
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1860 Deaths
Year 186 ( CLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 186 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus. * Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers. New Zealand * The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence). Births * Ma Liang, Chinese official of the Shu Han state (d. 222) Deaths * April 21 – Apollonius the Apologist, Christian martyr * Bian Zhang, Chinese official and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Haldon
Baron Haldon, of Haldon, in the County of Devon, was a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 29 May 1880, for Sir Lawrence Palk, 4th Baronet and became extinct upon the death of the fifth baron in 1939. Palk baronets, of Haldon House, Devon (1782) *Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet (1717–1798) *Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet (–1813) * Sir Lawrence Vaughan Palk, 3rd Baronet (1793–1860) * Sir Lawrence Palk, 4th Baronet (1818–1883) (created Baron Haldon in 1880) Barons Haldon (1880–1939) *Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon (5 January 1818 – 23 March 1883), known as Sir Lawrence Palk, 4th Baronet from 1860 to 1880, was a British Conservative Party politician. Biography Born in London, he was the son of Sir Lawrence Palk, 3rd Ba ... (1818–1883) * Lawrence Hesketh Palk, 2nd Baron Haldon (1846–1903) * Lawrence William Palk, 3rd Baron Haldon (1869–1933) * Lawrence Edward Broomfield Palk, 4th Baron Haldon (1896–1938) * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenn, Devon
Kenn is a village and civil parish situated in Devon, England, approximately 5 miles to the south of Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm .... It lies in the district of Teignbridge, and at the 2001 census had a population of 968. It has a pub and a Parish Church, built of Heavitree stone. References External links Villages in Devon {{Devon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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