Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Wilfrid Stanyforth CB TD DL JP (born Greenwood; 28 June 1861 – 28 January 1939) was a Yorkshire land owner, magistrate and

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officer who commanded the Yorkshire Hussars during

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. He was appointed

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(CB) in the 1924 Birthday Honours for services to agriculture.

Personal life

He was born to John Greenwood and Louisa Elizabeth Barnardiston. His father built Swarcliffe Hall where the family resided, and his grandfather Frederick Greenwood was a noted

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. Stanyforth was educated at

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and

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. He studied agriculture, later becoming a President of the

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. He was a noted breeder of shorthorn cattle, west highland bullocks and Jersey cattle. He was a member of the West Riding Territorial Association and served in the Yorkshire Hussars. He obtained command of the Hussars in 1913 and was for a time in charge of the coastal defences at

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. His grandmother Sarah Staniforth was the daughter of Samuel Staniforth, former

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, and the sister of Rev. Thomas Staniforth of Storrs Hall. When Thomas died, Edwin assumed the name and arms of the family. This was carried out on 7 December 1887 by Royal Licence. Stanyforth married his cousin Mary Evelyn Barnadiston in 1888Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 8 (1901) and had three children: two daughters, Madge and Monica, who was raised in

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, and a son, Ronald Thomas Stanyforth, who would go on to become captain of the

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. The family resided at Kirk Hammerton Hall.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanyforth, Edwin 1861 births 1939 deaths Yorkshire Hussars officers British Army personnel of World War I Companions of the Order of the Bath Deputy lieutenants in England People from Nidderdale People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford