Wolseley may refer to:

People

Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – 9 October 1714), of Wolseley, Staffordshire, Wolseley in Staffordshire, was an England, English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 16 ...

(c. 1630–1714), English politician * Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet (1769–1846), English landowner and political agitator *

Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (15 September 1872 – 24 December 1936) was an English gardening author and instructor. Her Glynde College for Lady Gardeners in East Sussex had the patronage of famous gardening names such as ...

(1872–1936), English gardener *

Frederick Wolseley Frederick York Wolseley (16 March 1837 – 8 January 1899) was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery after extensive experimentation. It revolu ...

(1837–1899), Irish-born Australian woolgrower and inventor of sheep shearing machinery *

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (4 June 183325 March 1913) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential British generals after a series of victories in Canada, West Africa and E ...

(1833–1913), Irish-born British field marshal, elder brother of Frederick Wolseley *

George Wolseley Lieutenant-General Sir George Benjamin Wolseley (11 July 1839 – 10 May 1921) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the Indian Army. Military career Wolseley was the third surviving son of Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley, of the 90th Regiment of Foot (P ...

(1839–1921), British Indian army officer *

John Wolesely Mulkuṉ Wirrpanda (1947 – 16 February 2021) was an Aboriginal Australian community leader and artist from Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Coming from a family of artists, her work focuses on botany surrounding ...

(born 1938), British-Australian artist who worked with Aboriginal Australian artist Mulkun Wirrpanda *

Pat Wolseley Pat Wolseley is a botanist and illustrator, specialising in lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts an ...

, British botanist * Sir Reginald Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1872–1933), emigrated to the US and initially refused the title *

Viscount Wolseley Viscount Wolseley, of Wolseley in the County of Stafford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1885 for the Anglo-Irish military commander Garnet Wolseley, 1st Baron Wolseley. It became extinct upon the death of his dau ...

* Wolseley baronets

Businesses

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(1837–1899) *

The Wolseley The Wolseley is a restaurant located at 160 Piccadilly in London, England, next to The Ritz London. Designed by the architect William Curtis Green, the Grade II* listed building was erected by Wolseley Motors in 1921 as their regional offices wi ...

, a restaurant at 160 Piccadilly, London, in the former showroom of the Wolseley Motors building *

The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited was a London-incorporated public listed company created to capitalise on a sheep-shearing machinery business established by Frederick Wolseley in Australia which was managed by Herbert Austin ...

, a British manufacturer of sheep shearing and other machinery, now Wolseley plc **

Wolseley plc Ferguson plc (formerly Wolseley plc) was an American-British multinational plumbing and heating products distributor. In August 2024, it merged into Ferguson Enterprises. The company traced its roots to The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co ...

, a UK-based multinational building supplies company, previously The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company ***

Wolseley UK Wolseley UK is a supplier of building materials, with trade customers (plumbers and builders) accounting for the largest proportion of its sales. Wolseley are the largest trade specialist in plumbing and heating in the UK. It has retail showroo ...

, the UK subsidiary of Wolseley plc * The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, automobile manufacturer spun off to

Vickers, Sons & Maxim Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 18 ...

renamed Wolseley Motors in 1914 **

Wolseley Motors Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It initially made a full range, topped by large luxury cars, and dominated the market in the E ...

, automobile manufacturer, owned in turn by Vickers, W R Morris, Morris Motors, BMC and British Leyland

Electorates

Wolseley (Manitoba electoral district) Wolseley is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the 1958 provincial election. The riding is located in the centre of the City of Winnipeg ...

, provincial electorate in Manitoba *

Wolseley (Saskatchewan electoral district) Wolseley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Centred on the town of Wolseley, it was one of 25 constituencies created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. Cre ...

, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan *

Qu'Appelle-Wolseley Qu'Appelle-Wolseley is a List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts, former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was creat ...

, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan

Settlements

* Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155, Saskatchewan, Canada *

Wolseley, Saskatchewan Wolseley (Canada 2011 Census population 864) is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway. History Wolseley's Provincial Court House building was constructed in 1893 and is the oldes ...

, a town within the rural municipality *

Wolseley, South Australia Wolseley (formerly Tatiara) is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border. It is five kilometres south of the Dukes Highway and 13 kilometres east of Bordertown. It was first proclaimed a town in 1884. The 2016 Australian census ...

, a town and former railway junction *

Wolseley, Staffordshire Colwich is a civil parish and village in Staffordshire, England. It is situated off the A51 road, about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Rugeley and 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Stafford. It lies principally on the north-east bank of the ...

, an area within the parish of Colwich, including Wolseley Hall and Wolseley Centre *

Wolseley, Western Cape Wolseley is a small town in the upper Breede River Valley region of the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,528 people. It is located northeast of Cape Town, in the Land van Waveren valley between ...

, a town in South Africa *

Wolseley, Winnipeg Wolseley is a neighbourhood located within the West End, Winnipeg, West End of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is named for field marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley, a British Army officer who came to Manitoba in 1870 to suppress the Red River Rebellion. It is ...

, Canada, a neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Other locations

Wolseley Battery Wolseley Battery () is an artillery battery in Delimara, Marsaxlokk, Malta. It was built by the British between 1897 and 1899, and is located close to Fort Tas-Silġ. Today, the battery still exists, but it is not accessible to the public. Hist ...

, a coastal battery in Malta *

Wolseley Buttress Larsen Inlet () is an inlet, formerly ice-filled, long in a north–south direction and wide, between Cape Longing and Cape Sobral along the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Larsen inlet is at the east end of the Nordenskjö ...

, a place in Antarctica *

Wolseley River The Wolseley River is a river in Sudbury District and Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic Servos Township in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, passes through the mun ...

, a river in Ontario, Canada *

Wolseley Road Wolseley Road is a road in the Sydney suburb of Point Piper. It is one kilometre long. It starts at New South Head Road and curves around the west side of Point Piper, terminating in a dead end above Lady Martins Beach. Description As at 2002, ...

, a residential street in Sydney, Australia *

Wolseley Hall Wolseley Hall was a stately home near the village of Colwich, in Staffordshire, England. It was demolished in 1966; the former gardens are now a nature reserve of the Wolseley Centre. History The manor house The estate was held by the Wolseley f ...

, a demolished stately home in Staffordshire, England, subsequently the location of the Wolseley Centre *

Mount Wolseley Mount Wolseley is a mountain in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. Description Mount Wolseley is situated less than one kilometre east of the crest of the Southern Alps in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. It is located west of the city ...

, a mountain in New Zealand {{disambiguation, place name, surname Surnames of English_origin