1866 in the United Kingdom

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1866 in the United Kingdom
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1864 | 1865 | 1866 (1866) | 1867 | 1868
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1866 English cricket season

Events from the year 1866 in the United Kingdom.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Mornington</span> Title in the peerage of Ireland

Earl of Mornington is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1760 for the Anglo-Irish politician and composer Garret Wellesley, 2nd Baron Mornington. On the death of the fifth earl in 1863, it passed to the Duke of Wellington; since that date, the title has generally been used by courtesy for the heir apparent to the heir apparent to the dukedom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Kimberley</span> Title in the peerage of the United Kingdom

Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the prominent Liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse. During his long political career, he notably held office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Secretary of State for India and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. At first a Liberal like his father, he later joined the Labour Party, becoming the first Labour member of the House of Lords. His eldest son, the third Earl, represented Norfolk Mid in the House of Commons as a Liberal. Since 2002, the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fifth Earl.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl Cowley</span> Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Earl Cowley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1857 for the diplomat Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley. He was Ambassador to France from 1852 to 1867. He was made Viscount Dangan, of Dangan in the County of Meath, at the same time as he was given the earldom. This title is also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Cowley was the eldest son of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, who like his son served as Ambassador to France. In 1828 he was created Baron Cowley, of Wellesley in the County of Somerset, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. A member of the prominent Wellesley family, Cowley was the fifth and youngest son of Garret Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, and the younger brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley.

George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford</span> British courtier and politician

Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, PC, DL, styled Viscount Newport between 1825 and 1865, was a British courtier and Conservative politician. In a ministerial career spanning over thirty years, he notably served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1866 and 1868 and as Master of the Horse between 1874 and 1880 and again between 1885 and 1886.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury</span> British Tory politician and colonial administrator

John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, styled The Hon. John Manners-Sutton between 1814 and 1866 and Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator.

Overend, Gurney & Company was a London wholesale discount bank, known as "the bankers' bank", which collapsed in 1866 owing about £11 million, equivalent to £1,287 million in 2023. The collapse of the institution triggered a banking panic.

John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough PC, styled Viscount Duncannon from 1844 until 1847, was a British cricketer, courtier and Liberal politician.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley</span> British landowner and benefactor (1817–1885)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Gurney (1786–1856)</span> English banker and philanthropist

Samuel Gurney was an English banker and philanthropist from the Gurney family of Norwich. He should not be confused with his second son, Samuel (1816–1882), also described as banker and philanthropist, and a Member of Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russell Gurney</span> English lawyer and Conservative Party politician

Russell Gurney, FRS was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1878.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Hulley</span> English gymnastics and athletics entrepreneur

John Hulley was an English gymnastics and athletics entrepreneur who encouraged public participation in physical education to improve health and well-being, and was one of the instigators of the Olympic movement in Britain. At his Liverpool Gymnasium in 1865 he established the National Olympian Association, the forerunner of the British Olympic Association. With William Penny Brookes and Ernst Georg Ravenstein, he organised the first National Olympian Games in 1866. He organised a series of Assault-at-Arms gymnastic events in Liverpool and Manchester. He organised six Olympic Festivals between 1862 and 1867 in Liverpool and Llandudno. With Robert B. Cummins, he exposed American magicians the Davenport brothers. He introduced the velocipede into Liverpool.

The Gurneys were an influential family of English Quakers, who had a major part in the development of Norwich, England. They established Gurney's Bank in 1770, which merged into Barclays Bank in 1896. They established successful breweries. A number of family members were abolitionists. Members of the family still live in the United Kingdom.

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