General Sir Arthur Benjamin CliftonKSA KSW was a British soldier who fought in the Peninsular War and commanded the Second Union Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire.
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Burdett, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland. As of 2008, two of the creations are extant while one is dormant.
Sir John Lister-Kaye, 1st Baronet was a noted English amateur cricketer in the late 18th century. His career spanned the 1787 to 1798 seasons and he played mainly for Marylebone Cricket Club and Surrey. He made 12 known appearances in first-class cricket matches.
Hodsock Priory is an English country house in Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Worksop, England, and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Blyth. Despite its name, it is not and never has been a priory. Hodsock is renowned for its snowdrops in early spring. It is also a venue for special events and weddings.
The Smith, later Bromley, later Pauncefote-Bromley, later Bromley-Wilson, later Bromley Baronetcy, of East Stoke in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 31 October 1757 for the banker George Smith, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire from 1757 to 1759. He was the eldest son of Abel Smith I (1686–1756) of Nottingham, the 2nd son of Thomas Smith I (1631–1699), the founder of Smith's Bank in Nottingham. His younger brothers included: Abel Smith II (1717–1788) and John Smith, ancestor of Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote.
The Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests is a position established by the Normans in England.
The Manor of Clifton was a historic manor situated near the City of Nottingham, England. The manor house, known as Clifton Hall is situated on the right bank of the River Trent in the village of Clifton, Nottinghamshire,. about 3+1⁄2 miles south-west of the historic centre of the City of Nottingham, now partly the campus of Nottingham Trent University and partly a large council estate of modern housing.
Two unrelated baronetcies have been created in the surname of Clifton.
Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, K.B. was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) was an Irish Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Coleraine from 1862 to 1874, and from 1880 to 1885.
Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, 9th Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1861 and 1869.
Henry James Bruce CMG MVO (1 November 1880 – 10 September 1951) was a British diplomat and author. Nearing the end of a diplomatic career in the Austrian, German and Russian Empires, he married the ballerina Tamara Karsavina. In the 1930s, he was an adviser to the National Bank of Hungary, and in retirement wrote books about his life.
Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet,, of Thornhill, of Rufford Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734.
Sir Robert Clifton (1767–1837) was 7th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820.
Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet (1769–1852) was 8th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820.
Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce, 4th Baronet JP DL was High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1903.
The Bund family of Wick Episcopi owned estates in Worcestershire since the fifteenth century; from this armigerous landed gentry family came several individuals of note in the fields of law, local government and literature.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, 9th Baronet JP was an English soldier who fought in the Peninsular War.
Sir Hervey Ronald Bruce, 4th Baronet JP DL was an English landowner.
