Earl of Bradford is a title that has been created twice,once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1694 for Francis Newport,2nd Baron Newport. However,all the Newport titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Earl in 1762. The earldom was revived in 1815 for Orlando Bridgeman,2nd Baron Bradford. The Bridgeman family had previously succeeded to the Newport estates. The title of the peerage refers to the ancient hundred of Bradford in Shropshire,and not,as might be assumed,to the city of Bradford,Yorkshire,or the town of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire.
Baron Clitheroe of Downham in the County of Lancaster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1955 Birthday Honours for the Conservative politician Ralph Assheton,who had previously served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He was the son of Ralph Cockayne Assheton,for many years a member of the Lancashire County Council,who had been created baronet of Downham in the County of Lancaster,on 4 September 1945. Three months after being raised to the peerage,Lord Clitheroe succeeded his father in the baronetcy. As of 2017,the titles are held by the first Baron's son,the second Baron,who succeeded in 1984.
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Booth,one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The 1916 creation remains extant,the 1835 creation became extinct in 1896 and the 1611 baronetcy has been dormant since 1797. The senior line of the first creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Delamer and Earl of Warrington.
The Frankland Baronetcy,of Thirkelby in the County of York,is a title in the Baronetage of England,created on 24 December 1660 for William Frankland. He later represented Thirsk in Parliament.
Ralph Assheton may refer to:
Thomas Grey Egerton,1st Earl of Wilton,known as Sir Thomas Grey Egerton,Bt from 1766 to 1784,was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Grey de Wilton.
The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer,now largely ceremonial,granted to Lancashire,a county in North West England. High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown,in England and Wales. The High Sheriff of Lancashire is the representative of the monarch in the county,and is the "Keeper of The King's Peace" in the county,executing judgements of the High Court through an Under Sheriff.
Sir Nathaniel Curzon,4th Baronet (1676–1758) of Kedleston Hall,Derbyshire was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.
Nathaniel Curzon,1st Baron Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall,Derbyshire was an English Tory politician and peer.
Sir Richard Myddelton,3rd Baronet,of Chirk Castle,Denbighshire,was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1716.
The Whalley-Gardiner,later Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner Baronetcy,of Roch(e) Court in the County of Southampton,was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 14 January 1783 for John Whalley-Gardiner,Member of Parliament for Westbury,with remainder,failing male issue,to his brothers and their issue male. Born John Whalley,he was the second cousin and heir of Sir William Gardiner,3rd and last Baronet,of Roche Court,and assumed the additional surname of Gardiner on succeeding to the Gardiner and Brocas estates. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Smythe on succeeding to those estates. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1810. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1868.
Sir Ralph Assheton,2nd Baronet,of Lever was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1680.
Thomas Birch was an English landowner,soldier and radical Puritan who fought for Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms,and sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1649 and 1658.
Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1649. He was a general in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
Harbord Harbord,1st Baron Suffield,known as Sir Harbord Harbord,Bt,between 1770 and 1786,was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Suffield.
Richard Assheton or Ashton of Middleton (1483–1549) was an English soldier who fought at the battle of Flodden. He is known for rebuilding St. Leonard's Church,Middleton,and for commissioning stained-glass windows there to commemorate that battle. They are one of the oldest war memorials in England.
Thomas Lister,of Gisburne Park,Yorkshire,was a British landowner and Tory politician who represented Clitheroe in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1745.
Werneth Hall is a Grade II* listed privately owned Jacobean manor house in Oldham,Greater Manchester,England.
The Assheton Baronetcy,of Lever in the County of Lancaster,was created in the Baronetage of England on 28 June 1620 for Ralph Assheton. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1696.
The Assheton Baronetcy,of Middleton in the County of Lancaster,was created in the Baronetage of England on 17 August 1660 for Ralph Assheton. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Liverpool and Lancashire. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1765.
