THE GRESLEYS OF NETHERSEALEThe Manor of Seale was purchased from Sir George Gresley by Gilbert Morewood, a London merchant and friend of Sir John Moore,…
Bass Family Select page to view: William Bass (1717 – 1787) Michael Thomas Bass I (1759 – 1827) Michael Thomas Bass II (1799 – 1884)…
William Bass, born in 1717, was the second son of three sons of William Bass who ran a moderately successful plumbing and glaziery business and…
After his father’s death in 1787, Michael ran the brewery with his brother William until he took sole control in 1795. He continued to develop…
Bass was born in Burton upon Trent in 1799, the son of Michael Thomas Bass (senior) who had expanded the Bass brewery founded by his…
In brief: Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton KCVO was born in Burton upon Trent in 1837. He was a Brewer, Liberal Party politician and…
Hamar Bass was the second son of Michael Thomas Bass and his wife Eliza Jane Arden. He was brother of Lord Burton and also a…
Paget Family Select page to view: Sir William Paget (1506 – 1563) Henry William Paget (1768 – 1854) Henry Cyril Paget (1875 – 1905)
In Tudor times, William Paget was one of the most prominent men in England. Son of John, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of…
Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey KG, GCB, GCH, PC (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), known as Lord Paget from…