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John Baker-Holroyd (1735–1821), who became 1st Baron Sheffield (1781), 1st Baron Sheffield (1783), 1st Baron Sheffield (1802), 1st Viscount Pevensey (1816) and 1st Earl of Sheffield (1816). Baron Sheffield is a title that has been created four times: once in the Peerage of England , twice in the Peerage of Ireland , and once in the Peerage of ...
It was created on 1 March 1755 for Charles Herbert Sheffield, the illegitimate son of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. On the death of his half brother, Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham , in 1735, he inherited the family estates including Buckingham House which was sold to George III in 1762 and Normanby Hall which ...
The history of Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area now known as Sheffield had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age , but significant growth in the settlements that are now ...
The Sheffield family had lived on the site since 1539 and the family's titles include Dukes of Buckingham and Normanby and Sheffield baronets. It replaced a previous 17th century building. John Sheffield became Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703. He built a fine mansion in London called Buckingham House.
1st Baron Sheffield: John Sheffield (c. 1538 –1568) 2nd Baron Sheffield: Earl of Mulgrave (1st creation), 1626: Edmund Sheffield (c. 1564 –1646) 1st Earl of Mulgrave 3rd Baron Sheffield: James II 1633–1701 King of England and Scotland: Edmund Sheffield 1611–1658 2nd Earl of Mulgrave 4th Baron Sheffield: Marquess of Normanby (1st ...
By 1716 the grandchildren of Robert Hall had to surrender the house by order of the Sheffield Manor Court and it was purchased by Daniel Gascoigne of Sheffield, an apothecary and John Hawksworth, a lead merchant. The hall was the residence and estate of Mr. Hawksworth and his family for most of the remaining years of the 18th century. [1]
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