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New England Historic Genealogical Society; Founded: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (1845 (), as the New England Historic-Genealogical Society) [1] Founders: Charles Ewer (1790–1853) Lemuel Shattuck (1793–1859) Samuel Gardner Drake (1798–1875) William Henry Montague (1804–1889) John Wingate Thornton (1818–1878) Type: Genealogical society ...
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Manchester, 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of Macclesfield.
Edward Weld (1741–1775) by Pompeo Batoni Cardinal Thomas Weld (1773–1837), by Andrew Geddes. Edward Weld was the third and first surviving son of Humphrey Weld (died 1722) of Lulworth, son of William Weld, and the grandnephew of Humphrey Weld MP, [19] (purchaser in 1641 of the vast Lulworth Estate, who had died without a male heir), and of his wife Margaret Simeons, daughter of Sir James ...
The first mention of Stockport Castle comes from 1173, when Geoffrey de Costentyn held it against Henry II during the barons' rebellion of 1173–1174. [1] There is a local tradition that de Constentyn was the son of Henry II, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany; in fact, de Constentyn was a local lord who not only owned the manor of Stockport, but land in Staffordshire and Ireland. [4]
Stockport Heritage was formed by volunteers in 1987 [1] as a campaigning conservation group to help preserve and regenerate historic and architecturally sensitive buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Staircase House was the group's initial focus of activity
Old Manor Farm is a 15th-century hall in Marple, Stockport, historically in Cheshire, now within Greater Manchester, England (grid reference).Built in the 15th century, it has had additions made in the 16th, 17th and 20th centuries.
Paul Warhurst (born 1969), Stockport-born footballer who played for many clubs, including Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, and Sheffield Wednesday [122] [123] Joanne Whalley (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) (born 1961), actress; born in Salford; grew up in Stockport [124] Ethan Wheatley (born 2006), professional footballer [125]
Coat of arms of the Saltonstall family. The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University from every generation since Nathaniel Saltonstall—later one of the more principled judges at the Salem Witch Trials—graduated in 1659.