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Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #38

...was also Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846-52 and was created Viscount Halifax in 1866, three years after Emily was married. He died in 1885 at Hickleton Hall, which was then inherited by Emily's brother Charles Lindley Wood, the 2nd Viscount. His grandson, Edward became Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1929 and Foreign Secretary during the Second World War and created Earl of Halifax in 1944. So quite a lineage that she was born into! During the Second World War the house was actually the headquarters of I Corps after the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940. Emily was tutored here by a Charles Dodgson who came from Christ Church in Oxford in 1852.  He would...

Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #43

...was also Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846-52 and created Viscount Halifax in 1866, three years after Emily was married. He died in 1885 at Hickleton Hall, which was then inherited by Emily's brother Charles Lindley Wood, the 2nd Viscount. His grandson, Edward became Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1929 and Foreign Secretary during the Second World War and created Earl of Halifax in 1944. So quite a lineage that she came from! During the Second World War the house was actually the headquarters of I Corps after the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940. Emily was one of eight children, having five brothers and two sisters, although one brother, John, died in inf...

the Halifax Estates - Garrowby #46

...Hugo Meynell-Ingram and his wife Emily Charlotte built Hoar Cross Hall to be their home after getting married in 1863. Emily was the daughter of Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax who owned considerable estates in the north of England. their wealth came from the discovery of coal on their ancestral estate. In addition to this Sir Charles had a very successful political career, owning many seats in Garrowby and Pocklington near York; Hickleton near Doncaster and a home in Belgrave Square, London. He was a member of the Whig party, which in those days was likened to the Liberal party of today and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846-52. In the 1850...

Bacon's 'Essay on Gardens' # 56

...Francis Bacon was born in 1561 and was 1st Viscount St Alban. He wrote his Essay on Gardens in 1625, a year before his death of pneumonia. He was also Lord Chancellor of England under King James I and led the advancement of both natural philosophy and scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution.  the essays he wrote between, mainly, 1612 and 1625 were about anything from love and marriage to superstitions to gardens and any subject in between! Bacon's genius as a phrase-maker appears to great advantage in the later essays and the 'Oxford Dictionary of Quotations' includes no fewer than 91 quotations...