The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & CommercialAnonymous
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The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London
A member of the Inner Temple; c. to the bar, 1847; goes the Northern
Circuit; and attends the West Riding and Leeds Borough Sessions (2,
_Paper-buildings_, _Temple_, E.C.)
17. BURMESTER, John William, Esq.
A merchant of the firm of Burmester, Bros. Director of the London and
County Bank (10, _St. Helen’s-place_, E.C.)
18. DE LA FELD, Count John Leopold Ferdinand Casimir,
A count of the Holy Roman Empire, and claimant of the barony of
Fitzwarine. M. 1828, Lady Cecil Jane, aunt of the Earl of Limerick.
Educ. at Winchester and Oriel Coll., Oxford; formerly attached to the
Bavarian embassy at Rome. A knight of the order of Jerusalem.
19. BRETT, William Baliol, Esq.
Educ. at Cambridge, where he obtained his M.A. A member of
Lincoln’s-inn; c. to the bar, 1846; appointed a Queen’s Counsel, 1861. A
special pleader; attends the Northern Circuit (_Athenæum Club_; 1,
_King’s Bench-walk_, _Temple_, E.C.)
20. MERLE, William Henry, Esq.
_Athenæum Club_; _Iwood_, _Somersetshire_.
22. WITT, George, Esq.
A Fellow of the Royal Society; a director of the Victoria Station and
Pimlico Railway (31, _Parliament-street_, S.W.)
25. SCARLETT, Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir James York, K.C.B.
2nd s. of the 1st and uncle of present Lord Abinger. B. 1799; m. 1835,
2nd dau. and co-heir of the late Colonel Hargreaves. A magistrate for
Lancashire. Ent. the army, 1818; promoted to his present rank, 1854;
app. Lieut.-Col. 3rd Drag. Guards, 1840; to the chief command of the
Cavalry division in the Crimea, 1855; app. to the Cavalry Brigade at
Aldershott, 1856; to the South Western District, 1857; to the Colonelcy
of the 5th Dragoon Guards, 1860. Is Adjutant-General to the Forces; was
M.P. for Guildford, 1837–41. Served at the Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman,
and throughout the siege of Sebastapol. Rewarded for his valour and
skill with the Crimean medal and clasps, K.C.B., Commander of the Legion
of Honour, the Sardinian and Turkish medals, and the 2nd class of the
Medjidie (_Carlton_, _University_, _and United Service Clubs_;
_Bank-hall_, _Burnley_, _Lancashire_).
QUEEN’S GATE.
1. CLIFFORD, Col. Henry Morgan, M.P.
The representative of the ancient family of Morgan, of Tredegar, settled
for centuries at Hurst, co. Gloucester, which assumed the surname of
Clifford in 1760. B. 1806; m. 1834, Catherine Harriet, great granddau.
of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, by whom he has issue a son (b. 1836) and a
dau. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.P. for Herefordshire
since 1847; a liberal. Formerly chairman of the Herefordshire Quarter
Sessions. A magistrate and dep.-lieut. of Hertfordshire, and
Monmouthshire; hon. colonel of the Monmouthsh. Militia; a commissioner in
Lunacy (_Brooke’s_, _and Oxford and Cambridge Clubs_; _Llantellio_,
_Monmouthshire_; _Perristone_, _Hereford_).
2. WHITE, James, Esq., M.P.
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