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
B. 1806. S. of Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Bart., who died in 1855, by
dau. of Sir George Cornewall, Bart. M. 1844, Lady Maria Theresa, sister
of the present Earl of Clarendon, K.G. relict of Thomas Henry Lister,
Esq., and mother of T. V. Lister, Esq., of whom a notice follows. Educ.
at Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford (1st class in classics, and 2nd in
mathematics, 1828; B.A. 1828; M.A. 1831) C. to the bar, Middle Temple,
1831; J.P., and dep.-lieut. for Herefordshire, and Radnorshire; recorder,
and J.P. for Radnor borough; M.P. (liberal) for Herefordshire, 1847–52,
and for Radnor, since 1855; a poor-law commissioner, 1839–47; secretary
to board of control, 1847–8; under secretary of state for Home
Department, 1848–50; secretary of Treasury, 1850–2; Chancellor of
Exchequer, 1855–8; secretary of state for Home Department, 1859;
secretary of state for War, since 1861. Author of various works, learned
and political. Was editor of “Edinburgh Review,” 1853–5. A privy
councillor, 1855. Is an hon. D.C.L. of Oxford (_Athenæum and Travellers’
Clubs_, _Harpton Court_, _near Kington_, _Radnorshire_).
_Kent House_, _B_. LISTER, Thomas Villiers, Esq.
Only s. of late Thomas Henry Lister, Esq., of Armitage Prk. Staffordsh.,
Regis.-Gen. of births, deaths, and marriages, by Lady Maria Theresa
Villiers, sister of present Earl of Clarendon, and wife now of Sir G. C.
Lewis (see preceding). B. 1832; M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, 1853.
In the Foreign Office, of which he was appointed a clerk, 1853, having
been previously assistant private secretary to Lord Clarendon. Attach.
to Lord John Russell’s special mission to Vienna, 1855; Lord Clarendon’s
special mission to Paris, 1856; Earl Granville’s special embassy to
Russia, same year. Private secretary to Lord Clarendon, Dec., 1857 to
Feb., 1858. Précis writer to Earl Russell, since 1859. App. dep.-lieut.
for Radnorshire, 1856 (_Brooke’s and St. James’s Clubs_; _Armitage Park_,
_Staffordshire_).
3. STERLING, Sir Anthony Conyngham, Colonel, K.C.B.,
S. of Capt. Edward Sterling. B. 1805; m. 1829, dau. of late Major-Gen.
Joseph Baird. Entered the army, 1826; lieut., 1829; capt., 1833; major,
1846; lieut.-col., 1854; col., 1857. Was brig. major and assist. adjut.
general of Highland division during Crimean campaign of 1854–5; present
at Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol. For these
services was nominated a companion of the Bath, and an officer of the
Legion of Honor, and decorated with Crimean and Turkish medals, and 4th
class of order of Medjidie; placed on half pay, Nov. 1855. Was military
secretary to Lord Clyde, during the Indian Mutiny, for which he wears a
medal; and was created a K.C.B., 1860.
SOUTH VILLAS.
_South Lodge_. IFOLD, William, Esq.
A surveyor of the firm of Ifold and Hughes (38, _Manchester-street_,
S.W.)
1. PHILLIP, John, Esq.
A royal academician and honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy
(_Athenæum and Garrick Clubs_).
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