Great Cornish families: a history of the people and their homes is a book by Crispin Gill, published in 1995.[1] The author Crispin Gill, at the time of the book's publication lived in Plymouth and was Assistant Editor of the Western Morning News[1] :Dust jacket blurb[2]. This article names many great families that have influenced Cornwall's history.
Contents |
Gill's Great families
Gill chooses the following families:
- The great Arundells of Lanherne, Arundells of Trerice
- Bassets of Tehidy
- Merchant princes, the
Bolithos [3] - Boscawens, the Lords of Falmouth, Cornwall
- Carew Poles of Anthony
- Edgcumbes of Mount Edgcumbe House
- The Eliots, Earls of St Germans
- The Foxes of Falmouth
- Godolphins of Godolphin
- The Gallant Grenvilles
- The Piratical Killigrews, the Theatrical Killigrews
- Molesworth St Aubyns of Pencarrow
- Prideauxes of Padstow
- Rashleighs of Menabilly, The Rashleigh baronets
- Agar-Robarteses of Lanhydrock
- St Aubyns of St Michael's Mount
- Treffrys of Fowey
- Shall Trelawny die?
- The romantic Trevanions [4]
- Vivians of Glynn[5]
- Vyvyans of Trelowarren
- The Mining Williamses
Additional families
Gill's list of important families not included above
In the introduction to Great families . . . [1] :pp.i - iv, the following additional potentially great families are mentioned. They were not included in the list as they failed to "found a dynasty":
|
|
Deacon's list of important families
Bernard Deacon in his History of Cornwall (2007)[7] :pp.129-131 suggests the following family names ("merchant bourgeois" who joined the "gentry" from the latter part of the 18th century): Williams, Bolitho, Fox, Davey of Redruth, Daniell of Truro, Harvey of Gwennap, Foster of Lostwithiel.
Landowners
Table of Principal Cornish Landowners, mid-nineteenth century (ranked)
|
|
Source: Returns of owners of land in England & Wales – House of Commons Sessional papers 1872-3: paper No. 1874 lixxii, quoted in Edwin Jaggard Cornwall politics in the age of reform 1790-1855, (1999) [8]:pp160.
| Top landowners in Cornwall 1872* | Acres owned in Cornwall |
|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Par | 30,156 |
| Viscount Falmouth of Mereworth Castle, Maidstone, Kent | 25,910 |
| Lord Robartes MP of Lanhydrock, Bodmin | 22,234 |
| Mr Cyril Fortescue of Boconnoc, Lostwithiel | 20,148 |
| Mr Gustavus Basset of Tehidy Park, Redruth | 16,969 |
| Earl of Mount Edgcumbe MP of Mount Edgcumbe, Devonport | 13,288 |
| Mr Christopher Hawkins of Trewithen, Probus | 12,119 |
| Mr Francis Thynne of Haynes Park, Bedford | 10,224 |
| Rev Sir Vyell Vyvyan of Trelowarren, Helstone | 9,738 |
| Colonel Arthur Tremayne MP of Carclew, Perranarworthal | 8,823 |
*(Source: Who owns Britain ? by Kevin Cahill)
See also
- Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
- High Sheriff of Cornwall
- Landed gentry
- Parliamentary representation from Cornwall
- Category:Cornish politicians
References
- ^ a b c Crispin Gill Great Cornish families: a history of the people and their houses, Tiverton, Cornwall Books (1995). ISBN 1-871060-25-7. A4 landscape format, many illustrations, index, list of sources but no individual references.
- ^ Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History: article on Crispin Gill.
- ^ The Bolitho family's growth to prominence started with Thomas Bolitho (1765-1868), they were initially tanners, who moved into lime-burning and tin smelting before becoming bankers. Their Bank eventually merged with Barclays in 1905. Gill cites the following references:
- Cornish Magazine and Devon Miscellany
- Matthews, W. P. History of Barclays Bank.
- Pool, P. A. S. History of Penzance, 1974.
- ^ Trevanions: Gill cites as source: Rowse, A. L. The Byrons and Trevanions, 1978.
- ^ Glynn of the Vivian family: an estate to the east of Bodmin. It later became a centre for biological research.
- ^ Pentillie Castle described in Devonshire & Cornwall illustrated, from original drawings by T. Allom (1832) p.16-17, on Google Books.
- ^ Deacon, Bernard Cornwall: the Concise History, (The Histories of Europe series) University of Wales Press, (November 2007) ISBN: 978-0-70832032-7 (hardback) 978-0-7083-2031-0 (paperback)
- ^ Jaggard, Edwin (1999) Cornwall Politics in the Age of Reform 1790-1855. London: Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press ISBN 0-86193-243-9
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
