George Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe
George Parkyns 2nd Baron Rancliffe | |
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Member of Parliament for Minehead | |
In office 1806–1807 | |
Preceded by | John Patteson John Fownes Luttrell |
Succeeded by | John Denison Daniel Parker Coke John Smith |
Succeeded by | Thomas Denman Joseph Birch |
Member of Parliament for Nottingham | |
In office 1826–1830 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Denman Joseph Birch |
Succeeded by | Thomas Denman Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson |
George Augustus Henry Anne Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe (10 June 1785 – 1 November 1850) of Bunny Hall was an English landowner and politician from Nottinghamshire. A baron in the peerage of Ireland, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for thirteen of the years between 1806 and 1830.
Lord Rancliffe's politics were those of an
Early life and family
Parkyns was born on 10 June 1785, the oldest child and only son of Thomas Boothby Parkyns, 1st Baron Rancliffe[2] (1755–1800). His father was a grandson of Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet (1664–1741), a writer on wrestling[3][4] whose own father had been awarded the baronetcy in 1681 in recognition of the royalist service of his father Colonel Isham Parkyns during the English Civil War.[5] George was named after his
His father's peerage had been secured in 1795 as a reward for his political support of the
His mother Elizabeth Anne was the daughter and sole heir of
Career
Education, army and inheritance
Parkyns was educated at Harrow, under Rev Dr Drury.[2] His father died of
He succeeded his father as the secondIn 1801 Moira purchased a
On 17 March 1806 he succeeded to the baronetcy of his grandfather Sir Thomas Parkyns, 3rd Baronet.[15]
Later the same month he joined Brooks's club,[12] and on his twenty-first birthday in June, he came into an annual income of £21,000 a year[12]
(equivalent to £1.81 million in 2024
Minehead and marriage
Earl Moira then helped to negotiate for Rancliffe a seat in Parliament. At the general election in November 1806, the 21-year-old Rancliffe was returned as a member of parliament (MP) for Minehead in Somerset.[17] Minehead was a
In October 1807 Rancliffe married Earl Moira's niece, County Longford, Ireland, where the "beautiful and accomplished" bride was given away by her uncle.[19] The honeymoon was in another seat of the Earl of Granard, Clanhugh Lodge[20] near Mullingar in County Westmeath.[21]
The couple had no legitimate children.[9]
Nottingham
Death
Lord Rancliffe died at Bunny Hall on 1 November 1850, aged 65.[9] He had been ill for a long time, and seriously ill for two years.[9] After a funeral service in St Mary's parish church in Bunny on 11 November, he was buried in the Parkyns family vault in the church's chancel.[22]
The peerage became extinct on his death, and the baronetcy descended to his first cousin Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, a grandson of the 3rd baronet and the older brother of the travel writer Mansfield Parkyns.[4] His
Under the terms of their separation agreement, his estranged wife's income was doubled to £2,000 per annum[9] (equivalent to £228,000 in 2024[16]).
References
- ^ Harratt, Simon; Farrell, Stephen (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "PARKYNS, George Augustus Henry Anne, 2nd Bar. Rancliffe [I] (1785–1850), of Bunny Park, Notts". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Demise of Lord Rancliffe (second edition)". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1850. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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- ^ a b Burke, John Bernard (1852). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (14th ed.). London: Henry Colburn & Co. p. 823. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Betham, William (1803). The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets. Vol. 3. London: Burrell and Bransby. p. 43. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ a b Cave, Edward (December 1850). "Obituary: Lord Rancliffe". The Gentleman's Magazine: 653–655. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ a b Port, M. H. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "PARKYNS, Thomas Boothby (1755–1800), of Rookley, Hants". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "Death of Lord Rancliffe". The Times. London. 2 November 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "10th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Right Honourable George Augustus Lord Rancliffe to be Cornet, by purchase". "No. 15412". The London Gazette. 29 September 1801. p. 1199.
- ^ "15th Ditto, Cornet G. A. Lord Rancliffe, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by Purchase". "No. 15596". The London Gazette. 25 June 1803. p. 759.
- ^ a b c Symonds, P. A.; Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "PARKYNS, George Augustus Henry Anne, 2nd Baron Rancliffe [I] (1785–1850), of Bunny Park, Notts". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Death of Lord Rancliffe". Nottinghamshire Guardian. British Newspaper Archive. 7 November 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "No. 19196". The London Gazette. 26 September 1834. p. 1736.
- ^ Burke, John (1830). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Vol. 3 (3rd ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 629. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ a b c UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "No. 15978". The London Gazette. 25 November 1806. p. 1538.
- ^ a b Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "Minehead 1790–1820". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ The Ipswich Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 17 October 1807. p. 2. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Marriage". Hibernian Journal, or Chronicle of Liberty. British Newspaper Archive. 19 October 1807. p. 3. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn (1789). The Peerage of Ireland: Or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom. Vol. II (revised and enlarged ed.). Dublin: James Moore. p. 152. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Burial of Lord Rancliffe". Nottinghamshire Guardian. British Newspaper Archive. 14 November 1850. p. 5. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Burke, John (1833). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 83. Retrieved 25 May 2015.