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Wortley was a devoted supporter of the Royalist cause during the Civil Wars. At the outbreak of war on 22 August 1642, Wortley was one of four chief baronets chosen to raise the king's standard at Nottingham, [4] effectively beginning the raising of the king's army. He raised a troop of horse and fortified his house at Wortley. [2]
In 2018, following the launch of the Governments 25-year Natural Environment plan, he was made the Governments Tree Champion, [4] leading an initiative to co-ordinate forestry and woodlands in England, including planting 11 million trees plus a further one million in the towns and cities. [6] He held this role till early 2020.
The Learning 4 Life Farm, with gardens and therapy alpacas for teens and young adults on the autism spectrum, is getting closer to completion.
After his return to Britain Worsley served as High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1773–1774 and then entered the House of Commons in 1774 for the constituency of Newport.A supporter of the Lord North government, he was appointed a clerk comptroller of the board of green cloth in 1777, comptroller of the king's household (1779–1782), privy councillor (from 1780) and Governor of the Isle of Wight ...
Lady Worsley was rumoured to have had 27 lovers. [4] In November 1781 she ran off with Bisset, and in February 1782 Worsley brought a criminal conversation case against Bisset for £20,000 (equivalent to £3,105,500 in 2023). Lady Worsley turned the suit in her favour with scandalous revelations and the aid of past and present lovers; and ...
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Frederick Carder was born in the village of Wordsley, near Stourbridge, in Staffordshire, England [7] on September 18, 1863, to parents Caleb and Ann Carder. Caleb Carder worked as a salesperson for his father, George Carder, at his pottery, Ley's, formed around 1810. [7]
He was born in 1814, the son of William Foster of Wordsley House in Stourbridge and his wife Charlotte, [1] daughter of William Orme of Dulwich, Surrey. [2] His father had an iron business in Stourbridge, a partnership with his brother-in-law trading as Foster & Orme; [3] but it was as heir to his uncle James Foster that William Orme Foster was to achieve wealth and position as an ironmaster ...