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    Sir William Henry Houldsworth, 1st Baronet DL (20 August 1834 – 18 April 1917) was a British mill-owner in Reddish, Lancashire. He was Conservative MP...
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  • William Harry Houldsworth (6 April 1873 – 19 April 1909) was an English cricketer active from 1893 to 1894 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Levenshulme...
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  • Moray Basil Houldsworth (1922–1990), British anesthetist and politician Thomas Houldsworth (1771–1852), English politician William Houldsworth (1834–1917)...
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    Hamilton Houldsworth, 2nd Baronet (1867–1947) Sir William Thomas Reginald Houldsworth, 3rd Baronet (1874–1960) Sir Reginald Douglas Henry Houldsworth, 4th...
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    Houldsworth, a prominent mill owner at the time. It is a Grade II* listed building. Reddish mill was built by Stott and Sons for William Houldsworth,...
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    the Middle East Theatre. Command of the Eighth Army was given to General William Gott but he was shot down and killed while flying to Cairo only three days...
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    "Williamfield". It became the family seat. It later belonged to William Houldsworth. Burke, Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the...
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    manufacturing knitting machines, was built around the same time. William Houldsworth's Reddish Mill for cotton spinning was opened in 1864. Hanover Mill...
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    "Williamfield". It became the Fairlie family seat. It later belonged to William Houldsworth. Paterson, James. History of the county of Ayr, Volume 2. 1852. Burke...
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    of residence. The leaders of this project were Manchester MPs Sir William Houldsworth and Hugh Birley, though they were joined by philanthropist Richard...
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    church and was designed for William Houldsworth, for whom Waterhouse designed other buildings in the area all part of Houldsworth Model Village. The church...
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    reeds, he returned to Bury and, on 29 June 1725, both he and his brother, William, married Bury women. John's wife was Anne Holte. His daughter Lettice was...
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  • England. It was built by William Houldsworth, for the benefit of his employees at Houldsworth Mills. The first of Houldsworth's mills was completed in 1865...
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  • Brigadier Sir Henry Walter Houldsworth, DSO KBE (28 January 1896 – 9 October 1963) was a British soldier. Houldsworth was born on 28 January 1896 at Castlebank...
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    the Dukes of Westminster (1876–1888); for the private chapel of William Houldsworth in Kilmarnock (1877–1879) and for the St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish...
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  • Manchester under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its first MP, William Houldsworth, had previously sat for Manchester. It was abolished in 1918. Winston...
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    Holland-Hibbert Sir William Houldsworth, 1st Baronet J. Bruce Ismay Lieut-Col. Amelius Lockwood, 1st Baron Lambourne The Hon. William Lowther Brigadier-General...
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  • London's Burning, 1988–1989 and 1994 William Houldsworth, industrialist and politician; born in Manchester; built Houldsworth Mill, the surrounding housing and...
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    newspaper articles. Later owners were: William Houldsworth (1883–83), Frank Linsly James (1887–88) and William James (1891–92) Lloyd's Yacht Register...
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  • was one of the participants in the first America's cup. Built for William Houldsworth in 1869 and launched as Morna, then sold to Juliana, Baroness Mayer...
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    1826–31 to which Waterhouse made improvements and additions for William Houldsworth, including a music room, a conservatory, and a private chapel. A...
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    the United Kingdom. Peel's father Robert "Parsley" Peel and grandfather William Peel(e) were yeomen. They were also engaged in the adult and infant textile...
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    Thomson's esteem of him. James Thomson proceeded to work with his brother William. In late 1827, Burton left Clitheroe to reside in Tyldesley as partner...
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    estate Williamfield in honour of her late husband. In the 1870s William Houldsworth owned the property and added a new wing, conservatory and a private...
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  • Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh Thomas Houldsworth; MP for North Nottinghamshire (1834–1852) Sir William Houldsworth, 1st Baronet; MP for Manchester (1883–1885)...
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    Drinkwater Nathaniel Eckersley John Fielden William Gray Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles...
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    the weft, a rachet and pawl mechanism advanced the cloth roller. In 1802 William Ratcliffe of Stockport patented a Dandy loom with a cast-iron frame. It...
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    Drinkwater Nathaniel Eckersley John Fielden William Gray Hannah Greg Samuel Greg Richard Howarth William Houldsworth John Kennedy George Augustus Lee Charles...
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  • 1874 William Romaine Callender Conservative 1876 by-election Jacob Bright Liberal 1880 John Slagg Liberal 1883 by-election William Houldsworth Conservative...
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    Westminster, and St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish, Greater Manchester, for William Houldsworth. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:...
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