Wakefield Family History Sharing
Wakefield Grammar School
transcribed from 'The History of Wakefield Grammar School' by M H Peacock, MA, B Mus, the 21st Headmaster.
Written in commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of its foundation
printed 1892 by W H Milnes, The Radcliffe Printing Works
List of Govenors of Wakefield Grammar School
At the bottom of each page of the book there are details of the Govenors occupations, where they lived etc. I will include these details along side the name of each Govenor.
No. |
Name |
When elected |
Vice |
How Vacated |
When Vacated |
201 |
Rev Samuel Sharp, MA Curate of Wakefield from 1804 - 1810, Vicar of Wakefield from 1810 - 1855 |
Feb 16 1810 |
194 |
dec |
Mar 9 1855 |
202 |
John Henry Smyth son of the Rt. Hon. John Smyth of Heath (No 177). MP for Cambridge University, buried at Kirkthorpe |
Mar 8 1811 |
177 |
dec |
Oct 20 1822 |
203 |
William Naylor |
Apl 19 1811 |
187 |
res |
Mar 26 1834 |
204 |
William Brooke |
Dec 27 1811 |
196 |
res |
Dec 27 1820 |
205 |
Rev James Drake afterwards Vicar of Warmfield |
Jun 29 1812 |
178 |
- |
Jan 1817 |
206 |
Thomas Rishworth banker of Wakefield, of the firm Townend & Rishworth, built the old Corn Exchange : Constable in 1805 |
Jul 27 1812 |
197 |
res |
Oct 15 1817 |
207 |
William Dawson |
Aug 10 1812 |
193 |
res |
May 16 1816 |
208 |
Jeremiah Todd Naylor a cloth merchant of Wakefield. Constable in 1818 ; Captain of the Royal Wakefield Volunteers in 1798. Mr Robert Allott was elected on May 24 but declined to serve. |
Jul 2 1813 |
198 |
dis |
Oct 29 1828 |
209 |
James Teale of St Johns, Wakefield |
Jul 24 1815 |
188 |
dec |
Apl 1831 |
210 |
Joseph Hargreaves was of Sandal Hall |
May 20 1816 |
207 |
dec |
Jan 1824 |
211 |
Robert Smithson |
Feb 6 1817 |
205 |
dec |
May 1819 |
212 |
Rev Henry Gylby Lonsdale Rector of Bolton Bolland in Craven 1826 ; Vicar of St Marys Lichfield ; brother of Dr. John Lonsdale, Bishop of Lichfield |
Oct 20 1817 |
206 |
dis |
Oct 5 1825 |
213 |
Rev William Snowden, MA Curate of Wakefield, July 1817 - Jan 1818 ; Incumbent of Horbury 1817 - 1834 ; BD and Rector of Swillington 1834 - 1847 |
May 18 1818 |
200 |
dis |
Jul 24 1830 |
214 |
Buller Rolle Langford always called Captain |
Mar 8 1819 |
184 |
res |
Mar 6 1820 |
215 |
Robert Rayner |
Mar 17 1819 |
211 |
res |
Dec 22 1828 |
216 |
Thomas Barff woolstapler of Wakefield, built and resided at Cliff Field House |
Mar 13 1820 |
214 |
dec |
Mar 1847 |
217 |
Rev George Beckett Incumbent of Chapelthorpe in 1818 ; afterwards Rector of Hepworth, Lincolnshire |
Jan 8 1821 |
204 |
dis |
May 11 1823 |
218 |
Rev William Robinson Gilby Vicar of St Marys, Beverley from 1823 |
Sep 20 1822 |
199 |
dis |
Jun 23 1824 |
219 |
Arther Heywood banker originally from Liverpool, lived in Stanley Hall |
Nov 11 1822 |
202 |
dis |
Apl 26 1827 |
220 |
Jeremiah Glover of Field Head, Stanley |
May 14 1823 |
217 |
dec |
Mar 1 1860 |
221 |
Rev William Fox |
Jan 23 1824 |
185 |
dis |
Sep 11 1826 |
222 |
John Hardy of Heath, father of the present Viscount Cranbrook (at time of book being printed 1892 that this information is taken from) |
Jan 23 1824 |
210 |
res |
Mar 26 1834 |
223 |
Willliam Thomas, MD Surgeon in the 67th and 37th Regiments, 1806-1821 ; practised 37 years in Wakefield |
Oct 25 1824 |
218 |
res |
Oct 25 1856 |
224 |
Rev Thomas Kilby Curate of Wakefield September 1824 - 1825, afterwards Vicar of St Johns, Wakefield |
Jul 24 1825 |
189 |
dis |
Sep 26 1837 |
225 |
William Thomas Lee of Heath |
Oct 24 1825 |
212 |
dis |
Dec 26 1829 |
226 |
Giles Diston Barker generally called Captain Barker ; Deputy Coroner |
Sep 30 1826 |
221 |
res |
Oct 30 1830 |
227 |
John Maude of Moor House, Stanley |
May 12 1828 |
219 |
dec |
Mar 19 1852 |
228 |
Henry Walker of South Parade ; afterwards Clerk to the Govenors |
Nov 3 1828 |
208 |
res |
Oct 31 1844 |
229 |
John Naylor cloth merchant, died Feb 4 1856 |
Dec 26 1828 |
215 |
res |
Feb 4 1841 |
230 |
Joshua Smithson Colliery Proprietor, lived in Northgate, Wakefield |
Jan 1 1829 |
225 |
res |
Dec 19 1850 |
231 |
John Francis Carr of Carr Lodge, Horbury, Justice of the Peace |
Jul 28 1830 |
213 |
dec |
Jan 1863 |
232 |
Edward Tew of Crofton Hall, Banker |
Nov 3 1830 |
226 |
res |
Jun 22 1870 |
233 |
John Hardcastle lived at Westfield House, Wakefield |
Apl 30 1831 |
209 |
dec |
Jul 14 1852 |
234 |
Thomas tootal corn merchant |
Mar 31 1834 |
222 |
res |
Oct 15 1840 |
235 |
Thomas Hague of Sandal and Stanley Hall |
Mar 31 1834 |
203 |
res |
Mar 24 1851 |
236 |
Joze Luis Fernandes born in Oporto, July 1790, Grandson of the last Marquez de Tavora, died Dec 16 1868 |
Sep 30 1837 |
224 |
dis |
Feb 16 1843 |
237 |
John George Smyth son of John Henry Smyth of Heath (No202), born February 5 1815 died June 10 1869 ; MP for the city of York from 1847 to 1865 : DL and JP ; buried at Kirkthorpe |
Oct 19 1840 |
234 |
res |
May 13 1850 |
238 |
Richard Dunn Corn Merchant of Wakefield, Constable in 1834 |
Feb 8 1841 |
229 |
res |
Jan 16 1843 |
239 |
Rev John Pullein, MA Vicar of Warmfield 1837 - 1871; afterwards Vicar of Wheeton, Leeds |
Feb 6 1843 |
238 |
res |
Jul 29 1874 |
240 |
Rev John Pemberton Simpson Curate of Wakefield, January 1826 - December 1843 ; afterwards Rector of Crofton, 1843 - 1858 |
Feb 20 1843 |
236 |
dec |
Aug 1858 |
241 |
Edward Tomlinson of St Johns, Wakefield |
Nov 5 1844 |
228 |
dec |
May 1870 |
242 |
John Barff woolstapler of Wakefield, Justice of the Peace ; lived in St Johns, Constable in 1835 |
Apl 3 1874 |
216 |
dec |
Jul 14 1864 |
243 |
George Sanders, MP corn merchant of Aloverthorpe Hall, Wakefield ; MP for Wakefield 1847 - 1857. Died May 14 1879 |
May 17 1850 |
227 |
res |
Aug 30 1850 |
244 |
Thomas Giordani Wright, MD of South Parade, Wakefield, afterwardes of Milnes House ; has now practised 58 years in Wakefield (at the time of this book being written, 1892) |
Sep 3 1850 |
243 |
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245 |
William Henry Leatham, MP of Hemsworth Hall, Pontefract ; MP for Wakefield 1865-1868 |
Dec 23 1850 |
230 |
res |
Mar 5 1852 |
246 |
Henry Wormald of South Parade, Wakefield |
Mar 28 1851 |
235 |
dec |
Aug 19 1887 |
247 |
Thomas Holy Holdsworth of Belle Vue and sandal Hall ; Justice of the Peace |
Apl 6 1852 |
245 |
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248 |
Hon.and Rev Philip Yorke Savile, MA second son of the Earl of Mexborough; now Rector of Methley. (at the time of this book being written, 1892) |
Apl 6 1852 |
227 |
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249 |
John Charlsworth Dodgson Charlesworth of Stanley Hall ; afterwards of Chapelthorpe Hall ; MP for Wakefield 1857 - 1859; gave nthe chimes of Wakefield Cathedral ; Colonel |
Aug 32 1852 |
233 |
dec |
Mar 21 1880 |
250 |
John Hudswell Westerman of Sandal |
Apl 19 1855 |
201 |
dec |
Mar 23 1880 |
251 |
Rev Charles Joseph Camidge, MA Vicar of Wakefield from 1855 - 1875; previously Vicar of Nether Poppleton, nr York ; Hon. Canon of Ripon, died Feb 10 1878, buried in Wakefield Cemetery |
Oct 29 1856 |
223 |
res |
Jun 7 1876 |
252 |
Daniel Burton Kende, MB of Heath House, Wakefield ; now Walton |
Sep 2 1858 |
240 |
res |
Mar 16 1868 |
253 |
John Bownas Mackie corn factor of St Johns, Wakefield ; MP for Wakefield 1880 - 1885 ; buried in Wakefield Cemetery |
Jan 10 1863 |
231 |
dec |
Jan 10 1885 |
254 |
Joze Louis Fernandex, jun of Market Street, Wakefield ; subsequently of Lupset and Calder Grove, Wakefield ; now of Tavora House, Grange-over-Sands |
Jul 27 1864 |
242 |
res |
Jun 3 1891 |
255 |
Joseph Barker of Holmefield House, Wakefield, Thornes ; Justice of the Peace ; Major |
Maar 20 1868 |
252 |
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256 |
John Barff Charlesworth of Hatfeild Hall, Stanley ; Justice of the Peace |
Mar 15 1869 |
220 |
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257 |
Percy Tew of Heath Hall, Wakefield ; Justice of the Peace |
May 13 1870 |
241 |
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258 |
William Henry Bedford Tomlinson of Cliff Field House, Wakefield ; Justice of the Peace |
Jun 29 1870 |
232 |
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259 |
Edward Green Lately of Heath Old Hall, Wakefield; now of Ken Hill, Norfolk and Nunthorpe, York; MP for Wakefield from 1885 to the present time (at the time of this book being written, 1892). Now Sir Edward green Bt. |
Aug 5 1874 |
239 |
res |
Jun 1878 |
260 |
Ven. Norman Dumenil John Straton, MA now Vicar of Wakefield, appointed in 1875 (at the time of this book being written, 1892); Rural Dean and late Hon Canon of Ripon ; Hon Canon of Wakefield and Archdeacon of Huddersfield |
Aug 5 1891 |
254 |
Note :- The first column gives the order of seniority.
The second column gives the name and title of the Govenor at the time of election
The third column is the date of election.
Fourth column gives the number of the Govenor they succeeded.
The firth column is the reason for the termination of office : Dec - Deceased ; Dep - Deposed ; Dis - Disqualified by non residence within the proper limits or non attendance at meetings ; Res - Resigned ; War - Died or left the district during the Civil War.
The sixth column is the date when the term of office was terminated ; B - Buried.
© C Sklinar 2004