France-Hayhurst family explained

The France-Hayhurst family lived in Bostock Hall near to Middlewich in Cheshire, England from 1775, until the house was sold to the local council in the 1950s.[1] The family were responsible for a number of developments in the area, including the redevelopment of Bostock Green (now a conservation area) between 1850 and 1875.[2] The family last appeared in Burke's Landed Gentry in 1972, as 'Carnegie (formerly France-Hayhurst) of Bostock House'.[3]

The Rev. Thomas France-Hayhurst (1803–1889), the first who adopted the surname, was Rector of Davenham 1839–1884, and Honorary Canon of Chester He was son of the Liverpool merchant Thomas Hayhurst (later Thomas France) (1762–1815).[4] Hayhurst married Elizabeth Cropper, daughter of Thomas Cropper of Everton, and sister of John Cropper (1773–1855), a plantation owner.[4] [5] Thomas France-Hayhurst outlived two brothers with inherited wealth based on West Indian slavery, James France France (1792–1869) and Henry Hayhurst Hayhurst (1806–1875); he added Hayhurst to his surname France to satisfy a stipulation in the will of his brother James.[6]

Family members of note

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the head of the family was: 'Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Hayhurst (per chevron sable and or, in chief two crosses pattée fitchée, and in base a pair of wings conjoined and elevated, counterchanged); 2nd and 3rd, France (argent on a mount in base a hurst proper on a chief wavy azure three fleurs-de-lis or).'[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final family member dies . Guardian Newspapers . 2003-07-09 . 2006-09-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011152214/http://archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2003/7/9/168776.html . 2007-10-11 .
  2. Web site: Bostock Conservation Area Appraisal . Vale Royal Borough Council . April 2003 . 2006-09-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927161335/http://www2.valeroyal.gov.uk/internet/vr.nsf/0/C3845BE12FD7B0B28025715E004B3D13/$file/bostock.pdf . September 27, 2007 .
  3. Burke's Family Index, p. 26
  4. Book: Burke . Sir Bernard . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain . 1921 . Burke Publishing Company . 867 . en.
  5. Web site: John Cropper 1773-1855, Legacies of British Slavery . www.ucl.ac.uk.
  6. Web site: James France France 2nd Feb 1792 - 23rd Oct 1869, Legacies of British Slavery . www.ucl.ac.uk.
  7. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1931, p. 371
  8. "Naval & Military intelligence", The Times (36707), London, 5 March 1902, p. 5
  9. A Call to Arms: Mid Cheshire goes to War, Alan Lowe, Author House, 2014, p. 186
  10. Armorial Families: A Directory of some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, Arthur C. Fox-Davies, T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1899, p. 316
  11. Web site: ONCE again we travel to Bostock thanks to Turn the Clocks Back on May 1. . This is Cheshire.co.uk . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927064334/http://archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2002/5/15/195745.html . 2007-09-27 .
  12. Web site: Burials in St Wilfreds church, Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire . Ancestors at Rest . 2006-12-21.
  13. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, vol. I, Sir Bernard Burke, Heritage Books, 2007 (reprint), p. ci

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