Great Cornish Families: A History of the People and Their Houses is a book by Crispin Gill, published in 1995.[1] A second edition was published in 2011 . Crispin Gill, at the time of the book's publication, lived in Plymouth and was assistant editor of the Western Morning News.[1] [2] The book names many notable families that have featured prominently in Cornwall's history.
| Author: | Crispin Gill |
| Language: | English |
| Location: | Tiverton |
| Isbn: | 978-1-87106-025-6 |
| Oclc: | 37989802 |
| Published: | 1995 (Cornwall Books) |
| Great Cornish Families: A History of the People and Their Houses | |
Gill chooses the following families:
In the introduction to Great families . . . ,[1] the following additional potentially great families are mentioned. They were not included in the list as they were deemed by him to have failed to "found a dynasty":
Bernard Deacon in his History of Cornwall (2007)[8] suggests the following family names ("merchant bourgeois" who joined the "gentry" from the latter part of the 18th century): Williams, Bolitho, Fox, Davey of Redruth, Daniell of Truro, Harvey of Gwennap, Foster of Lostwithiel.
Table of Principal Cornish Landowners, mid-nineteenth century (ranked)
Source: Returns of owners of land in England & Wales – House of Commons Sessional papers 1872-3: paper No. 1874 lixxii, quoted in Edwin Jaggard Cornwall politics in the age of reform 1790–1855, (1999).[9]
| Top landowners in Cornwall 1872* | Acres owned in Cornwall | |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Par | 30,156 | |
| Viscount Falmouth of Mereworth Castle, Maidstone, Kent | 25,910 | |
| Lord Robartes MP of Lanhydrock, Bodmin | 22,234 | |
| Mr Cyril Fortescue of Boconnoc, Lostwithiel | 20,148 | |
| Mr Gustavus Basset of Tehidy Park, Redruth | 16,969 | |
| Earl of Mount Edgcumbe MP of Mount Edgcumbe, Devonport | 13,288 | |
| Mr Christopher Hawkins of Trewithen, Probus | 12,119 | |
| Mr Francis Thynne of Haynes Park, Bedford | 10,224 | |
| Rev Sir Vyell Vyvyan of Trelowarren, Helstone | 9,738 | |
| Colonel Arthur Tremayne MP of Carclew, Perranarworthal | 8,823 |