Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire : being biographical notices of five hundred men and women who were born, or worked, or abode, or died in the county or city of Nottingham, and who, in some way, were distinguished for usefulness to others / by Robert Mellors.
- Mellors, Robert, 1835-
- Date:
- 1924 [i.e. 1925]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire : being biographical notices of five hundred men and women who were born, or worked, or abode, or died in the county or city of Nottingham, and who, in some way, were distinguished for usefulness to others / by Robert Mellors. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![THOMAS, LORD SCROOPE of Bolton, K.G., (d. 1609), and Lady Philadelphia, his wife, have a very stately tomb of black and white marble, with their effigies, over which is a canopy resting on black marble pillars. He was “ Lord warden of the West Marchses, Steward of Richmond and Richmondsh[ire], and Bow Bearer of all His Ma’ties Parkes Forrests and Chases/' SCROOPE, LORD HOWE, (d. 1712), was M.P. for Nottingham, and the inscription on a well executed bust portrait tells of how he remarkably distinguished himself in the preservation of the religion and liberties of his country when Popery and arbitrary power threat¬ ened the subversion of both. SCROOPE, LORD HOWE, (d. 1734), was Gover¬ nor of Barbados. He is said to have “ gained the res¬ pect and esteem that was justly due to a generous, wise, impartial, and disinterested Governor/’ GEORGE AUGUSTUS, VISCOUNT HOWE, (d. 1758), was the elder brother of the Admiral, and inherited the Langar estate, but dying first, the Admiral succeeded to the estate. He was M.P. for Nottingham. Under the North-west tower of Westminster Abbey is a monu¬ ment, the inscription on which tells its own tale:— “ The province of Massachusetts Bay in New Eng¬ land, by an order of the great and general court, bearing date Feby. 1st, 1759, caused this monument to be erected to the memory of George Augustus Lord Vis¬ count Howe, Brigadier-General of His Majesty’s Forces in America, who was slain July 6th, 1758, on the march to Ticonderoga, in the 34th year of his age; in testimony of the sense they had of his services and military virtues, and of the affection their officers and soldiers bore to his command. He lived respected and beloved; the publick re¬ gretted his loss; to his family it was irreparable.” All the foregoing are eclipsed by the deeds, if not by the tomb, of the Admiral of the Fleet, Richard, Earl and Viscount Howe, K G.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31353289_0322.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
