George Granville Lancaster
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son of John qv
1895.10.09 proposed by F.G.H. Price
death noted in the report of the council for 1907
Notes From Elsewhere
The Lancasters - thanks to a fortune founded in iron and coal, George Granville Lancaster bought the Estate at the start of the 20th Century. His wife was from the Hugenot family Champion de Crespigny. Their son Claude Granville Lancaster, (Jubie) was a Colonel in the Sherwood Foresters and an MP for Fylde and South Fylde. His sister, Cicely Valencia Lancaster inherited on his death in 1977. At her demise in 1996 The Kelmarsh Trust took over the estate’s custodianship
Claude Lancaster was born on 30 August 1899, the son of George Granville Lancaster, who bought Kelmarsh Hall near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, in 1902.[1] Claude Lancaster's grandfather was John Lancaster [qv], a coal owner and MP for Wigan in the 19th Century.[2]