Sleaford Lincolnshire
Henry Handley monument Sleaford Lincolnshire stands in a prominent central town location on Southgate just north of Sleaford railway station
Henry born in 1797 was the 3rd but 1st surviving son of Benjamin Handley, attorney and banker, and Frances daughter of Jacob Conington of Boston. His father had helped to establish the Sleaford Navigation & also founded the first bank in Sleaford. The impressive Manor House in Northgate where they lived is a short walk from the Monument
Henry was briefly educated at Oxford and Lincoln’s Inn, but apparently did not take his degree or practice as a barrister
He m 1825 Hon. Caroline Edwardes daughter of Sir William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington & Dorothy Thomas, having 2 sons & 8 daughters
1. Caroline Edwardes Handley b1826.
2. Elizabeth Dorothy Handley b 1828
3. Frances Handley b1830
4. Jane Handley b1831
5. Lucy Adela Handley b1833 m Major Francis Brown of Welbourne
6. Henry Edwardes Handley (1835-92) of Barrowby Cottage, Grantham, lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards. During the famous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 he commanded the right hand troop of his regiment
7. Laura Handley b 1837.
8. Georgina Handley b 1939.
9. Emma Handley b 1840
10. Rev Edward Handley (1842-1904) rector of Clipsham, Rutland and Winthorpe, Notts m 1866 Laura Pamela daughter of Henry Wood Rideout of Bath
(Henry also had an illegitimate son Henry Handley Farrell by Mary Farrell )
Henry who until then had lived in Sleaford, rented Culverthorpe Hall after his marriage, but in 1828 on the death of his father, who was deputy recorder of Boston, 1817-26, he inherited property in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and the bulk of his estate, which included personal wealth of c £20,000. He also came into his father’s share of the Sleaford and Newark bank of Peacock, Handley and Company, which he had founded in the 1790s
Henry was a budding entrepreneur and MP for many years locally. His interest in agricultural affairs intensified on returning to Sleaford, so much so that he offered £100 for the successful invention of the steam plough and helped to revive the 'Grand Northern Railway'.
The Monument itself was commissioned by Birmingham architect William Boyle, when the townspeople of Sleaford raised in excess of £900 after his death in 1846, although at this point he was living in Kent. The building was completed in 1852 and a one way traffic system was implemented to ensure the permanence of the structure.
He died in June 1846, dividing his estate among his numerous children, but revoking the annuity that he had previously intended for his natural son Henry Handley Farrell because he had ‘wilfully abandoned’ his profession www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member...
Sleaford Lincolnshire
Henry Handley monument Sleaford Lincolnshire stands in a prominent central town location on Southgate just north of Sleaford railway station
Henry born in 1797 was the 3rd but 1st surviving son of Benjamin Handley, attorney and banker, and Frances daughter of Jacob Conington of Boston. His father had helped to establish the Sleaford Navigation & also founded the first bank in Sleaford. The impressive Manor House in Northgate where they lived is a short walk from the Monument
Henry was briefly educated at Oxford and Lincoln’s Inn, but apparently did not take his degree or practice as a barrister
He m 1825 Hon. Caroline Edwardes daughter of Sir William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington & Dorothy Thomas, having 2 sons & 8 daughters
1. Caroline Edwardes Handley b1826.
2. Elizabeth Dorothy Handley b 1828
3. Frances Handley b1830
4. Jane Handley b1831
5. Lucy Adela Handley b1833 m Major Francis Brown of Welbourne
6. Henry Edwardes Handley (1835-92) of Barrowby Cottage, Grantham, lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards. During the famous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 he commanded the right hand troop of his regiment
7. Laura Handley b 1837.
8. Georgina Handley b 1939.
9. Emma Handley b 1840
10. Rev Edward Handley (1842-1904) rector of Clipsham, Rutland and Winthorpe, Notts m 1866 Laura Pamela daughter of Henry Wood Rideout of Bath
(Henry also had an illegitimate son Henry Handley Farrell by Mary Farrell )
Henry who until then had lived in Sleaford, rented Culverthorpe Hall after his marriage, but in 1828 on the death of his father, who was deputy recorder of Boston, 1817-26, he inherited property in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and the bulk of his estate, which included personal wealth of c £20,000. He also came into his father’s share of the Sleaford and Newark bank of Peacock, Handley and Company, which he had founded in the 1790s
Henry was a budding entrepreneur and MP for many years locally. His interest in agricultural affairs intensified on returning to Sleaford, so much so that he offered £100 for the successful invention of the steam plough and helped to revive the 'Grand Northern Railway'.
The Monument itself was commissioned by Birmingham architect William Boyle, when the townspeople of Sleaford raised in excess of £900 after his death in 1846, although at this point he was living in Kent. The building was completed in 1852 and a one way traffic system was implemented to ensure the permanence of the structure.
He died in June 1846, dividing his estate among his numerous children, but revoking the annuity that he had previously intended for his natural son Henry Handley Farrell because he had ‘wilfully abandoned’ his profession www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member...