Hoar Cross Hall
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Hoar Cross
Hoar Cross is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of East Staffordshire, situated approximately seven miles west of Burton upon Trent....
and Hamstall Ridware
Hamstall Ridware
Hamstall Ridware is a village and civil parish in the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. It is in the Trent Valley, and lies close to the villages of Hill Ridware, Mavesyn Ridware and Pipe Ridware...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
which is operated as an hotel and health spa. It is a Grade II listed building.
Hoar Cross was from the early 17th century the firstseat of the Ingram family whose principal residence was Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam is a Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. In 1661 Henry Ingram was raised as Baron Ingram and Viscount of Irvine
Viscount of Irvine
Viscount of Irvine was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 23 May 1661 for Henry Ingram, of Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, and Hoar Cross Hall, Staffordshire. He was made Lord Ingram at the same time, also in Peerage of Scotland. The third Viscount was Member of Parliament for...
. On the death of the 9th Viscount in 1778 the Viscountcy became extinct . The estates descended to his daughters and in 1841 to Hugo Charles Meynell ( grandson of Hugo Meynell
Hugo Meynell
Hugo Meynell is generally seen as the father of modern fox hunting, became Master of Fox Hounds for the Quorn Hunt in Leicestershire in 1753 and continued in that role for another forty-seven years . Meynell pioneered an extended chase at high speeds through open grassland...
and son of Sir Hugo Meynell who had married Elizabeth Ingram in 1782). Upon inheritance Meynell incorporated Ingram into his surname to become Meynell Ingram. In the 1860s he rebuilt the old house in its present grand style.
His son Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram
Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram
Hugo Francis Meynall-Ingram was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire West from 1868 to 1871....
married Emily Charlotte Wood, daughter of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....
. Meynell Ingram died in 1871 and Emily Charlotte built the church
The Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross
The Church of the Holy Angels is an Anglican church in Hoar Cross, East Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:It was built by the pious Anglo-Catholic, Emily Charlotte Meynell Ingram in memory of Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram. The architects were George Frederick Bodley...
in his memory. She remained in occupation of the Hall until her death in 1904 when her nephew Fredreick George Lindley Wood (later Meynell) inherited the estate.