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France-Hayhurst family
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The France-Hayhurst family lived in Bostock Hall near to Middlewich in Cheshire, England from 1775, until the house was sold to the local council in the 1950s.[1] The family were responsible for a number of developments in the area, including the redevelopment of Bostock Green (now a conservation area) between 1850 and 1875.[2] The family last appeared in Burke's Landed Gentry in 1972, as 'Carnegie (formerly France-Hayhurst) of Bostock House'.[3]
The Rev. Thomas France-Hayhurst (1803–1889), the first who adopted the surname, was Rector of Davenham 1839–1884, and Honorary Canon of Chester[4] He was son of the Liverpool merchant Thomas Hayhurst (later Thomas France) (1762–1815).[5] Hayhurst married Elizabeth Cropper, daughter of Thomas Cropper of Everton, and sister of John Cropper (1773–1855), a plantation owner.[5][6] Thomas France-Hayhurst outlived two brothers with inherited wealth based on West Indian slavery, James France France (1792–1869) and Henry Hayhurst Hayhurst (1806–1875); he added Hayhurst to his surname France to satisfy a stipulation in the will of his brother James.[7]
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Family members of note
- Commander[8] Cecil Halstead France-Hayhurst (d. 1915), son of Colonel Charles Hosken France Hayhurst, as below; Royal Navy officer appointed in command of the destroyer HMS Fervent in 1902 as a lieutenant.[9] He later served aboard HMS Illustrious, followed by HMS Patuca.[10][11]
- Colonel Charles Hosken France Hayhurst (March 10, 1832 – April 7, 1914) Benefactor.[12][4] High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1879[13]
- Captain William Hosken France-Hayhurst, High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1929[14]
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Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the head of the family was: 'Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Hayhurst (per chevron sable and or, in chief two crosses pattée fitchée, and in base a pair of wings conjoined and elevated, counterchanged); 2nd and 3rd, France (argent on a mount in base a hurst proper on a chief wavy azure three fleurs-de-lis or).'[15]
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