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Presteigne Important local Victorians |
Sir Richard Green Price |
Glossary
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Born plain Richard
Green at Madley in Herefordshire, he trained as a solicitor
and came to work in Knighton. He saw
the poor conditions the working people were living in and worked to improve
them.
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Treasurer
- the
man who looked after the money for the county authorities. Tenants - people who rent their home or farm from a landlord. Sheriff - The Queen's representative in the county |
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He built
up an estate of 9000 acres which earned him £7000 a year in rents
from his tenants. This made him a rich
man in Victorian times. He became an MP in 1863,
and after years of service in Parliament was made a baronet by the Prime
Minister. He was made a Justice of the Peace and was the Sheriff for Radnorshire in 1876. |
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He organised the restoration of Norton Church, and built a new school at Norton and comfortable new cottages for his estate workers. He was very active in the area and fought an election at the age of 83. He died a year later in 1887. Back to Presteigne people menu
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