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4 unusual facts about Dacre


Celia Whitelaw, Viscountess Whitelaw

She and her husband's funerals were held and their remains interred at St Andrew's Church, Dacre.

New Zealand State Highway 98

State Highway 98 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the settlements of Lorneville (on State Highway 6 just north of Invercargill) and Dacre (on State Highway 1) in the Southland Region.

Thomas de Multon, 1st Baron Multon of Gilsland

She married Ranulph (Ralph) de Dacre, whom she married because she found him chivalrous and against her father's wishes but he later approved when he found out that the family was a match to his own in estate and power, according to the Moulton Annals.

The title and estates after Margaret inherited them was conveyed to the Dacre family.


Brandesburton

Brandesburton is now known for the Billabong Jet Ski centre which operates throughout the year, the Hainsworth Park Golf Club, The Burton Lodge Hotel and The Dacre Lakeside camping and Caravan Park, which make it a relatively popular holiday destination.

Dacre Castle

It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.

Dacre Castle was probably built by Margaret Multon, the wife of Ralph Dacre, in the middle of the 14th century.

Dacre Stoker

Dacre Calder Stoker (born 23 August 1958) is a Canadian-American author, sportsman and filmmaker, and the great-grand nephew of Irish author Bram Stoker, who authored the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

Dracula the Undead

Dracula the Un-dead, a 2009 novel written by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt

Greystoke Castle

In 1571 the castle was in the ownership of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshal of England through his marriage into the Dacre family, who had been the previous owners.

Harry Dacre

Dacre had a hit in 1892 with the song "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built for Two"), made famous by Katie Lawrence, and then in 1899 with the song "I'll Be Your Sweetheart".

Lawrence Booth

He submitted himself to Edward (the former Earl of March, now King) in April 1461, and by the end of June, Booth was beating back a raid led by the Lords Ros, Dacre and Rugemont-Grey who brought Henry VI over the border to try to raise a rebellion in the north of England.

Magdalen Dacre

Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland (1527/1530- 1 July 1566), married firstly Elizabeth Neville, and secondly Elizabeth Leyburne, by whom he had five children, including George Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, 4th Baron Greystoke, and Anne Dacre, later Countess of Arundel (21 March 1557 – 19 April 1630).

Magdalen Dacre appears in Anya Seton's historical romance Green Darkness, which was partially set in 16th century England.

Sir Richard Barrett-Lennard, 5th Baronet

The most valuable item in the collection was a portrait of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Lord Dacre, with his wife and daughter by Pompeo Batoni which was valued at £2.5m.

Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre

Circa 1488, Dacre eloped with Elizabeth Greystoke, 6th Baroness Greystoke (10 Jul 1471-14 Aug 1516), daughter of Sir Robert de Greystoke by Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy.

Elizabeth Dacre was the eldest granddaughter and heiress of Ralph de Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke.

Thomas Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre

According to John Bateman, who derived his information from statistics published in 1873, Lord Dacre, of The Hoo, Kimpton, Welwyn, had around 13,000 acres comprising: 6,658 acres in Hertfordshire (worth 9,527 guineas per annum), 3,600 acres in Essex (worth 3,550 guineas per annum), 2,081 acres in Cambridge (worth 2,323 guineas per annum) and 978 acres in Suffolk (worth 1,223 guineas per annum).

William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre

Dacre held the Lancashire manors of Skelmersdale, Whiston, Speke, and Parr, and he obtained a charter for the holding of a three-day market and moveable fair at Prescot, then also in Lancashire, to begin on the Wednesday following Corpus Christi.

William Kingston

In April 1523 Kingston joined Dacre on the disturbed northern frontier, and with Sir Ralph Ellerker had the most dangerous posts assigned him; he was present at the capture of Cessford Castle, the stronghold of the Kers, on 18 May.


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