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unusual facts about Sir Walter Calverley, 2nd Baronet



Bibby Line

In 2002 Sir Derek Bibby, 2nd baronet, and great-great-grandson of the founder and past chairman and president of the firm, was aged 80 and terminally ill with leukemia.

Calverley-Blackett baronets

It was created on 11 November 1711 for Walter Calverley.

Rothley Castle

It was designed in 1755 by architect Daniel Garrett for Sir Walter Blackett owner of Wallington Hall, from where it is visible on the hillside.

Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet

He bequeathed his estates at Allendale, Northumberland and Wallington Hall, Cambo to his nephew Sir Walter Calverley, 2nd Baronet of Calverley, conditional upon the latter's marriage to Elizabeth Orde, Blackett's natural daughter and his change of name to Blackett.

Wallington Hall

The hall house was rebuilt in 1688 around the ancient Pele Tower house for Sir William Blackett and was later substantially rebuilt again, in Palladian style, for Sir Walter Blackett by architect Daniel Garret, before passing to the Trevelyan family in 1777.


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