George Embury (1767–1796)
George Tollet (1796–1855)
1767–1855
Landowner and agricultural reformer. Changed his name from Embury in 1796, on succeeding to the estate of Betley Hall, Staffordshire. Justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire. A close friend of Josiah Wedgwood II.
Sources
Burke’s landed gentry 1879 s.v. Wicksted of Betley Hall
Freeman 1978.
Bibliography
Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
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