Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram
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. He was Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Staffordshire West from 1868 to 1871.
Meynell-Ingram was the son of Hugo Meynell and his wife Georgina Pigou
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. His father, proprietor of Hoar Cross Hall
Hoar Cross Hall
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and Temple Newsam
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changed his name to Meynell-Ingram. His mother was a lady of brilliance and charm who was friendly with such men as Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
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, Lord Brougham
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, Walter Savage Landor
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and Charles Young.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire West in 1868 and inherited Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
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and Hoar Cross from his father in 1869.
He married Emily Charlotte Wood, daughter of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
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, and of Mary daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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. After his death, Emily built the church of the Holy Angels
The Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross
The Church of the Holy Angels is an Anglican church in Hoar Cross, East Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:It was built by the pious Anglo-Catholic, Emily Charlotte Meynell Ingram in memory of Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram. The architects were George Frederick Bodley...
at Hoar Cross
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as a memorial to him. The church was designed by George Frederick Bodley
George Frederick Bodley
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and Thomas Garner
Thomas Garner
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