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Mining of coal on the various estates, including at [[Frickley Colliery]] in [[South Elmsall]] (named after the Warde- |
Mining of coal on the various estates, including at [[Frickley Colliery]] in [[South Elmsall]] (named after the Warde-Aldams' Frickley estate), brought a great deal of wealth to the couple. Julia took a keen interest in the houses and estates, most significantly at Hooton Pagnell hall, which she remodelled substantially, giving its current crenellated gothic appearance,<ref name='bonhams'>{{cite book|title=Hooton Pagnell Hall, 300 Years of Collecting (auction catalogue)|date=1 December 2015|access-date=13 March 2019|url=https://images1.bonhams.com/original?src=Images/live/2015-10/22/S-23248-0-1.pdf|publisher=Bonhams}}</ref> and added the East wing.<ref name='hall'>{{cite web|website=Hooton Pagnell Hall|url=https://hootonpagnellhall.com/index.php/the-hall/|access-date=13 March 2019|title=The Hall}}</ref> She also added a dining hall and master bedroom to Healey Hall.<ref name='telegraph'>{{cite news|work=The Telegraph|title=How one family brought new life - and added a booming business - to their ancestral seat|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/one-family-brought-new-life-added-booming-business-ancestral/|date=22 January 2019|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> She restored the churches in both Hooton Pagnell and Frickley.<ref name='geograph'>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4581376|title=All Saints Church in Hooton Pagnell|author=Neil Theasby|website=Geograph|date=23 July 2015|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> |
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Described as "a flamboyant benefactor with a fondness for seances"<ref name='telegraph' /> she had a wide range of interests, including collecting a notable collection of 2,000 book-plates.<ref name='bonhams' /> She was a keen amateur artist,<ref name='hall' /> and numerous paintings attributed to her survive.<ref name='somerset'>{{cite web|url=https://somersetandwood.com/products/julia-warde-village-stream-with-cows-and-rowboat|website=Somerset and Wood|title=Julia Warde, Village Stream, Cows & Rowboat}}</ref> |
Described as "a flamboyant benefactor with a fondness for seances"<ref name='telegraph' /> she had a wide range of interests, including collecting a notable collection of 2,000 book-plates.<ref name='bonhams' /> She was a keen amateur artist,<ref name='hall' /> and numerous paintings attributed to her survive.<ref name='somerset'>{{cite web|url=https://somersetandwood.com/products/julia-warde-village-stream-with-cows-and-rowboat|website=Somerset and Wood|title=Julia Warde, Village Stream, Cows & Rowboat}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:30, 25 March 2019
Julia Ward-Aldam | |
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| Born | Sarah Julia Warde 1857 Carleton-in-Craven |
| Died | July 18, 1931 (aged 73–74) |
| Nationality | British |
Sarah Julia Warde-Aldam MBE ARRC (née Warde; 1857-1931) was a South Yorkshire estate owner, benefactor and hospital commandant.
Early life and Marriage
She was born at Carleton as the younger daughter of Revd William Warde, previously vicar of Campsall, and his wife Marianne (née Smithson).[1]
On her father's death in 1868, she and her elder sister Mary Ann jointly inherited Hooton Pagnell hall, Doncaster, which had been bought by Sir Patience Warde in 1704. Mary died in 1880, leaving Julia as sole inheritor.[2]
In 1878 she married William Wright Aldam, son of William Aldam MP and owner of Frickley Hall,[3] taking the name Warde-Aldam. They had two sons, William St. Andrew (1882-1958), who inherited the Hooton Pagnell estate, and John Ralph Patentius (born 1892) who inherited the Frickley estate.[4] On Willam's father's death in 1890, the couple also inherited Healey Hall in Northumberland,[2] and in 1899 they purchased the estate of Ederline in Argyllshire.[5]
Mining of coal on the various estates, including at Frickley Colliery in South Elmsall (named after the Warde-Aldams' Frickley estate), brought a great deal of wealth to the couple. Julia took a keen interest in the houses and estates, most significantly at Hooton Pagnell hall, which she remodelled substantially, giving its current crenellated gothic appearance,[6] and added the East wing.[7] She also added a dining hall and master bedroom to Healey Hall.[8] She restored the churches in both Hooton Pagnell and Frickley.[9]
Described as "a flamboyant benefactor with a fondness for seances"[8] she had a wide range of interests, including collecting a notable collection of 2,000 book-plates.[6] She was a keen amateur artist,[7] and numerous paintings attributed to her survive.[10]
St Chad's Hostel
In 1902, Frederick Samuel Willoughby, vicar of Hooton Pagnell, founded St Chad's Hostel to train men for the ministry. Warde-Aldam was the project's major benefactor, and provided a new building for the hostel in 1903-4.[2] She continued to support the hostel while it remained in the village until 1916, though does not seem to have had involvement with it after it moved to Durham as St Chad's Hall (now St Chad's College, Durham).[2]
After the closure of the hostel, the building was given by the family to the village to serve as a village club.
Hospital Commandant
In September 1914, a month after the Britain's entry into the First World War, Warde-Aldham opened up Hooton Pagnell hall as the Hooton Pagnell Auxiliary Military Hospital.[11] She took on the role of Red Cross Commandant and matron of the hospital, and was honoured with an MBE in the 1918 Birthday Honours[12], and the Royal Red Cross, Second Class.[13]
Later life and death
William Warde-Aldam died in 1921, while Julia herself died in 1931.[2]
References
- ^ "Sarah Julia Warde". The Peerage. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "St Chad's Other Founder, Julia Warde-Aldam". The Chadsian (2018). St Chad's College, Durham: 22–26.
- ^ A history of Northumberland. issued under the direction of the Northumberland county history committee. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & co. 1893. p. 175.
- ^ "Warde-Norbury of Hooton Pagnell". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Warde-Aldam of Hooton Pagnell Hall and Frickley Hall, Healey Hall and Ederline". Landed families of Britain and Ireland. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ a b Hooton Pagnell Hall, 300 Years of Collecting (auction catalogue) (PDF). Bonhams. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b "The Hall". Hooton Pagnell Hall. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b "How one family brought new life - and added a booming business - to their ancestral seat". The Telegraph. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Neil Theasby (23 July 2015). "All Saints Church in Hooton Pagnell". Geograph. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Julia Warde, Village Stream, Cows & Rowboat". Somerset and Wood.
- ^ "Commandant Mrs Sarah Julia Warde-Aldam". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1918. pp. 6717–6749.(GBE, KBE, DBE, CBE, OBE, MBE (6717-6749)
- ^ "Sarah Julia Warde-Aldam". Doncaster 1914-18. Retrieved 13 March 2019.