Charles Magniac (1827 – 23 November 1891) was a British financier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1886.
16-445: Magniac is a surname, and may refer to: Charles Magniac (1827–1891), British financier and politician Hollingworth Magniac (1786–1867), British merchant and connoisseur of medieval art Meredith Magniac (1880–1917), British Army officer and cricketer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Magniac . If an internal link intending to refer to
32-432: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magniac&oldid=1147709890 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Magniac Magniac
48-559: The British expedition to Tibet in 1904. Magniac died suddenly at his London residence in November 1891. At the time of his death he was chairman of Bedfordshire County Council , as well as a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for the county. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs Shorthorn The Shorthorn breed of cattle originated in the North East of England in
64-726: The Whitebred Shorthorn , which was developed to cross with black Galloway cattle to produce a popular blue roan crossbreed, the Blue Grey . The breed developed from Teeswater and Durham cattle found originally in the North East of England. In the late eighteenth century, the Colling brothers, Charles and Robert , started to improve the Durham cattle using the selective breeding techniques that Robert Bakewell had used successfully on Longhorn cattle . In 1796, Charles Colling of Ketton Hall, bred
80-565: The 1930s, Thomas Simpson Hall, the breeder of the Halls Heeler , imported Durham Shorthorns from which he developed extensive herds of Poll Shorthorns. The breed has a wide genetic base, resulting in the development of several distinct though closely related strains – these are the traditional strains: The current Shorthorn Society of Australia encompasses the Poll Shorthorn, Australian Shorthorn, and Durham. Shorthorns have contributed to
96-573: The Teeswater cattle. The Bates cattle were subsequently developed for their milking qualities, whereas the Booth cattle were developed for their beef qualities. Animals taken to Scotland in 1817 from the Booth herd were used to produce the Beef Shorthorn breed. In 1822, George Coates published the first volume of his herd book; this was the first pedigree herd book for cattle in the world. Coates published
112-765: The United States for any breed and was started in 1846, with the formation of the American Shorthorn Association following 26 years later in 1872. Tibial hemimelia , a rare genetic disorder , was identified in Canada in 1999 in a small number of Shorthorn cattle, all descended from a single individual. Today, the breed is found mainly in English-speaking countries, and Southern South America. The main countries are: Argentina , Australia, Canada, New Zealand , Republic of Ireland , South Africa, United Kingdom,
128-530: The United States of America, Uruguay , and Zimbabwe . Beamish Museum in north-eastern England preserves the Durham breed. Shorthorn cattle were one of the first purebred breeds to be imported into Australia when several cows were brought into New South Wales in 1800. More purebred Shorthorns were imported into NSW in 1825 by Potter McQueen of Scone . Nine months later, the Australian Agricultural Company imported additional Shorthorns, and in
144-427: The constituency's representation was reduced to one member, and Magniac was selected as Liberal candidate for the new Northern or Biggleswade Division of Bedfordshire. He was elected at the 1885 general election , but was defeated in the following election in 1886 . He was chosen as Liberal candidate for the next general election, but died before it took place. Magniac was also deeply interested in agriculture, and
160-526: The famous Durham Ox . The culmination of this breeding program was the birth of the bull Comet, bred by Charles Colling, in 1804. This bull was subsequently sold for 1000 guineas in 1810 at the Brafferton sale, the first 1000-guinea bull ever recorded. Related cattle may have been imported to the United States by Harry Dorsey Gough of Baltimore , Maryland , before 1808. At the same time, Thomas Bates of Kirklevington and John Booth of Killesby were developing
176-688: The firm of Matheson & Co., the frightfully rich China merchants in the City, who when they lose a quarter of a million [pounds] are no more concerned about it than I should be if I were to lose half a crown." He held the St Ives seat until 1874 then returned to the House of Commons in 1880 , as one of two MPs for the Borough of Bedford . By 1882 Magniac was serving as President of the London Chamber of Commerce. In 1885
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#1732876793279192-425: The first four volumes, after which Henry Stafford took over the ownership and publishing of the herd book, retaining the name Coates's Herd Book . The Shorthorn Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded in 1874, and purchased the copyright of the herd book from Stafford. They have continued to compile and publish Coates's Herd Book ever since. The American Shorthorn Herd Book was the first to be published in
208-458: The great Mayfair townhouse built 1747-52 by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield , which had been threatened with demolition. Magniac was a committed Liberal, and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the party on a number of occasions. He was first elected as an MP in 1868 , representing St Ives , Cornwall . A contemporary political reporter commented: "St Ives, (Cornwall) scared away Mr Paull (C), and embraced Mr. Magniac (L), of
224-719: The late eighteenth century. The breed was developed as dual-purpose, suitable for both dairy and beef production; however, certain blood lines within the breed always emphasised one quality or the other. Over time, these different lines diverged, and by the second half of the twentieth century, two separate breeds had developed – the Beef Shorthorn , and the Milking Shorthorn . All Shorthorn cattle are coloured red, white, or roan , although roan cattle are preferred by some, and completely white animals are not common. However, one type of Shorthorn has been bred to be consistently white –
240-492: Was a breeder of shorthorn cattle and carthorses. In 1857 Magniac married Augusta Dawson (24 April 1832 – 24 February 1903, née, FitzPatrick), daughter of Baron Castletown , and widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Vesey Dawson, who died in action at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854. Their daughter, Helen Augusta, married the army officer and explorer Francis Younghusband , to whom her brother, Vernon, served as private secretary on
256-636: Was the eldest son of Hollingworth Magniac of Colworth , Bedfordshire . Following education at Eton College and the University of Cambridge , he worked in finance in the City of London , becoming a partner in Matheson and Company of Lombard Street . He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the city, and was the first president of the London Chamber of Commerce . In about 1869 Magniac purchased Chesterfield House
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