Wolseley
Appearance
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Wolseley may refer to:
People
[edit]- Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630–1714), English politician
- Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet (1769–1846), English landowner and political agitator
- Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936), English gardener
- Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899), Irish-born Australian woolgrower and inventor of sheep shearing machinery
- Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), Irish-born British field marshal, elder brother of Frederick Wolseley
- George Wolseley (1839–1921), British Indian army officer
- John Wolesely (born 1938), British-Australian artist who worked with Aboriginal Australian artist Mulkun Wirrpanda
- Pat Wolseley, British botanist
- Sir Reginald Wolseley, 10th Baronet (1872–1933), emigrated to the US and initially refused the title
- Viscount Wolseley
- Wolseley baronets
Businesses
[edit]- all taking their name from Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899)
- The Wolseley, a restaurant at 160 Piccadilly, London, in the former showroom of the Wolseley Motors building
- The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, a British manufacturer of sheep shearing and other machinery, now Wolseley plc
- Wolseley plc, a UK-based multinational building supplies company, previously The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company
- Wolseley UK, the UK subsidiary of Wolseley plc
- Wolseley plc, a UK-based multinational building supplies company, previously The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company
- The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, automobile manufacturer spun off to Vickers, Sons & Maxim renamed Wolseley Motors in 1914
- Wolseley Motors, automobile manufacturer, owned in turn by Vickers, W R Morris, Morris Motors, BMC and British Leyland
Electorates
[edit]- Wolseley (Manitoba electoral district), provincial electorate in Manitoba
- Wolseley (Saskatchewan electoral district), former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan
- Qu'Appelle-Wolseley, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan
Settlements
[edit]- Rural Municipality of Wolseley No. 155, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Wolseley, Saskatchewan, a town within the rural municipality
- Wolseley, South Australia, a town and former railway junction
- Wolseley, Staffordshire, an area within the parish of Colwich, including Wolseley Hall and Wolseley Centre
- Wolseley, Western Cape, a town in South Africa
- Wolseley, Winnipeg, Canada, a neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Other locations
[edit]- Wolseley Battery, a coastal battery in Malta
- Wolseley Buttress, a place in Antarctica
- Wolseley River, a river in Ontario, Canada
- Wolseley Road, a residential street in Sydney, Australia
- Wolseley Hall, a demolished stately home in Staffordshire, England, subsequently the location of the Wolseley Centre