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Description: | Sir Berkeley Sheffield, 6th Baronet would become the owner of the Manor in the early 1900s.After a career in the Army and Diplomatic corps, Sir Berkeley married Julia de Tuyll of The Hague in 1904. He was a Member of Parliament on two occasions and in 1936, became a popular first Mayor of Scunthorpe receiving the Borough's Charter of Incorporation from Lord Derby at the Ceremony on October 10th 1936. During the inter-war period and his time as an M.P., Sir Robert Sheffield and his family would only spend about five months every year living at Normanby Hall, the rest of the year was spent in London or at their holiday home near to the Meoble Forest, Scotland. | Publisher: | http://northlincsmuseumimagearchive.org.uk/ | Rights holder: | North Lincolnshire Council Image Archive | Subjects: | Normanby Places Buildings_and_Structures Normanby_Hall Halls_and_Houses Victorian | Source: | North Lincolnshire Museums | Identifier: | http://northlincsmuseumimagearchive.org.... | Go to resource |
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