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"Sir Warham St Leger (1525?–1597) was an English soldier. Life He was second son of Sir Anthony St Leger by his wife Agnes, daughter of Sir Hugh Warham, brother of Archbishop William Warham, and was born probably about 1525. His eldest brother, William, was disinherited; the third brother, Anthony , was made Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1593. Warham may have served in Protector Somerset's invasion of Scotland in 1547, and he was a prisoner there until January 1550, when he was ransomed. In 1553 he fought against supporters of Wyatt's rebellion in Kent, and he may have served in Ireland under his father during Mary's reign. About 1559 he was named a commissioner to transfer to England John Bale's manuscripts and books. In 1560 he was sheriff of Kent. He was soon a member of the Privy Council of Ireland, and in July 1565 he was knighted. Queen Elizabeth had decided to establish a presidential government in Munster, and in January 1566 St Leger was nominated President of Munster, but locally by Sir Henry Sidney, the Lord Deputy of Ireland; he received instructions dated 1 February, and in the following month was given command of all the levies in Munster. Elizabeth, however, refused to confirm St Leger's appointment. The reason was that St Leger was a bitter enemy of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, and correspondingly friendly with Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond; and the queen accused St Leger of lukewarmness in arresting Desmond early in 1565. St Leger was consequently recalled, and in November 1568 Sir John Perrot became president of Munster. In 1569 St Leger returned to England, residing at his house in Southwark or Leeds Castle, Kent, and serving as High Sheriff of Kent for 1560. There from 1570 to 1572 he had custody of Desmond and his family (see Desmond Rebellions). He left his wife at Carrigaline, County Cork, a manor he held from Desmond; during his absence it was ravaged by the rebels. He remained in England until 1579, when his repeated petitions for employment and reward were answered by his appointment as provost-marshal of Munster, a new office, the functions of which seem to have been purely military. In this capacity St Leger was actively engaged against the Irish rebels for ten years. On 7 April 1583 he was appointed an assistant to the court of high commission in Ireland, and in the following year he visited England. While there he accused Ormond of treason, and laid before the queen proposals for the government of Ireland. In November 1589 he was succeeded, probably on account of his old age, as provost-marshal by George Thornton, but in 1590 he was governing Munster in the absence of the vice-president. He was in England again in 1594, and died at Cork in 1597. His will is in the Heralds' College, London. Marriages and issue St Leger married firstly Ursula Neville (d. 1575), fifth and youngest daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny, by his third wife, Mary Stafford, youngest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, by whom he had five sons and four daughters, including:.. *Sir Anthony St Leger (d. 1603),. who succeeded to the estates at Ulcombe, Kent. He married Mary Scott (d. 1662), the daughter of Sir Thomas Scott. Their son, Warham St Leger (d. 11 October 1631),. who was knighted in 1608, married Mary Hayward, the daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward, by whom he had nine sons and four daughters.. He sold Leeds Castle, went with Walter Ralegh to Guyana, and died 11 October 1631, leaving a son Sir Anthony Leger (d. 1680), who was made Master of the Mint in 1660. *Anne St Leger (1555–1636), who married Thomas Digges and was mother of Sir Dudley Digges.. St Leger married secondly Emmeline Goldwell (d. 1628), by whom he had a son Walter,. who obtained his father's Irish property. The Warham St Leger who died in combat in 1600 against Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) was his nephew. Sir Warham St Leger was the ancestor of the St Legers of Hayward’s Hill near Cork and of the St Legers of Ballingarry and Shinrone in co. Tipperary, Ireland. Notes References ;Attribution * Category:1525 births Category:1597 deaths Category:16th-century English soldiers Category:High Sheriffs of Kent Category:People of Elizabethan Ireland Warham Category:Irish MPs 1585–1586 "
"Birmingham Sports Holdings () is an investment holding company owned by Chinese businessman Paul Suen through his investment company Trillion Trophy Asia. History Registered in the Cayman Islands,Grandtop International Holdings 2008–09 annual reporthttp://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/grandtop Grandtop International Holdings Limited (GIH), through its subsidiaries (Dollar Concept International Ltd., Fanlink Far East Ltd., Sun Ace Group Ltd., Leader Ahead Investments Ltd., East Step Trading Ltd. and Gala Consultants Group Limited.), engages in sourcing and trading apparel. It is involved in trading sportswear and other apparel, and provision of entertainment services in Hong Kong, Macau, and the United Kingdom. The company is based in Central, Hong Kong. Birmingham City FC takeover In 2007, GIH bought 29.9% of shares in the English Premier League football club Birmingham City F.C.. They followed this with an offer to buy the club, but failed to meet the completion deadline of 22 December. In Summer 2009, GIH made another offer to buy the club, taking full control from 1 October in an £81.5million deal. It became the intention of Grandtop, subject to shareholder approval, to change the company name to Birmingham International Holdings Limited. The ownership has changed over the years. In March 2011, new shares were issued (from 3,187,753,400 to 3,637,753,400), of which Carson Yeung held 16.25% and in April, Yeung through his British Virgin Islands (BVI) company, bought 315,000,000 shares from the public, meaning he owned 24.91%. On 4 May, extra new shares - issued to independent third parties - made Yeung's ratio decrease to 23.3%. However, on 12 May Yeung's company bought 170,000,000 shares, meaning he owned a total of 26.31%. The total shares owned by other major shareholders Vico Hui and Liu Xingcheng () remained unchanged, but the ratio changed in 2011. Although Yeung bought the shares of the company, he also injected other business into the company, meaning he received money from the company. Yeung was arrested in 2011 for money laundering. On 4 June 2012, Birmingham International Holdings announced that former England footballer Steve McManaman and Yang Yuezhou had resigned as executive directors. The latter was also deputy chairman.Yeung told to hand over Peak house The Standard. 5 June 2012. Takeover by Trillion Trophy Asia Ltd. On Monday 17 October 2016, Birmingham International Holdings Limited began trading once again on the Hong Kong stock exchange after a takeover fronted by Paul Suen, and his company Trillion Trophy Asia (TTA). TTA bought 60.78% of BIH through Ernst & Young, receivers who were acting on behalf of the board of BIH. This left Carson Yeung with around 6% of the shares of BIH. Mr. Suen had already provided Birmingham City Plc with a loan facility capable of continuing their existence and to bring the football club out of financial uncertainty. In February 2017 the company announced that board wishes to change the company name to Birmingham Sports Holdings Ltd. On 6 April 2017, the company name was changed to Birmingham Sports Holdings. Australia and Western Melbourne Group It was revealed in February 2019 that BSH had been a part of the newly formed Western Melbourne FC club in the Australian A-League competition, initially funding the bid's license fee, but reportedly pulling out of the project due to a down turn in the Australian housing market that devalued the intended housing developments that were to be built in the same area as their new stadium. After their withdrawal from the project, local property developer Aziz Kheir took over as owner.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/melbourne- cup-winning-owner-backs-new-a-league-club-western- united-20190213-p50xgc.htmlhttps://almajir.net/2019/02/06/bsh-the-australian- connection/ References External links Category:Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Category:Offshore companies in the Cayman Islands Category:Holding companies of Hong Kong Category:Holding companies with year of establishment missing "
"Aerial view down Princess Street to Manchester Town Hall. Princess Street is one of the main streets in the city centre of Manchester, England. It begins at Cross Street and runs approximately eastwards across Mosley Street, Portland Street and Whitworth Street until the point where it continues as Brook Street and eventually joins the A34. History Looking down Princess Street from Mosley Street junction It is not clear whether the street was actually named after a princess and the second part of it once bore the name of David Street. Originally a residential street it became the site of many textile warehouses and large office buildings during the 19th century. Some of these have since been demolished but most have been converted to other uses. Route Southbound, the road is one-way as it passes Albert Square, St Peter's Square and its tram stop. After Major Street it becomes two-way and crosses the River Medlock and the Rochdale Canal before going under the Mancunian Way and terminating when it becomes Brook Street. Notable buildings * Northern Assurance Buildings on the north side * Manchester Town Hall on the south side * The Athenaeum, on the north side, 1837, Grade II*, architect Sir Charles Barry * Princess Buildings, on the south side * The Pickles Building on the north side, Portland Street corner * Former Mechanics' Institute 103 Princess Street, 1854, Grade II*, architect John Edgar Gregan (the location of the founding meeting of the Trades Union Congress and in the 20th century the College of Commerce and later the National Museum of Labour History). * Central House, on the south side * Asia House on the south side, Whitworth Street corner, 1910, architect Harry Fairhurst See also *List of streets and roads in Manchester References Further reading *The Story of the Bale. Manchester: Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd, Princess Street, 1926 Category:Streets in Manchester "