Series - Micklethwait and Mills family of Taverham and elsewhere

John Nathaniel Micklethwait - b 17 March 1812 (Beeston), d 1877. Inherited Taverham Hall, Norfolk, in 1856 when his half brother Nathaniel Waldergrave died. Educated Cambridge Magdalen BA; Deacon 1835 and Priest 1836. Source CCEd. Inherited The Old Iridge Estate from his uncle Sir Sotherton in 1854.

Frederick Micklethwait, b 18 April 1817, d 18 October 1878, lawyer,cricketer.

Sotherton Micklethwait. b 22 August 1823, d 25 March 1889. Vicar of Hickling 1849-1889.

Reverend Cecil Mills was born on 17 November 1839, d 1908. He was the son of John Mills and Sarah Charlotte Micklethwait (daughter of Nathanial Micklethwait). Father of John Digby Mills b. 1879. Became owner of Taverham Hall & in 1905 inherited The New Iridge Estate

Born at Beeston, Norfolk - inherited Taverham Hall in 1856 when his half brother Nathaniel Waldergrave died; Educated Cambridge Magdalen BA; Deacon 1835 & Priest 1836. Inherited The Old Iridge Estate from his uncle Sir Sotherton in 1854 (although his brother Henry would successfully sue for ownership. His brother Frederick and later George, owned the Iridge New Estate). Died without issue. Henry inherited his estates.
Iridge Place was made over to Delaval.G. Le'Strange Astley in 1894 (grandson of Revd. John's half-sister Charlotte, who married Lt.Col. Francis Le'Strange Astley, and George's companion) and the remainder of the estate passed, on George's death, to the Mills family through Revd. Cecil c. 1901.
John's sister, Sarah Charlotte married John Mills (son of William Mills and Elizabeth Digby). Their son Revd Cecil, inherited Taverham Hall and it later passed to his son John Digby Mills.
Earlier ancestors include Sir William Peckham, who owned Iridge, and Miles Branthwayt, father of Sarah the wife of Nathanial Micklethwait (d. 1780).

Major. Inherited Taverham Hall, after the death of Henry Sharnborne Micklethwait in 1894.
Iridge Place was made over to Delaval.G. Le'Strange Astley in 1894 (grandson of Revd John's half-sister Charlotte, who married Lt Col. Francis Le Strange Astley, and George's companion) and the remainder of the estate passed, on George's death, to the Mills family through Revd Cecil c 1901.

Created a baronet on 27th July 1838 by Queen Victoria as a reward for saving both her & her mother (The Duchess of Kent) when she was still Princess Victoria. The horses of the Royal carriage had bolted & Captain Sotherton, who was a huge & powerful man, stood in the way of the horses, seized the animals by their bridles & compelled them by sheer physical strength to stop thus saving the occupants from serious if not fatal injury. He died childless in 1853.\r\nhttp://www.ancestryhost.org/micklethwait.org/leading_members/titled.htm.