Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
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Colonel Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, commonly referred to as Lord Botetourt, was a British peer, Tory politician, military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770, when he died in office.
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
Stoke Gifford
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Stoke Gifford is a neighbourhood and parish and electoral ward in South Gloucestershire, England. Formerly a separate village, it is now a suburb in the Bristol built-up area, part of the city's North Fringe. The ward had 14,200 residents in 5,788 households at the 2021 Census.
St Michael's Church
Stoke Park, Stoke Gifford, Glos., hypothetical view from the south-east, as painted by Johannes Kip in 1707. It then belonged to John Berkeley esquire, as stated by the caption above which displays the arms of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford. Published in Britannia Illustrata 1724 edition
Stoke Park in 2011, viewed from south, as visible from the northbound carriageway of the M32 motorway which now cuts across the former parkland. Now known as "The Dower House" and split into private apartments. An engraving of Stoke Park was published in Copperplate Magazine in 1796
Arms of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford: Gules, a chevron ermine between ten crosses pattee argent. These arms may be seen in The Gaunts Chapel, Bristol and are the arms of the Barons Berkeley with the difference of a chevron ermine in place of a chevron argent