{"id":430,"date":"2024-04-28T19:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T18:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=430"},"modified":"2024-05-05T12:57:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T11:57:42","slug":"29th-april-2024-the-nabobs-of-west-berkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"29th April 2024: The Nabobs of West Berkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space has-larger-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:none\">The Nabobs of West Berkshire<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Speaker: Clive Williams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space\">Monday 29th April 2024 7:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(Doors open from 7:00pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11.jpeg 649w, https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11-207x300.jpeg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Clive Williams lives locally and, thanks to Indian connections, he became interested in the East India Company (EIC).\u00a0 He discovered that in the C18th, Berkshire was known as \u2018the English Hindoostan\u2019; numerous retired merchants and employees of the EIC, known as Nabobs, an Anglicization of the Urdu word Nawab, settled in the county.\u00a0 Englefield, Basildon Park and Purley Hall are the three nearest Nabob properties to Bradfield, but there are another seven just in West Berkshire.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clive, a solicitor by profession, is uniquely placed to give a fascinating insight into the real history behind some of the most significant properties\/estates in West Berkshire.\u00a0 He was awarded the OBE in 1998 for services to the community of Berkshire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space\">Bradfield Cricket Club Pavilion,<br> Heath Road, Bradfield Southend, RG7 6HH<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(Car Parking Available)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">There is no entry fee, but a donation of \u00a34 per person towards expenses would be appreciated. No advance booking required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Organised by Professor Martin Parsons, Dorcas Ward, Bob Lyon, Chris Curry, Barnaby Bucknall and Gordon Patterson. For further information, contact Gordon on 07764 476361 or <a href=\"mailto:gnpatterson@btconnect.com\">gnpatterson@btconnect.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nabobs of West Berkshire Speaker: Clive Williams Monday 29th April 2024 7:30pm (Doors open from 7:00pm) Clive Williams lives locally and, thanks to Indian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastevent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}