Bates

CADWALLADER BATES (1853 - 1902)

Bates was of Northumbrian descent, though born in London. After attending Cambridge University, he travelled much in the Carpathians and Poland. He was also a practical farmer and partially revived the famous Kirklevington shorthorns (the celebrated Thomas Bates was his great-uncle). The herd had been dispersed in 1850. Late in life he developed a taste for hagiography and was received into the Uniate Church in 1893.

Bates held high official positions in Northumberland and was a recognised authority on the history of Northumbria. He wrote Border Holds (1891) and History of Northumberland in 1895. He was also vice-president of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries. He died of heart failure at Langley Castle, whose ruined shell he had restored in the 1890s.

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CADWALLADER BATES (1853 - 1902) Bates was of Northumbrian descent, though born in London. After attending Cambridge University, he travelled much in the Carpathians and Poland. He was also a practical farmer and partially revived the famous Kirklevington shorthorns (the celebrated Thomas Bates was his great-uncle). The herd had been dispersed in 1850. Late in life he developed a taste for hagiography and was received into the Uniate Church in 1893. Bates held high official positions in Northumberland and was a recognised authority on the history of Northumbria. He wrote Border Holds (1891) and History of Northumberland in 1895. He was also vice-president of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries. He died of heart failure at Langley Castle, whose ruined shell he had restored in the 1890s.
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