The France-Hayhurst family lived in Bostock Hall near to Middlewich in Cheshire, England from 1775, until the house was sold to the local council in the 1950s. The family were responsible for a number of developments in the area, including the redevelopment of Bostock Green (now a conservation area) between 1850 and 1875. The family last appeared in Burke's Landed Gentry in 1972, as 'Carnegie (formerly France-Hayhurst) of Bostock House'.Burke's Family Index, p. 26
The Rev. Thomas France-Hayhurst (1803–1889), the first who adopted the surname, was Rector of Davenham 1839–1884, and Honorary Canon of Chester He was son of the Liverpool merchant Thomas Hayhurst (later Thomas France) (1762–1815). Hayhurst married Elizabeth Cropper, daughter of Thomas Cropper of Everton, and sister of John Cropper (1773–1855), a plantation owner. Thomas France-Hayhurst outlived two brothers with inherited wealth based on West Indian slavery, James France France (1792–1869) and Henry Hayhurst Hayhurst (1806–1875); he added Hayhurst to his surname France to satisfy a stipulation in the will of his brother James.
Family members of note CommanderDebrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1931, p. 371 Cecil Halstead France-Hayhurst (d. 1915), son of Colonel Charles Hosken France Hayhurst, as below; Royal Navy officer appointed in command of the destroyer in 1902 as a lieutenant."Naval & Military intelligence", The Times (36707), London, 5 March 1902, p. 5 He later served aboard , followed by HMS Patuca.A Call to Arms: Mid Cheshire goes to War, Alan Lowe, Author House, 2014, p. 186Armorial Families: A Directory of some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, Arthur C. Fox-Davies, T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1899, p. 316 Colonel Charles Hosken France Hayhurst (March 10, 1832 – April 7, 1914) Benefactor. High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1879 Captain William Hosken France-Hayhurst, High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1929
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the head of the family was: 'Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Hayhurst (per chevron sable and or, in chief two crosses pattée fitchée, and in base a pair of wings conjoined and elevated, counterchanged); 2nd and 3rd, France (argent on a mount in base a hurst proper on a chief wavy azure three fleurs-de-lis or).'The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, vol. I, Sir Bernard Burke, Heritage Books, 2007 (reprint), p. ci
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