Wolseley
Wolseley may refer to:
People
- Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630–1714), English politician
- Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet (1769–1846), English landowner and political agitator
- Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936), English gardener
- Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899), Irish-born Australian woolgrower and inventor of sheep shearing machinery
- Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), Irish-born British field marshal, elder brother of Frederick Wolseley
- George Wolseley (1839–1921), British Indian army officer
- Pat Wolseley, British botanist
- Reginald Wolseley (1872–1933), 10th Baronet of Mount Wolseley, emigrated to the US and initially refused the title
- Viscount Wolseley
- Wolseley baronets
Businesses
- all taking their name from Frederick Wolseley (1837–1899)
- Wolseley plc, a UK-based multinational building supplies company originally The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machinery Company
- Wolseley UK, the UK subsidiary of Wolseley plc
- The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Australian origin but British manufacturer of sheep shearing and other machinery now Wolseley plc
- The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, automobile manufacturer spun off to Vickers, Sons and Maxim in 1901 from the future Wolseley plc
- Wolseley Motors, automobile manufacturer owned by Vickers, previously named The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company; Wolseley name used until 1976
- The Wolseley, a restaurant at 160 Piccadilly, London, in the former London showroom of Wolseley Motors Limited
Electorates
- Wolseley (Manitoba electoral district), provincial electorate in Manitoba
- Wolseley (Saskatchewan electoral district), former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan
- Qu'Appelle-Wolseley, former provincial electorate in Saskatchewan
Locations
- Wolseley, Staffordshire, including Wolseley Hall, home of the Wolseley baronets for more than 800 years
- Wolseley Buttress, place in Antarctica
- Wolseley No. 155, Saskatchewan, rural municipality
- Wolseley River, river in Ontario
- Wolseley Road, residential street in Sydney, Australia
- Wolseley, Saskatchewan, town
- Wolseley, South Australia, town and former railway junction with break of gauge
- Wolseley, Western Cape, town in South Africa
- Wolseley, Winnipeg, neighborhood
- Wolseley Battery, a coastal battery in Malta
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