| 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states  | 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy  | 1798 Irish revolt against English rule  1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution  | 
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|  Bartholomew Horace Pocklington b.1890 Leicester d.1916  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Bartholomew Pocklington b.1799 Freiston.Lin. d.1851 Witham Green, Lin.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  John Pocklington b.1822 Skirbeck Qtr.Boston Lin. d.1888 Lin.  |  Rebecca b.1799 Lin. d.1830 Lin.  | |||||
![]()  |  Emily Pocklington b.1858 Boston, Lin. d.1881  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Eliza Bowles b.1834 Billinghay, Lin. d.1868  | ||||||
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