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Kennedy, David, tenth earl of Cassillis (1727–1792), patron of architecture and landowner  

Michael S. Moss

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24 May 2008

Kennedy, David, tenth earl of Cassillis (1727–1792), patron of architecture and landowner, was born on 25 June 1727, the eighteenth child and third surviving son of Sir John Kennedy of Culzean, second baronet (d. 1742), and Jean Douglas (d. 1767), daughter of ...

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Thynne, Sir John (1512/13–1580)  

Maker: unknown artist

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23 September 2004
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Sir John Thynne (1512/1313–1580) by unknown artist, 1566 reproduced by permission of the Marquess of Bath, Longleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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Thynne, Sir John (1512/13–1580), estate manager and builder of Longleat  

Mark Girouard

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23 September 2004
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Thynne, Sir John (1512/13–1580), estate manager and builder of Longleat, was born in Church Stretton, Shropshire, the eldest son of Thomas Thynne of Church Stretton, and Margaret, daughter of Thomas Eynns, also of Church Stretton. He was a nephew of William Thynne, and was probably encouraged to move to ...

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Vane, Henry, second earl of Darlington (1726/7–1792), landowner and patron of architecture  

A. A. Hanham

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See Vane, Henry, first earl of Darlington

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Cover Wyndham, George O'Brien, third earl of Egremont (1751–1837)

Wyndham, George O'Brien, third earl of Egremont (1751–1837)  

Maker: Thomas Phillips

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George O'Brien Wyndham, third earl of Egremont (1751–1837) by Thomas Phillips National Trust Photographic Library / A. C. Cooper

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Wyndham, George O'Brien, third earl of Egremont (1751–1837), art patron, agriculturist, and philanthropist  

Christopher Rowell

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23 September 2004
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Wyndham, George O'Brien, third earl of Egremont (1751–1837), art patron, agriculturist, and philanthropist, was born on 18 December 1751 and baptized on 9 January 1752 at St Margaret's, Westminster. He was the eldest son of Charles Wyndham, second earl of Egremont (1710–1763), statesman, patron, and collector, and his wife, ...