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Aislabie, William (1699/1700–1781)  

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William Aislabie (1699/17001700–1781) by Jonathan Richardson The Burghley House Collection

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Aislabie, William (1699/1700–1781), landscape designer and landowner  

Michael Symes

Aislabie, William (1699/1700–1781), landscape designer and landowner, was probably born at Studley Royal in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of John Aislabie (1670–1742), politician, and his first wife, Anne (d. 1700), daughter of Sir William Rawlinson of Hendon, Middlesex. Details of his education are unknown, beyond that he went on a grand tour in 1720. In 1721 he was returned as an MP for ...

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Archer, Thomas (1668/9–1743), architect and courtier  

Andor Gomme

Archer, Thomas (1668/9–1743), architect and courtier, was born at Umberslade Hall, Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire, the youngest son of Thomas Archer (1617/18–1685), and his wife, Anne (1632/3–1685). His father was a country gentleman who had held a colonelcy in the parliamentary army and at the Restoration became MP for the county; his grandfather ...

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Baker, William [name in religion Anselm] (1833–1885), heraldic artist and mural painter  

Thompson Cooper

revised by Anne Pimlott Baker

Baker, William [name in religion Anselm] (1833–1885), heraldic artist and mural painter, was born in Birmingham on 23 January 1833, the son of Thomas Baker, a coach painter. He appears to have worked as a gun-stocker, and he learned to paint and draw at the ...

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Boyle [née Noel], Juliana, countess of Burlington and Cork (1672–1750), courtier and patron of the arts  

Juliet Learmouth

Boyle [née Noel], Juliana, countess of Burlington and Cork (1672–1750), courtier and patron of the arts, was born on 19 May 1672, probably at North Ruffenham, Rutland, the only surviving daughter of Henry Noel (1642–1677), a wealthy landowner who was briefly MP for ...

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Boyle [née Noel], Juliana, countess of Burlington and Cork (1672–1750)  

Maker: Edward Haytley

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Juliana Boyle, countess of Burlington and Cork (1672–1750), by Edward Haytley

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Browne, Thomas (1702–1780), herald and land surveyor  

Thompson Cooper

revised by J. A. Marchand

Browne, Thomas (1702–1780), herald and land surveyor, was born in Derby, the second son of John Browne of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. He was first employed as surveyor to John Warburton, Somerset herald, and then to the dukes of Beaufort. He entered the College of Arms...

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Clark, Hugh (1745–1822), heraldic engraver  

Colin Lee

Clark, Hugh (1745–1822), heraldic engraver, was born on 17 March 1745 and baptized on 31 March 1745 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, the son of Hugh Clark, cordwainer, and Grisseld Matheson. On 11 June 1760 he was apprenticed to Thomas Orpin, a goldsmith in the ...

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Cook, Ernest Edward (1865–1955), art collector and preservationist  

E. J. T. Collins

Cook, Ernest Edward (1865–1955), art collector and preservationist, was born at Camberwell, London, on 4 September 1865, the second of the three sons of John Mason Cook (1834–1899), travel agent [see under Cook, Thomas], and Emma, daughter of Thomas William Hodges...

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Crane, Sir Francis (c. 1579–1636), courtier and tapestry manufacturer  

Wendy Hefford

Crane, Sir Francis (c. 1579–1636), courtier and tapestry manufacturer, is first recorded in 1606. His name does not appear in registers of admissions to Oxford, Cambridge, or the inns of court until 1619, when he was admitted to Gray's Inn. A memorial tablet in the church at ...

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Mary Delany (1700–1788) by John Opie, 1782 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Delany [née Granville; other married name Pendarves], Mary (1700–1788), court favourite and artist  

Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg

Delany [née Granville; other married name Pendarves], Mary (1700–1788), court favourite and artist, was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, on 14 May 1700. The elder daughter of Bernard Granville (1671–1723) and his wife, Mary Westcomb (d. 1747), she was widely connected in court and political circles. Her father's elder brother was ...

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Devlin, Stuart Leslie (1931–2018), designer, goldsmith, and silversmith  

John Andrew

Devlin, Stuart Leslie (1931–2018), designer, goldsmith, and silversmith, was born at 207 Kilgour Street, East Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on 9 October 1931, the third son of Richard Devlin (1906–1949), a master painter and decorator, and his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, née Manly...

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Germain [née Berkeley], Lady Elizabeth [Betty] (1680–1769), courtier and art collector  

Anne Pimlott Baker

Germain [née Berkeley], Lady Elizabeth [Betty] (1680–1769), courtier and art collector, was the second daughter in the family of four sons and three daughters of Charles Berkeley, second earl of Berkeley (1649–1710), and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1719), daughter of Baptist Noel, ...

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Herbert, William, third earl of Pembroke (1580–1630), courtier and patron of the arts  

Victor Stater

Herbert, William, third earl of Pembroke (1580–1630), courtier and patron of the arts, was the son of Henry Herbert, second earl of Pembroke (b. in or after 1538, d. 1601), and his third wife, Mary Sidney (1561–1621) [see Herbert, Mary, countess of Pembroke...

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Herbert, William, third earl of Pembroke (1580–1630)  

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William Herbert, third earl of Pembroke (1580–1630) by Sir Anthony Van Dyck Collection of the Earl of Pembroke and Trustees of Wilton House Trust, Wilton House, Salisbury, UK

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Hewett, Sir Thomas (1656–1726), architect and landowner  

Giles Worsley

Hewett, Sir Thomas (1656–1726), architect and landowner, was born on 9 September 1656, eldest son of William Hewett, landowner, and Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Prince. After schooling at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford, he travelled extensively on the continent, visiting France...

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Howard [née Hobart; other married name Berkeley], Henrietta, countess of Suffolk (c. 1688–1767), mistress of George II and architectural patron  

Matthew Kilburn

Howard [née Hobart; other married name Berkeley], Henrietta, countess of Suffolk (c. 1688–1767), mistress of George II and architectural patron, was the third daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, fourth baronet (1657/8–1698), of Blickling, Norfolk, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1701), the daughter and coheir of ...

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Henrietta Howard, countess of Suffolk (c. 1688–1767) attrib. Charles Jervas © National Portrait Gallery, London