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Blundell, William (1620–1698), royalist landowner and topographer  

Malcolm Gratton

Blundell, William (1620–1698), royalist landowner and topographer, was born on 15 July 1620 at Crosby Hall, Little Crosby, Lancashire, the second son of Nicholas Blundell (c.1590–1631) and Jane (d. 1640), daughter of Roger Bradshaigh of Haigh, near Wigan. In 1635 at the age of fifteen he married, in ...

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Clutterbuck, Robert (1772–1831), local historian and landowner  

Lionel M. Munby

Clutterbuck, Robert (1772–1831), local historian and landowner, was born and baptized at Watford House, High Street, Watford, in Hertfordshire, on 28 January 1772. He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Clutterbuck the younger (1744–1791) and Sarah Thurgood (1749–1788), daughter of Robert and ...

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Clutterbuck, Robert (1772–1831)  

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Robert Clutterbuck (1772–1831) by William Bond (after William Henry Hunt, c. 1815) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Craven, John, Baron Craven (bap. 1610, d. 1648)  

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Frere, John (1740–1807), landowner and antiquary  

David Stoker

Frere, John (1740–1807), landowner and antiquary, was born at Westhorpe, Suffolk, on 10 August 1740, the eldest son of Sheppard Frere (1712–1780), landowner, of Thwaite, Suffolk, and his wife, Susanna (1709/10–1779), daughter of John Hatley of London and Kirby Hall, Essex. He was educated at a private school kept by the ...

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Hoare, Sir (Richard) Colt, second baronet (1758–1838)  

Maker: Samuel Woodforde

Sir (Richard) Colt Hoare, second baronet (1758–1838) by Samuel Woodforde, 1795 [left, with his son] National Trust Photographic Library / John Hammond

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Hoare, Sir (Richard) Colt, second baronet (1758–1838), landowner and antiquary  

Victoria Hutchings

Hoare, Sir (Richard) Colt, second baronet (1758–1838), landowner and antiquary, was born on 9 December 1758 at Barn Elms, Barnes, Surrey, the eldest son of Sir Richard Hoare, first baronet (1735–1787), banker, and Anne Hoare (1737–1759), known as Nanny, daughter of Henry Hoare (1705–1785)...

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Howard, Henry (1757–1842), landowner and antiquary  

W. A. J. Archbold

revised by J. A. Marchand

Howard, Henry (1757–1842), landowner and antiquary, was born at Corby Castle, Cumberland, on 2 July 1757, the eldest son of Philip Howard (1730–1810) of Corby Castle, religious writer, and Anne, daughter of Henry Witham of Cliff, Yorkshire. His was a Roman Catholic family: his father wrote a ...

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Howard, Lord William (1563–1640), antiquary and landowner  

Richard Ovenden and Stuart Handley

Howard, Lord William (1563–1640), antiquary and landowner, was born at Audley End, Essex, on 19 December 1563, the younger son of Thomas Howard, fourth duke of Norfolk (1538–1572), and his second wife, Margaret (1540–1564), only daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord Audley of ...

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Merrick, Rice [Rhys Meurug] (c. 1520–1587), landowner and antiquary  

C. W. Lewis

Merrick, Rice [Rhys Meurug] (c. 1520–1587), landowner and antiquary, was descended from one of the native Welsh families of Miskin, according to bardic tradition and the genealogical tracts. His contemporary the Glamorgan bard Dafydd Benwyn maintained that he was the son of Meurug ap Hywel ap Philip...

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More [Moore], Sir Thomas Laurence de la (fl. 1327–1358), landowner and supposed chronicler  

Roy Martin Haines

More [Moore], Sir Thomas Laurence de la (fl. 1327–1358), landowner and supposed chronicler, was the son of John Laurence de la More and a kinsman (nepos), possibly nephew, of Archbishop John Stratford (c. 1275–1348). Thomas's wife was called Isabel, a name also borne by ...

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Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-, third earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (1812–1871), landowner and archaeologist  

G. Le G. Norgate

revised by Michael Herity

Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-, third earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (1812–1871), landowner and archaeologist, was born on 19 May 1812 in London. He was the only son of Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, second earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (1782–1850), and his wife, ...

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Strangways, Giles Stephen Holland Fox-, sixth earl of Ilchester (1874–1959)  

Maker: Walter Stoneman

Giles Stephen Holland Fox- Strangways, sixth earl of Ilchester (1874–1959) by Walter Stoneman, 1922 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Strangways, Giles Stephen Holland Fox-, sixth earl of Ilchester (1874–1959), landowner and historian  

Simon Nowell-Smith

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Strangways, Giles Stephen Holland Fox-, sixth earl of Ilchester (1874–1959), landowner and historian, was born on 31 May 1874 at his father's town house in Belgrave Square, London. The elder son of the fifth earl, Henry Edward Fox-Strangways (1847–1905), and his wife, Lady Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson (1852–1928)...

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Thorold, Sir John, ninth baronet (1734–1815), landowner and book collector  

Mark Purcell

Thorold, Sir John, ninth baronet (1734–1815), landowner and book collector, was born on 18 December 1734, the eldest son of Sir John Thorold, eighth baronet (1703–1775), landowner and Methodist preacher, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1779), daughter and coheir of Samuel Ayton...

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Turnor, Edmund (bap. 1754, d. 1829), landowner and antiquary  

John Martin

Turnor, Edmund (bap. 1754, d. 1829), landowner and antiquary, was baptized on 14 December 1754 at the church of St Mary Magdalene, Lincoln, the eldest son of Edmund Turnor (1719/20–1805), landowner, and Mary Disney (1731/2–1818) of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire. His mother was the only daughter of ...

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Weld, Thomas (1750–1810), landowner and benefactor  

F. J. Turner

Weld, Thomas (1750–1810), landowner and benefactor, was born on 24 August 1750 at Lulworth Castle, Dorset, the fourth son of Edward Weld (1705–1761) and Mary, née Vaughan (1713–1754). The Weld family originally came from Cheshire and bought the Lulworth estate, including the castle (built in 1610) from the ...

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Wynn, Sir John, first baronet (1553–1627), landowner and antiquary  

J. Gwynfor Jones

Wynn, Sir John, first baronet (1553–1627), landowner and antiquary, was born at Gwydir, Llanrwst, the eldest son of a landowner, Morris Wynn (b. in or before 1520, d. 1580) [see under Wynn family], and Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Bulkeley of ...

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Wynn, Sir John, first baronet (1553–1627)  

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Sir John Wynn, first baronet (1553–1627) by unknown artist, 1619 © Mostyn Estates Ltd.