Blaikie, Francis (1771–1857), agriculturist and land agent, was born on 24 December 1771 at Holydean in the parish of Bowden, Roxburghshire, the son of Andrew Blaikie, a tenant farmer of Holydean, and his wife, Jane Currie. Francis followed a career in agriculture and moved to ...
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Blaikie, Francis (1771–1857), agriculturist and land agent
G. E. Mingay
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Boycott, Charles Cunningham (1832–1897)
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Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832–1897) by unknown engraver, pubd 1897 (after Lafayette) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Boycott [formerly Boycatt], Charles Cunningham (1832–1897), land agent
G. Le G. Norgate
revised by Anne Pimlott Baker
Boycott [formerly Boycatt], Charles Cunningham (1832–1897), land agent, from whose surname the word ‘boycott’ is derived, was born at Burgh Parsonage, Norfolk, on 12 March 1832, the eldest surviving son of Revd William Boycatt (1798–1871), rector of Wheatacre, Burgh St Peter, Norfolk...
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Brent, Margaret (c. 1601–c. 1671), colonist and proprietary agent in America
Lois Green Carr
Brent, Margaret (c. 1601–c. 1671), colonist and proprietary agent in America, was born in England, the eldest daughter of Catholic gentry parents, Richard Brent (1573–1652) of the manor of Lark Stoke and Admington in Gloucestershire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Giles Reed...
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Calle, Richard (d. in or after 1503), administrator and land agent
Helen Castor
Calle, Richard (d. in or after 1503), administrator and land agent, was the son of a shopkeeper from Framlingham in Suffolk. Nothing more is known about his family except that he had at least one brother. Framlingham was the seat of the Mowbray...
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Calvert, Charles (1754–1797), land agent
See Calvert, Charles
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Clark, John (d. 1807), scholar of Scottish Gaelic literature and land agent
J. M. Rigg
revised by Lionel Alexander Ritchie
Clark, John (d. 1807), scholar of Scottish Gaelic literature and land agent, was, in the astringent judgement of the Celtic scholar Alexander Macbain, 'James Macpherson's fellow Badenoch man, contemporary, friend, and sincere imitator in poetry and literary honesty' (Macbain, 186...
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Crakehall, John of (d. 1260), administrator
Adrian Jobson
Crakehall, John of (d. 1260), administrator, originated from Crakehall, a few miles south-east of Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He was probably the younger son of Ellis of Crakehall (fl. c.1220), and thus born into a family of subtenants of the honour of ...
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Davis, Thomas (1749–1807), estate steward and agriculturist
H. S. Torrens
Davis, Thomas (1749–1807), estate steward and agriculturist, was born on 11 July 1749 at Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, son of Thomas Davis, an itinerant excise officer then based there, and his wife, Elizabeth. Davis received a good classical education at a school in Devizes, Wiltshire...
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Fane, Lady Rachael [Rachel] [married names Rachael Bourchier, countess of Bath; Rachael Cranfield, countess of Middlesex] (bap. 1613, d. 1680), estate manager and benefactor
Caroline M. K. Bowden
Fane, Lady Rachael [Rachel] [married names Rachael Bourchier, countess of Bath; Rachael Cranfield, countess of Middlesex] (bap. 1613, d. 1680), estate manager and benefactor, was baptized at Mereworth, Kent, on 28 January 1613, one of the fourteen children of Sir Francis Fane (1583/4–1629), later ...
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Fane, Lady Rachael (bap. 1613, d. 1680)
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Lady Rachael Fane (bap. 1613, d. 1680) studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck Christie's Images Ltd. (2005)
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Fuller, Francis (1807–1887)
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Francis Fuller (1807–1887) by unknown engraver, pubd 1851 (after Richard Beard) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Fuller, Francis (1807–1887), surveyor and land agent
Hermione Hobhouse
Fuller, Francis (1807–1887), surveyor and land agent, was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, on 29 June 1807, the son of John and Sarah Sayer Fuller. His father was then a substantial farmer, but by 1837 was described as a land surveyor. Francis was educated at ...
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Gery [Geary], John (1637/8–1722), Church of England clergyman and land agent
Christine Churches
Gery [Geary], John (1637/8–1722), Church of England clergyman and land agent, was the son of John Gery of Coventry (d. c.1653), and his second wife, Anne, daughter of Richard Butler of the Charterhouse near Coventry. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford...
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Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1720, d. 1798)
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Thomas Gilbert (bap. 1720, d. 1798) by unknown artist, c. 1790 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1720, d. 1798), land agent and poor law reformer
Richard S. Tompson
Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1720, d. 1798), land agent and poor law reformer, was baptized on 26 January 1720 in Cotton, Staffordshire, the eldest son of Thomas Gilbert, a small landowner engaged in farming and mining, and his wife, Elizabeth. He was admitted to the ...
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Grey, John (1785–1868), agriculturist and land agent
F. M. L. Thompson
Grey, John (1785–1868), agriculturist and land agent, was born at Milfield, Glendale, Northumberland, in August 1785, the eldest of the two sons and two daughters of George Grey of West Ord, near Berwick, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Burn of Berwick...
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Guinness, Richard Samuel (1797–1857), land agent and politician
Christine Clark
Guinness, Richard Samuel (1797–1857), land agent and politician, was born in Dublin on 17 June 1797, the second son of Richard Guinness (1755–1829), barrister, and Mary, elder daughter of George Darley of The Scalp, co. Wicklow, and great-nephew of Arthur Guinness, founder of the ...
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James, William (1771–1837), land agent and railway developer engineer
R. B. Prosser
revised by Ralph Harrington
James, William (1771–1837), land agent and railway developer, was born at Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, on 13 June 1771, the son of William James, a solicitor. He was educated at Warwick, and at a school at Winson Green, near Birmingham. After serving his articles he returned about 1797 to ...
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Keary, (Hall) William (bap. 1815, d. 1887), farm manager and land agent
Susanna Wade Martins
Keary, (Hall) William (bap. 1815, d. 1887), farm manager and land agent, was born in Farlington, Yorkshire, and was baptized there on 14 January 1815, the son of William Keary, clerk, and his wife, Lucy. Some time between 1841 and 1843, possibly as a new appointee when the ...
