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Cover Fane, Lady Rachael (bap. 1613, d. 1680)

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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Fane, Lady Rachael [married namesRachael Bourchier, countess of Bath; Rachael Cranfield, countess of Middlesex] (bap. 1613, d. 1680), estate manager and benefactor  

Caroline M. K. Bowden

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Fane, Lady Rachael [married namesRachael 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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Cover Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1720, d. 1798)

Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1720, d. 1798)  

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
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

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

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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Sellar, Patrick (1780–1851), sheep farmer and agent of highland clearances  

Eric Richards

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23 September 2004
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Sellar, Patrick (1780–1851), sheep farmer and agent of highland clearances, was born on 5 December 1780 in Elgin, Moray, the only son of Thomas Sellar (1754–1817), solicitor, and his wife, Jean Plenderleath, daughter of the minister of college church in Edinburgh. His father, originally from ...

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Wakefield, Edward (1774–1854), philanthropist, land agent, and writer on political economy  

David J. Moss

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23 September 2004
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Wakefield, Edward (1774–1854), philanthropist, land agent, and writer on political economy, was born in Tottenham, Middlesex. He was the elder son of Edward Wakefield (1750–1826), merchant, and the writer Priscilla Wakefield (1750–1832), daughter of Daniel Bell. Daniel Wakefield was his younger brother. Edward...