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Nash, Richard [known as Beau Nash] (1674–1761), master of ceremonies and social celebrity  

Philip Carter

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Nash, Richard [known as Beau Nash] (1674–1761), master of ceremonies and social celebrity, was born on 18 October 1674 at St Mary's Street, Swansea, the son of Richard Nash, a glass maker of modest means, and his wife, the niece of the royalist army officer ...

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23 September 2004
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Richard Nash (1674–1761) by Nathaniel Hone, 1750 © The Trustees of the Holburne Museum of Art, Bath

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Wade, William (1734/5–1809), master of ceremonies  

Philip Carter

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Wade, William (1734/5–1809), master of ceremonies, though often identified as the illegitimate son or nephew of Field Marshal George Wade (1673–1748), was more probably his great-nephew and the grandson of George's brother William Wade (1670–1732), canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor. He was educated at ...