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

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Fairbridge, Kingsley Ogilvie (1885–1924), founder of farm schools overseas  

F. J. Wylie

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Fairbridge, Kingsley Ogilvie (1885–1924), founder of farm schools overseas, was born on 5 May 1885 at Grahamstown, Cape Colony, the elder son of Rhys Seymour Fairbridge, surveyor to the government of Cape Colony and later to the British South Africa Company, and his wife, ...

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Fairfax, Ann (1725/6–1793), landowner and benefactor  

Sarah Shields

Fairfax, Ann (1725/6–1793), landowner and benefactor, was the second of the nine children—four sons and five daughters—of Charles Gregory Fairfax, ninth Viscount Fairfax of Emley (1700–1772), landowner, of Gilling Castle, Yorkshire, and his second wife and cousin, Mary Fairfax (d....

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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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Lady Rachael Fane (bap. 1613, d. 1680) studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck Christie's Images Ltd. (2005)

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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 ...