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Cover Elwes, John (1714–1789)

Elwes, John (1714–1789)  

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23 September 2004
John Elwes (1714–1789) by unknown engraver © National Portrait Gallery, London / Country Life Picture Library

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Elwes [formerly Meggott], John (1714–1789), landowner and eccentric  

Alexander Gordon

revised by Anita McConnell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Elwes [formerly Meggott], John (1714–1789), landowner and eccentric, was born on 7 April 1714 in the parish of St James, Westminster, the son of Robert Meggott (d. 1718), landowner and brewer, and his wife, Amee (Amy; d. 1754), daughter of Gervase Elwes...

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Hastings, Henry (bap. 1562, d. 1650)  

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Henry Hastings (bap. 1562, d. 1650) by unknown artist private collection. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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Hastings, Henry (bap. 1562, d. 1650), landowner and eccentric  

T. Y. Cocks

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Hastings, Henry (bap. 1562, d. 1650), landowner and eccentric, was the second son of George Hastings (d. 1604), who in 1595 became fourth earl of Huntingdon, and his wife, Dorothy Port (d. 1607). His epitaph states that he died on 5 October 1650, aged ninety-nine, so indicating that he was born in 1550 or 1551, but this exaggerates his age. His parents were married in 1557, his elder brother was born in 1560, and ...