Davies, Scrope Berdmore (1782–1852), dandy and friend of Lord Byron, was born towards the end of 1782 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, and baptized there on new year's day 1783, the second son in the family of six sons and four daughters of the Revd Richard Davies (1747–1825)...
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Davies, Scrope Berdmore (1782–1852), dandy and friend of Lord Byron
Annette Peach
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Ker, (John) Bellenden [formerly John Bellenden Gawler] (1764–1842), botanist and man of fashion
B. D. Jackson
revised by Giles Hudson
Ker, (John) Bellenden [formerly John Bellenden Gawler] (1764–1842), botanist and man of fashion, was born John Bellenden Gawler on 10 May 1764, the eldest son of John Gawler (d. 1803) of Ramridge, near Andover, Hampshire, and Caroline (d. 1802), eldest surviving daughter of ...
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Raikes, Thomas (1777–1848), dandy and diarist
W. P. Courtney
revised by K. D. Reynolds
Raikes, Thomas (1777–1848), dandy and diarist, born on 3 October 1777, was the eldest son of Thomas Raikes (1741–1813) and his wife, Charlotte (d. 1810), daughter of the Hon. Henry Finch. He had three brothers, including the clergyman Henry Raikes (1782–1854), and five sisters. His father was the brother of ...
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Raikes, Thomas (1777–1848)
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Thomas Raikes (1777–1848) by Richard Dighton, pubd 1818 [One of the Rake's of London] © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Smythe, James Moore (1702–1734), playwright and man of fashion
Philip Carter
Smythe, James Moore (1702–1734), playwright and man of fashion, was born James Moore at the family home at Fetcham, Surrey, the son of Arthur Moore (d. 1730) and his second wife, Theophila (c.1676–1739), daughter of William Smythe and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of ...
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Soubise, Julius [formerly Othello] (c. 1754–1798), man of fashion
Vincent Carretta
Soubise, Julius [formerly Othello] (c. 1754–1798), man of fashion, was born on the Caribbean island of St Kitts. His mother was a black slave, and his father probably a free white man. The first record of his existence was his entry on 2 April 1764 under the name ...
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St John, John (1745/6–1793), politician and fop
G. Le G. Norgate
revised by S. J. Skedd
St John, John (1745/6–1793), politician and fop, was the third son of John St John, second Viscount St John (c.1695–1749), landowner, and Anne Furnese (d. 1747), daughter of Sir Robert Furnese and Anne Balam of Waldershare, Kent. He was the nephew of ...
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Yorke, Charles Philip [nicknamed Champagne Charlie], fifth earl of Hardwicke (1836–1897), landowner and bankrupt dandy
F. M. L. Thompson
Yorke, Charles Philip [nicknamed Champagne Charlie], fifth earl of Hardwicke (1836–1897), landowner and bankrupt dandy, was born on 23 April 1836 at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, the eldest son of the five sons and three daughters of Charles Philip Yorke, fourth earl of Hardwicke...
