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Last updated 23/04/2022 |
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Names of baronets
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the Official Roll of the Baronetage. |
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Date |
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that the baronet was buried on that date |
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BERESFORD of Coleraine,Londonderry |
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5 May 1665 |
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Tristram Beresford |
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15 Jan 1673 |
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15 Jan 1673 |
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Randal Beresford |
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19 Oct 1681 |
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Oct 1681 |
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Tristram Beresford |
1669 |
16 Jun 1701 |
31 |
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For further information on this baronet's wife, |
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the subject of a famous Irish ghost story, |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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16 Jun 1701 |
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Marcus Beresford |
16 Jul 1694 |
4 Apr 1763 |
68 |
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He was subsequently created Earl of |
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Tyrone (qv) in 1746. The second earl was |
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BERESFORD-PEIRSE of Bagnall,co.Waterford |
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21 May 1814 |
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1 |
John Poer
Beresford |
1769 |
2 Oct 1844 |
75 |
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MP for
Coleraine 1809-1812,1814-1823 and |
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1832-1833,Northallerton 1826-1832 and Chatham |
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1835-1837 |
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2 Oct 1844 |
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George de la Poer Beresford |
1 Mar 1811 |
11 Feb 1873 |
61 |
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11 Feb 1873 |
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Henry Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse |
25 Sep 1850 |
8 Jul 1926 |
75 |
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8 Jul 1926 |
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Henry Bernard de la Poer Beresford- |
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Peirse |
9 Jan 1875 |
14 May 1949 |
74 |
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14 May 1949 |
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Henry Campbell de la Poer Beresford- |
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Pierse |
24 Apr 1905 |
11 Aug 1972 |
67 |
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11 Aug 1972 |
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Henry Grant de la Poer Beresford-Peirse |
7 Feb 1933 |
24 Jan 2013 |
79 |
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24 Jan 2013 |
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Henry Njers de la Poer Beresford-Peirse |
25 Mar 1969 |
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BERKELEY of Wymondham,Leics |
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29 Jun 1611 |
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Henry Berkeley |
c 1566 |
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c 1630 |
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BERKELEY of Bruton,Somerset |
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2 Jul 1660 |
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Maurice Berkeley |
15 Jun 1628 |
13 Jun 1690 |
61 |
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Viscountcy of Fitzhardinge (qv) in 1668 |
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merged until its extinction 13 Jun 1690 |
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BERNARD of Huntingdon,Hunts |
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1 Jul 1662 |
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Robert Bernard |
1601 |
18 Apr 1666 |
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MP for Huntingdon 1640 |
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18 Apr 1666 |
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John Bernard |
Nov 1630 |
25 Jun 1679 |
48 |
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MP for Huntingdon 1654-1655,1656-1658, |
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25 Jun 1679 |
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Robert Bernard |
by 1670 |
26 Jul 1703 |
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MP for Huntingdonshire 1689-1690 |
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26 Jul 1703 |
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John Bernard |
c 1695 |
15 Dec 1766 |
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15 Dec 1766 |
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Robert Bernard |
c 1739 |
2 Jan 1789 |
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2 Jan 1789 |
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Westminster 1770-1774 |
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BERNARD of Nettleham,Lincs |
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5 Apr 1769 |
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Francis Bernard |
c 1712 |
16 Jun 1779 |
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16 Jun 1779 |
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John Bernard |
c 1746 |
16 Aug 1809 |
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16 Aug 1809 |
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Thomas Bernard |
27 Apr 1750 |
1 Jul 1818 |
68 |
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1 Jul 1818 |
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Scrope Bernard (Bernard-Morland from 1811} |
1 Oct 1758 |
18 Apr 1830 |
71 |
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MP for Aylesbury 1789-1802 and St.Mawes |
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18 Apr 1830 |
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Francis Bernard-Morland |
7 Jun 1790 |
23 Jan 1876 |
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23 Jan 1876 |
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Thomas Tyringham Bernard |
15 Sep 1791 |
8 May 1883 |
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8 May 1883 |
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BERNARD of Snakemoor,Hants |
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27 Jan 1954 |
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Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard |
22 Mar 1888 |
26 Nov 1975 |
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26 Nov 1975 |
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Dallas Edmund Bernard |
14 Dec 1926 |
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BERNEY of Parkhall,Norfolk |
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5 May 1620 |
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Richard Berney |
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1668 |
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Thomas Berney |
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Richard Berney |
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May 1706 |
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Richard Berney |
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Thomas Berney |
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Hanson Berney |
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1778 |
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John Berney |
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4 Sep 1825 |
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4 Sep 1825 |
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Hanson Berney |
3 Dec 1780 |
Sep 1870 |
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Henry Hanson Berney |
30 Nov 1843 |
27 Feb 1907 |
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27 Feb 1907 |
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Thomas Reedham Berney |
6 Jul 1893 |
5 Jan 1975 |
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5 Jan 1975 |
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Julian Reedham Stuart Berney |
26 Sep 1952 |
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BERRY of Catton,Yorks |
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12 Dec 1806 |
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Edward Berry |
1768 |
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13 Feb 1831 |
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BERRY of Long Cross,Surrey |
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4 Jul 1921 |
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William Ewart Berry |
23 Jun 1879 |
15 Jun 1954 |
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He was subsequently created Viscount |
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Camrose (qv) in 1941 with which title |
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BERRY of Farnham Royal,Bucks |
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25 Jan 1928 |
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James Gomer Berry |
7 May 1883 |
6 Feb 1968 |
84 |
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He was subsequently created Viscount |
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Kemsley (qv) in 1945 with which title |
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BERTIE of the Navy |
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9 Dec 1812 |
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Albemarle Bertie |
20 Jan 1755 |
24 Feb 1824 |
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24 Feb 1824 |
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BEST-SHAW of Eltham,Kent |
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15 Apr 1665 |
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John Shaw |
c 1615 |
1 Mar 1680 |
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MP for Lyme Regis 1661-1679 |
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1 Mar 1680 |
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John Shaw |
c 1660 |
11 Dec 1721 |
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11 Dec 1721 |
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John Shaw |
1687 |
4 Mar 1739 |
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4 Mar 1739 |
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John Shaw |
22 Nov 1728 |
18 Jun 1779 |
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18 Jun 1779 |
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John Gregory Shaw |
25 Jul 1756 |
28 Oct 1831 |
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28 Oct 1831 |
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John Kenward Shaw |
15 Mar 1783 |
17 Mar 1857 |
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17 Mar 1857 |
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John Charles Kenward Shaw |
8 Jun 1829 |
7 Jan 1909 |
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7 Jan 1909 |
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Charles
John Monson Shaw |
24 Nov 1860 |
11 Sep 1922 |
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11 Sep 1922 |
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John James Kenward Shaw (Best-Shaw |
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11 Jun 1895 |
26 Feb 1984 |
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26 Feb 1984 |
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John Michael Robert Best-Shaw |
28 Sep 1924 |
22 Apr 2014 |
89 |
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22 Apr 2014 |
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Thomas Joshua Best-Shaw |
7 Mar 1965 |
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BETENSON of Wimbledon,Surrey |
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7 Feb 1663 |
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Richard Betenson |
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29 Aug 1679 |
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29 Aug 1679 |
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Edward Betenson |
c 1675 |
17 Oct 1733 |
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17 Oct 1733 |
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Edward Betenson |
c 1688 |
24 Nov 1762 |
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24 Nov 1762 |
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Richard Betenson |
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15 Jun 1786 |
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BETHELL of Park House,Essex |
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26 Jun 1911 |
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Sir John Henry Bethell |
23 Sep 1861 |
27 May 1945 |
83 |
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Bethell (qv) in 1922 with which title |
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BETHUNE of Kilconquhar,Fife |
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7 Mar 1836 |
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Henry Lindsay Bethune |
12 Apr 1787 |
19 Feb 1851 |
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19 Feb 1851 |
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John Trotter Bethune |
3 Jan 1827 |
12 May 1894 |
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He established his claim to the Earldom |
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12 May 1894 |
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of Lindsay (qv) in 1878 with which title |
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baronetcy became extinct on his death |
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BETHUNE of Scotscraig,Fife |
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21 Apr 1683 |
NS |
1 |
William Sharp |
c 1655 |
27 Jan 1712 |
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Jan 1712 |
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James Sharp |
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25 Apr 1738 |
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James Sharp |
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c 1748 |
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William Sharp |
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c 1754 |
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Alexander Sharp |
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c 1770 |
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William Sharp |
28 Jan 1729 |
13 Feb 1780 |
51 |
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13 Feb 1780 |
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Alexander Sharp (Bethune from Aug 1815) |
20 Aug 1771 |
Dec 1847 |
76 |
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Dec 1847 |
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Alexander Bethune |
21 Jul 1824 |
10 May 1900 |
75 |
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10 May 1900 |
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Alexander Sharp Bethune |
21 Mar 1860 |
31 Mar 1917 |
57 |
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For further information regarding this baronet's |
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successful claim to the baronetcy,see the |
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31 Mar 1917 |
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Alexander Maitland Sharp Bethune |
28 Mar 1909 |
20 May 1997 |
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20 May 1997 |
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BETTERTON of Blackfordby,Leics |
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30 Jul 1929 |
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1 |
Henry Bucknall Betterton |
15 Aug 1872 |
18 Nov 1949 |
77 |
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Rushcliffe
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title the baronetcy then merged until |
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its extinction in 1949 |
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BEVAN of Cadoxton Juxta,Glamorgan |
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9 Jul 1958 |
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See "Evans-Bevan" |
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BEYNON of the Coldra,Monmouth |
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18 Jun 1920 |
UK |
1 |
John Wyndham Beynon |
2 Dec 1864 |
13 Oct 1944 |
79 |
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13 Oct 1944 |
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BIBBY of Tarporley,Cheshire |
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8 Jul 1959 |
UK |
1 |
Sir (Arthur) Harold Bibby |
18 Feb 1889 |
7 Mar 1986 |
97 |
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7 Mar 1986 |
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Derek
James Bibby |
29 Jun 1922 |
9 Oct 2002 |
80 |
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9 Oct 2002 |
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Michael James Bibby |
2 Aug 1963 |
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BICKERTON of Upwood,Hunts |
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29 May 1778 |
GB |
1 |
Sir Richard Bickerton |
23 Jun 1727 |
25 Feb 1792 |
64 |
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MP for Rochester 1790-1792 |
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25 Feb 1792 |
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2 |
Richard Hussey Bickerton |
11 Oct 1759 |
9 Feb 1832 |
72 |
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MP for Poole 1808-1812 |
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9 Feb 1832 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BICKLEY of Attleborough,Norfolk |
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3 Sep 1661 |
E |
1 |
Francis Bickley |
c 1582 |
11 Aug 1670 |
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11 Aug 1670 |
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Francis Bickley |
c 1623 |
1681 |
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1681 |
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Francis Bickley |
19 Apr 1644 |
1687 |
43 |
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1687 |
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Francis Bickley |
28 Jan 1667 |
4 Jul 1746 |
79 |
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4 Jul 1746 |
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5 |
Humphrey Bickley |
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18 Sep 1754 |
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18 Sep 1754 |
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BIDDULPH of Westcombe,Kent |
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2 Nov 1664 |
E |
1 |
Theophilus Biddulph |
c 1612 |
25 Mar 1683 |
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MP for London 1656-1658 and 1659 and |
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Lichfield 1661-1679 |
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25 Mar 1683 |
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2 |
Michael Biddulph |
18 May 1654 |
2 Apr 1718 |
63 |
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MP for
Lichfield 1679-1681,1689-1690, |
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1695-1701,1701-1705 and 1708-1710 |
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2 Apr 1718 |
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Theophilus Biddulph |
c 1685 |
16 May 1743 |
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16 May 1743 |
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Theophilus Biddulph |
c 1720 |
c 1798 |
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c 1798 |
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5 |
Theophilus Biddulph |
28 Mar 1757 |
30 Jul 1841 |
84 |
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30 Jul 1841 |
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6 |
Theophilus Biddulph |
28 Mar 1785 |
15 Jul 1854 |
69 |
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15 Jul 1854 |
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7 |
Theophilus Biddulph |
18 Jan 1830 |
1 Mar 1883 |
53 |
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1 Mar 1883 |
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8 |
Theophilus George Biddulph |
3 Apr 1874 |
31 Jan 1948 |
73 |
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31 Jan 1948 |
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9 |
Francis Henry Biddulph |
8 Jun 1882 |
7 Jan 1980 |
97 |
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7 Jan 1980 |
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10 |
Stuart Royden Biddulph |
24 Jun 1908 |
8 Jul 1986 |
78 |
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8 Jul 1986 |
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11 |
Ian D'Olier Biddulph |
28 Feb 1940 |
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BIGGE of Kings Sutton,Northants |
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14 Feb 1919 |
UK |
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See "Selby-Bigge" |
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BIGGS of Lenchwick,Worcs |
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26 May 1620 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Biggs |
c 1577 |
11 Jun 1621 |
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MP for Evesham 1614 and 1621 |
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11 Jun 1621 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BILSLAND of Park Circus,Glasgow |
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25 Nov 1907 |
UK |
1 |
William Bilsland |
17 Mar 1847 |
27 Aug 1921 |
74 |
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27 Aug 1921 |
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2 |
Alexander Steven Bilsland |
13 Sep 1892 |
10 Dec 1970 |
78 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Bilsland (qv) in
1950 with which title |
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the baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1970 |
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BINDLOSSE of Borwick,Lancs |
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16 Aug 1641 |
E |
1 |
Robert Bindlosse |
8 May 1624 |
6 Nov 1688 |
64 |
to |
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MP for Lancaster
1646-1648 and |
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15 Nov 1688 |
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Lancashire 1660 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BINGHAM of Castlebar,co.Mayo |
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7 Jun 1634 |
NS |
1 |
Henry Bingham |
1573 |
c 1658 |
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c 1658 |
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2 |
George Bingham |
c 1625 |
1682 |
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1682 |
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3 |
Henry Bingham |
1654 |
5 Jul 1714 |
60 |
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5 Jul 1714 |
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4 |
George Bingham |
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c 1730 |
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c 1730 |
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5 |
John Bingham |
1690 |
21 Sep 1749 |
59 |
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21 Sep 1749 |
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6 |
John Bingham |
Nov 1728 |
27 Nov 1750 |
21 |
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27 Nov 1750 |
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7 |
Charles Bingham |
22 Sep 1735 |
29 Mar 1799 |
63 |
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He was subsequently created Earl of |
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Lucan (qv) in 1795 with which title the |
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baronetcy remains merged,although at |
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30/06/2014
the baronetcy does not appear |
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on the Official Roll of the Baronetage |
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BINGHAM of West Lea,Sheffield,Yorks |
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12 Dec 1903 |
UK |
1 |
John Edward Bingham |
27 Jul 1839 |
18 Mar 1915 |
75 |
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18 Mar 1915 |
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2 |
Albert Edward Bingham |
22 Nov 1868 |
25 Feb 1945 |
76 |
to |
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25 Feb 1945 |
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BIRCH of Hasles,Lancs |
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30 Sep 1831 |
UK |
1 |
Joseph Birch |
13 Jun 1755 |
22 Aug 1833 |
78 |
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22 Aug 1833 |
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2 |
Thomas Bernard Birch |
18 Mar 1791 |
3 Mar 1880 |
88 |
to |
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MP for Liverpool 1847-1852 |
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3 Mar 1880 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BIRCHENOUGH of Macclesfield,Cheshire |
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4 Feb 1920 |
UK |
1 |
Sir John Henry Birchenough |
7 Mar 1853 |
12 May 1937 |
84 |
to |
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Extinct on his death |
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12 May 1937 |
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BIRD of Solihull,Warwicks |
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27 Jan 1922 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Alfred Frederick Bird |
27 Jul 1849 |
7 Feb 1922 |
72 |
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MP for Wolverhampton West 1910-1922 |
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For information on the death of this baronet, |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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7 Feb 1922 |
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2 |
Robert Bland Bird |
20 Sep 1876 |
20 Nov 1960 |
84 |
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MP for Wolverhampton West 1922-1929 |
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and 1931-1945 |
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20 Nov 1960 |
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3 |
Donald Geoffrey Bird |
3 Jul 1906 |
18 Oct 1963 |
57 |
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18 Oct 1963 |
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4 |
Richard Geoffrey Chapman Bird |
3 Nov 1935 |
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BIRDWOOD of Anzac and Totnes |
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6 Oct 1919 |
UK |
1 |
Sir William Riddell Birdwood |
13 Sep 1865 |
17 May 1951 |
85 |
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He was
subsequently created Baron |
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Birdwood (qv) in 1938 with which title |
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baronetcy remained merged until its |
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extinction in 2015 |
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BIRKBECK of Horstead Hall,Norfolk |
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9 Mar 1886 |
UK |
1 |
Edward Birkbeck |
11 Oct 1838 |
2 Sep 1908 |
69 |
to |
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MP for Norfolk North 1879-1885 and |
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2 Sep 1908 |
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Norfolk East 1885-1892 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BIRKIN of Ruddington Grange,Notts |
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25 Jul 1905 |
UK |
1 |
Thomas Isaac Birkin |
15 Feb 1831 |
16 Jan 1922 |
90 |
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16 Jan 1922 |
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2 |
Thomas Stanley Birkin |
18 Oct 1857 |
7 Apr 1931 |
73 |
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7 Apr 1931 |
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3 |
Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin |
26 Jul 1896 |
22 Jun 1933 |
36 |
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the note at the foot of this page |
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22 Jun 1933 |
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4 |
Alexander Russell Birkin |
9 Sep 1861 |
5 May 1942 |
80 |
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5 May 1942 |
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5 |
Charles Lloyd Birkin |
24 Sep 1907 |
8 Nov 1985 |
77 |
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8 Nov 1985 |
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6 |
John Christian William Birkin |
2 Jul 1953 |
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BIRKMYRE of Dalmunzie,Perth |
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29 Jan 1921 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Archibald Birkmyre |
28 Jun 1875 |
24 Jun 1935 |
59 |
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24 Jun 1935 |
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2 |
Henry Birkmyre |
24 Mar 1898 |
10 Mar 1992 |
93 |
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10 Mar 1992 |
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3 |
Archibald Birkmyre |
12 Feb 1923 |
7 May 2001 |
78 |
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7 May 2001 |
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4 |
James Birkmyre |
29 Feb 1956 |
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BISSHOPP of Parham,Sussex |
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24 Jul 1620 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Bishopp |
c 1550 |
1626 |
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MP for Gatton 1584-1585 |
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1626 |
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2 |
Edward Bishopp |
c 1601 |
Apr 1649 |
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MP for Steyning 1626 and Bramber 1640 |
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Apr 1649 |
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3 |
Thomas Bishopp |
3 Dec 1627 |
1652 |
24 |
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1652 |
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4 |
Cecil Bishopp |
c 1635 |
3 Jun 1705 |
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MP for Bramber 1662-1679 |
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3 Jun 1705 |
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5 |
Cecil Bishopp |
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25 Oct 1725 |
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25 Oct 1725 |
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6 |
Cecil Bishopp |
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15 Jun 1778 |
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MP for Penrhyn 1727-1734 and |
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Boroughbridge 1755-1768 |
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15 Jun 1778 |
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7 |
Cecil Bishopp |
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10 Sep 1779 |
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Sep 1779 |
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8 |
Cecil Bisshopp,later [1815] 12th Baron Zouche |
29 Dec 1753 |
11 Nov 1828 |
74 |
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MP for New
Shoreham 1780-1790 and |
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1796-1806 |
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11 Nov 1828 |
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9 |
George William Bisshopp |
5 Jul 1791 |
22 Mar 1834 |
42 |
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22 Mar 1834 |
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10 |
Cecil Augustus Bisshopp |
6 Jul 1821 |
22 Jan 1849 |
27 |
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22 Jan 1849 |
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George Curzon Bisshopp |
10 Apr 1823 |
15 Dec 1865 |
42 |
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15 Dec 1865 |
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Edward Cecil Bisshopp |
23 Feb 1826 |
27 Jan 1870 |
43 |
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27 Jan 1870 |
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BLACK of Louth Park,Lincs |
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2 Feb 1918 |
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1 |
Alec Black |
23 Dec 1872 |
28 Jun 1942 |
69 |
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28 Jun 1942 |
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BLACK of Midgham,Berks |
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19 Jun 1922 |
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Robert James Black |
19 Jul 1860 |
28 Sep 1925 |
65 |
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28 Sep 1925 |
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Robert Andrew Stransham Black |
17 Jan 1902 |
14 Dec 1979 |
77 |
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14 Dec 1979 |
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Robert David Black |
29 Mar 1929 |
22 May 2021 |
92 |
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22 May 2021 |
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BLACKADDER of Tulliallin,Perth |
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28 Jul 1626 |
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1 |
John Blackadder |
1596 |
c 1670 |
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c 1670 |
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BLACKETT of Newcastle,Northumberland |
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12 Dec 1673 |
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1 |
William Blackett |
c 1620 |
16 May 1680 |
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MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1673-1680 |
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16 May 1680 |
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Edward Blackett |
25 Oct 1649 |
22 Apr 1718 |
68 |
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MP for Ripon 1689-1690
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Northumberland 1698-1700 |
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22 Apr 1718 |
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Edward Blackett |
c 1683 |
1 Mar 1756 |
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1 Mar 1756 |
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4 |
Edward Blackett |
9 Apr 1719 |
3 Feb 1804 |
84 |
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MP for Northumberland 1768-1774 |
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3 Feb 1804 |
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5 |
William Blackett |
16 Feb 1759 |
27 Oct 1816 |
57 |
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27 Oct 1816 |
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6 |
Edward Blackett |
23 Feb 1805 |
23 Nov 1885 |
80 |
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23 Nov 1885 |
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7 |
Edward William Blackett |
22 Mar 1831 |
13 Sep 1909 |
78 |
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13 Sep 1909 |
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8 |
Hugh Douglas Blackett |
24 Mar 1873 |
13 Nov 1960 |
87 |
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13 Nov 1960 |
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9 |
Charles Douglas Blackett |
15 Aug 1904 |
26 Dec 1968 |
64 |
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26 Dec 1968 |
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10 |
George William Blackett |
26 Apr 1906 |
22 Jan 1994 |
87 |
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22 Jan 1994 |
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11 |
Francis Hugh Blackett |
16 Oct 1907 |
9 Feb 1995 |
87 |
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9 Feb 1995 |
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12 |
Hugh Francis Blackett |
11 Feb 1955 |
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BLACKETT of Newcastle,Northumberland |
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23 Jan 1685 |
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1 |
William Blackett |
14 Jun 1657 |
Dec 1705 |
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MP for Newcastle upon Tyne 1685-1690, |
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1695-1701 and 1705 |
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Dec 1705 |
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2 |
William Blackett |
11 Feb 1690 |
25 Sep 1728 |
38 |
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MP for Newcastle upon Tyne 1710-1728 |
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25 Sep 1728 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BLACKETT of Calverley,Yorks |
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11 Dec 1711 |
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See "Calverley" |
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BLACKHAM of London |
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13 Apr 1696 |
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Richard Blackham |
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29 Jun 1728 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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29 Jun 1728 |
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2 |
John Blackham |
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2 Jul 1728 |
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2 Jul 1728 |
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BLACKWELL of Sprowston Hall,Surrey |
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16 Jul 1718 |
GB |
1 |
Lambert Blackwell |
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27 Oct 1727 |
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MP for Wilton 1708-1710 |
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27 Oct 1727 |
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2 |
Charles Blackwell |
c 1700 |
18 Jul 1741 |
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18 Jul 1741 |
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3 |
Lambert Blackwell |
c 1732 |
9 May 1801 |
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9 May 1801 |
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BLACKWOOD of Ballyleidy,co.Down |
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1 Jul 1763 |
I |
1 |
Robert Blackwood |
5 Nov 1694 |
1774 |
79 |
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1774 |
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2 |
John Blackwood |
1722 |
26 Feb 1799 |
76 |
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26 Feb 1799 |
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3 |
James Stevenson Blackwood |
8 Jul 1755 |
8 Aug 1836 |
81 |
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He succeeded to the Barony of Dufferin |
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and
Claneboye (qv) in 1800 with which |
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title the baronetcy remains merged,although, |
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as at 30/06/2014,the baronetcy does not |
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appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage |
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BLACKWOOD of the Navy |
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1 Sep 1814 |
UK |
1 |
Henry Blackwood |
28 Dec 1770 |
14 Dec 1832 |
61 |
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14 Dec 1832 |
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2 |
Henry Martin Blackwood |
11 Jun 1801 |
7 Jan 1851 |
49 |
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7 Jan 1851 |
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3 |
Henry Blackwood |
7 May 1828 |
26 May 1894 |
66 |
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26 May 1894 |
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4 |
Francis Blackwood |
11 Nov 1838 |
20 Jun 1924 |
85 |
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20 Jun 1924 |
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5 |
Henry Palmer Temple Blackwood |
12 May 1896 |
1 Sep 1948 |
52 |
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1 Sep 1948 |
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6 |
Francis Elliot Temple Blackwood |
11 Mar 1901 |
2 Mar 1979 |
77 |
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2 Mar 1979 |
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7 |
Francis George Blackwood |
20 May 1916 |
13 Nov 1991 |
75 |
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He succeeded to the Barony of Dufferin |
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and
Claneboye (qv) in 1988 with which |
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title the baronetcy remains merged |
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BLADES of Epsom,Surrey |
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14 Jan 1922 |
UK |
1 |
George Rowland Blades |
15 Apr 1868 |
24 May 1953 |
85 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Ebbisham (qv) in 1928 with which title |
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the baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1991 |
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BLAIR of Kinfauns,Perth |
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18 Sep 1666 |
NS |
1 |
William Blair |
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after 1666 |
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after 1666 |
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BLAIR of Dunskey,Wigtown |
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27 Jun 1786 |
GB |
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See "Hunter-Blair" |
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BLAIR of Harrow Weald,Middlesex |
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19 Jun 1945 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Reginald Blair |
8 Nov 1881 |
18 Sep 1962 |
80 |
to |
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MP for Bow and Bromley 1912-1922 and |
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18 Sep 1962 |
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Hendon 1935-1945 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BLAKE of Menlough,co.Galway |
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10 Jul 1622 |
I |
1 |
Valentine Blake |
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2 Jan 1634 |
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2 Jan 1634 |
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2 |
Thomas Blake |
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c 1640 |
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c 1640 |
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3 |
Valentine Blake |
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c 1653 |
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c 1653 |
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4 |
Thomas Blake |
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c 1670 |
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c 1670 |
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5 |
Valentine Blake |
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c 1672 |
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c 1672 |
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6 |
Walter Blake |
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May 1748 |
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May 1748 |
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7 |
Thomas Blake |
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c 1749 |
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c 1749 |
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8 |
Ulick Blake |
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Jun 1766 |
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Jun 1766 |
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9 |
Thomas Blake |
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3 Mar 1787 |
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3 Mar 1787 |
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10 |
Walter Blake |
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Apr 1802 |
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Apr 1802 |
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11 |
John Blake |
15 Jul 1753 |
6 May 1834 |
80 |
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6 May 1834 |
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12 |
Valentine John Blake |
23 Jun 1780 |
Jan 1847 |
66 |
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MP for Galway 1813-1820 and 1841-1847 |
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Jan 1847 |
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13 |
Thomas Edward Blake |
25 May 1805 |
3 Jan 1875 |
69 |
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For information on events which took place at his |
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funeral, see the note at the foot of this page |
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3 Jan 1875 |
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14 |
Valentine Blake |
2 Dec 1836 |
24 Jul 1912 |
75 |
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For information on the destruction of the family |
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home,
Menlough Castle, see the note at the |
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foot of this page |
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24 Jul 1912 |
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15 |
Thomas Patrick Ulick John Harvey Blake |
18 Mar 1870 |
15 Dec 1925 |
55 |
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15 Dec 1925 |
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16 |
Ulick Temple Blake |
6 Aug 1904 |
5 Oct 1963 |
59 |
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5 Oct 1963 |
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17 |
Thomas Richard Valentine Blake |
7 Jan 1942 |
29 May 2008 |
66 |
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29 May 2008 |
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18 |
Anthony Teilo Bruce Blake |
5 May 1951 |
23 Jan 2014 |
62 |
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23 Jan 2014 |
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19 |
Charles Valentine Blake |
13 Jul 1994 |
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BLAKE of Langham,Suffolk |
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8 Oct 1772 |
GB |
1 |
Patrick Blake |
c 1742 |
1 Jul 1784 |
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MP for Sudbury 1768-1774 and 1775-1784 |
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1 Jul 1784 |
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2 |
Patrick Blake |
c 1768 |
25 Jul 1818 |
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25 Jul 1818 |
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3 |
James Henry Blake |
1770 |
21 Apr 1832 |
61 |
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21 Apr 1832 |
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4 |
Henry Charles Blake |
23 Nov 1794 |
22 Jan 1880 |
85 |
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22 Jan 1880 |
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5 |
Patrick James Graham Blake |
23 Oct 1861 |
15 Jan 1930 |
68 |
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15 Jan 1930 |
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6 |
Cuthbert Patrick Blake |
2 Jan 1885 |
27 Jun 1975 |
90 |
to |
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Extinct on his death |
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27 Jun 1975 |
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BLAKE of Twizel Castle,Durham |
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25 May 1774 |
GB |
1 |
Francis Blake |
c 1709 |
29 Mar 1780 |
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29 Mar 1780 |
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2 |
Francis Blake |
c 1737 |
22 May 1818 |
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22 May 1818 |
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3 |
Francis Blake |
18 Aug 1774 |
3 Aug 1860 |
85 |
to |
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MP for Berwick 1820-1826 and 1827-1835 |
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3 Aug 1860 |
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Extinct on his death |
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BLAKE of Tillmouth Park,Northumberland |
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22 Jul 1907 |
UK |
1 |
Francis Douglas Blake |
27 Feb 1856 |
5 Feb 1940 |
83 |
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MP for Berwick 1916-1922 |
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5 Feb 1940 |
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2 |
Francis Edward Colquhoun Blake |
11 Aug 1893 |
24 Nov 1950 |
57 |
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24 Nov 1950 |
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3 |
Francis Michael Blake |
11 Jul 1943 |
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BLAKER of Brighton,Sussex |
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5 Sep 1919 |
UK |
1 |
Sir John George Blaker |
15 Oct 1854 |
11 Jun 1926 |
71 |
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11 Jun 1926 |
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2 |
Reginald Blaker |
27 Apr 1900 |
3 Jan 1975 |
74 |
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MP for Spelthorne 1931-1945 |
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3 Jan 1975 |
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3 |
John Blaker |
22 Mar 1935 |
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BLAKISTON of Blakiston,Durham |
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27 May 1615 |
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8 Jul 1582 |
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1630 |
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BLAKISTON of Gibside,Durham |
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30 Jul 1642 |
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Ralph Blakiston |
c 1589 |
20 Dec 1650 |
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William Blakiston |
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26 Feb 1692 |
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Feb 1692 |
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Francis Blakiston |
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8 Oct 1713 |
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BLAKISTON of London |
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22 Apr 1763 |
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Matthew Blakiston |
c 1702 |
14 Jul 1774 |
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14 Jul 1774 |
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Matthew Blakiston |
1761 |
20 Sep 1806 |
45 |
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20 Sep 1806 |
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Matthew Blakiston |
13 May 1783 |
23 Dec 1862 |
79 |
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23 Dec 1862 |
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Matthew Blakiston |
15 Jan 1811 |
3 Dec 1883 |
72 |
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3 Dec 1883 |
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Horace Nevile Blakiston |
2 Aug 1861 |
12 Sep 1936 |
75 |
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12 Sep 1936 |
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Charles Edward Blakiston |
28 Dec 1862 |
12 Aug 1941 |
78 |
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12 Aug 1941 |
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Arthur Frederick Blakiston |
16 Jun 1892 |
31 Jan 1974 |
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31 Jan 1974 |
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Arthur Norman Hunter Blakiston |
26 Apr 1899 |
1977 |
78 |
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1977 |
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Ferguson Arthur James Blakiston |
19 Feb 1963 |
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BLAND of Kippax Park,Yorks |
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30 Aug 1642 |
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Thomas Bland |
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24 Oct 1657 |
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Oct 1657 |
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Francis Bland |
c 1642 |
14 Nov 1663 |
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14 Nov 1663 |
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Thomas Bland |
21 Dec 1662 |
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14 Dec 1668 |
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John Bland |
2 Nov 1663 |
25 Oct 1715 |
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MP for Appleby
1681 and Pontefract |
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25 Oct 1715 |
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John Bland |
10 Sep 1691 |
9 Apr 1743 |
51 |
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MP for Lancashire 1713-1727 |
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9 Apr 1743 |
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John Bland |
13 Jan 1722 |
3 Sep 1755 |
33 |
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MP for Ludgershall 1754-1755 |
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For information on the death of this baronet, |
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3 Sep 1755 |
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Hungerford Bland |
c 1726 |
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16 Oct 1756 |
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BLAND-SUTTON of Hertford Street,London |
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26 Jun 1925 |
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Sir John Bland-Sutton |
21 Apr 1855 |
20 Dec 1936 |
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20 Dec 1936 |
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BLANE of Blanefield,Ayr |
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26 Dec 1812 |
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Gilbert Blane |
29 Aug 1749 |
27 Jun 1834 |
84 |
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27 Jun 1834 |
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Hugh Seymour Blane |
29 Jul 1795 |
14 Apr 1869 |
73 |
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14 Apr 1869 |
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Seymour John Blane |
1 Feb 1833 |
26 Jun 1911 |
78 |
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26 Jun 1911 |
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Charles Rodney Blane |
28 Oct 1879 |
31 May 1916 |
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31 May 1916 |
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BLAQUIERE of Ardkill,Londonderry |
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16 Jul 1784 |
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John Blaquiere |
15 May 1732 |
27 Aug 1812 |
80 |
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Blaquiere
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the baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1920 |
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BLENNERHASSET of Blennerville,co.Kerry |
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22 Sep 1809 |
UK |
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Rowland Blennerhassett |
1741 |
14 Mar 1821 |
79 |
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14 Mar 1821 |
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Robert Blennerhassett |
26 Jan 1769 |
21 Sep 1831 |
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21 Sep 1831 |
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Arthur Blennerhassett |
30 Jul 1794 |
Feb 1849 |
54 |
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Feb 1849 |
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Rowland Blennerhassett |
5 Sep 1839 |
22 Mar 1909 |
69 |
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MP for Galway 1865-1874 and Kerry 1880- |
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1885. PC [I] 1905 |
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22 Mar 1909 |
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Arthur Charles Francis Bernard |
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Blennerhassett |
14 Apr 1871 |
29 Jan 1915 |
43 |
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29 Jan 1915 |
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Marmaduke Charles
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Blennerhassett |
20 Nov 1902 |
25 May 1940 |
37 |
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25 May 1940 |
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Marmaduke Adrian Francis William |
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Blennerhassett [he was born the same
day as |
25 May 1940 |
9 Apr 2022 |
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his father was killed in action] |
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9 Apr 2022 |
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Charles Henry Maramaduke Blennerhassett |
18 Jul 1975 |
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BLOIS of Grundisburgh,Suffolk |
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15 Apr 1686 |
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Charles Blois |
14 Sep 1657 |
10 Apr 1738 |
80 |
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MP for Ipswich 1689-1695 and Dunwich |
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1700-1709 |
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10 Apr 1738 |
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Charles Blois |
25 Jun 1733 |
26 Feb 1760 |
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26 Feb 1760 |
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Charles Blois |
3 Apr 1692 |
27 Dec 1761 |
69 |
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27 Dec 1761 |
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Ralph Blois |
16 Jun 1706 |
8 May 1762 |
55 |
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8 May 1762 |
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John Blois |
21 Nov 1740 |
17 Jan 1810 |
69 |
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17 Jan 1810 |
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Charles Blois |
4 Mar 1766 |
20 Aug 1850 |
84 |
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20 Aug 1850 |
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Charles Blois |
Apr 1794 |
12 Jun 1855 |
61 |
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12 Jun 1855 |
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John Ralph Blois |
18 Aug 1830 |
31 Dec 1888 |
58 |
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31 Dec 1888 |
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Ralph Barrett Macnaghten Blois |
21 Nov 1866 |
18 Mar 1950 |
83 |
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18 Mar 1950 |
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Gervase Ralph Edmund Blois |
6 Jun 1901 |
22 May 1968 |
66 |
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22 May 1968 |
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Charles Nicholas Gervase Blois |
25 Dec 1939 |
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BLOMEFIELD of Attleborough,Norfolk |
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14 Nov 1807 |
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Thomas Blomefield |
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24 Aug 1822 |
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24 Aug 1822 |
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Thomas William Blomefield |
24 Mar 1791 |
30 Jun 1858 |
67 |
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30 Jun 1858 |
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Thomas Eardley Wilmot Blomefield |
3 Aug 1820 |
21 Nov 1878 |
58 |
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21 Nov 1878 |
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Thomas Wilmot Peregrine Blomefield |
31 Dec 1848 |
20 Jul 1928 |
79 |
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20 Jul 1928 |
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Thomas Edward Peregrine Blomefield |
31 May 1907 |
26 Feb 1984 |
76 |
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26 Feb 1984 |
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Thomas Charles Peregrine Blomefield |
24 Jul 1948 |
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BLOSSE of Galway |
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8 Jun 1622 |
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BLOUNT of Sodington,Worcs |
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5 Oct 1642 |
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Walter Blount |
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27 Aug 1654 |
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MP for Droitwich 1624-1625 |
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27 Aug 1654 |
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George Blount |
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12 Nov 1667 |
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Walter Kirkham Blount |
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12 May 1717 |
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16 Feb 1758 |
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Edward Blount |
c 1724 |
19 Oct 1765 |
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19 Oct 1765 |
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Walter Blount |
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5 Oct 1785 |
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Walter Blount |
3 Sep 1768 |
31 Oct 1803 |
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31 Oct 1803 |
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Edward Blount |
3 Mar 1795 |
28 Apr 1881 |
86 |
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28 Apr 1881 |
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Walter de Sodington Blount |
19 Dec 1833 |
26 Oct 1915 |
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For further information on this baronet's wife, |
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26 Oct 1915 |
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Walter Aston Blount |
9 Oct 1876 |
13 Jun 1958 |
81 |
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13 Jun 1958 |
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Edward Robert Blount |
2 Dec 1884 |
21 Jan 1978 |
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21 Jan 1978 |
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Walter Edward Alpin Blount |
31 Oct 1917 |
18 Dec 2004 |
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18 Dec 2004 |
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BLOUNT of Tittenhanger,Herts |
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27 Jan 1680 |
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Thomas Pope Blount |
12 Sep 1649 |
30 Jun 1697 |
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MP for St.Albans
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Hertfordshire 1689-1697 |
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30 Jun 1697 |
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Thomas Pope Blount |
19 May 1670 |
17 Oct 1731 |
61 |
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17 Oct 1731 |
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Harry Pope Blount |
13 Sep 1702 |
8 Oct 1757 |
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Nicola Sophia Beresford, wife of Sir Tristram
Beresford, 3rd baronet (1666-1713) |
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and the "Black Ribbon" |
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One
of the most famous Irish ghost stories concerns Nicola Sophia, Lady
Beresford, wife of |
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Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd baronet. The
following edited version is taken from "The Book of |
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Dreams and Ghosts" by Andrew Lang
(Longmans, London, 1897). |
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'There is at Curraghmore, the seat of Lord
Waterford, in Ireland, a manuscript account of |
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the tale, such as it was originally received and
implicitly believed in by the children and |
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grandchildren of the lady to whom Lord Tyrone is
supposed to have made the supernatural |
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appearance after death. The account was written
by Lady Betty Cobbe, the youngest |
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daughter of Marcus, Earl of Tyrone, and
granddaughter of Nicola S[ophia], Lady Beresford. |
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She lived to be a good old age, in full use of
all her faculties, both of body and mind……. |
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'John
le Poer, Lord Decies, was the eldest son of Richard, Earl of Tyrone, and of
Lady |
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Dorothy
Annesley, daughter of Arthur, Earl of Anglesey. He was born 1665, succeeded
his |
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father 1690, and died 14th October 1693. He
became Lord Tyrone at his father's death, and |
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is the 'ghost' of the story. |
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'Nicola
Sophie Hamilton was the second and youngest daughter and co-heiress of
Hugh, |
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Lord
Glenawley [see Hamilton of Glenawley], who was also Baron Lunge in Sweden.
Being a |
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zealous
royalist, he had, together with his father, migrated to that country in 1643,
and |
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returned from it at the Restoration. He was of a
good old family, and held considerable |
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landed property in the county Tyrone, near
Ballygawley. He died there in 1679. His eldest |
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daughter and co-heiress, Arabella Susanna,
married, in 1683, Sir John Macgill, of Gill Hall, in |
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the county Down. |
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'Nicola
S[ophia], (the second daughter) was born in 1666, and married Sir
Tristram |
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Beresford in 1687. Between that and 1693 two
daughters were born, but no son to inherit |
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the ample landed estates of his father, who most
anxiously wished and hoped for an heir. |
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It
was under these circumstances, and at this period, that the manuscripts state
that |
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Lord Tyrone made his appearance after death; and
all the versions of the story, without |
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variation, attribute the same cause and reason,
viz., a solemn promise mutually inter- |
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changed in early life between John le Poer, then
Lord Decies, afterwards Lord Tyrone, and |
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Nicola S. Hamilton, that whichever of the two
died the first, should, if permitted, appear to |
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the
survivor for the object of declaring the approval or rejection by the Deity
of the |
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revealed religion as generally acknowledged: of
which the departed one must be fully |
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cognisant, but of which they both had in their
youth entertained unfortunate doubts. |
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'In the month of October, 1693, Sir Tristram and
Lady Beresford went on a visit to her |
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sister, Lady Macgill, at Gill Hall, now the seat
of Lord Clanwilliam, whose grandmother was |
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eventually
the heiress of Sir J. Macgill's property. One morning Sir Tristram rose
early, |
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leaving Lady Beresford asleep, and went out for
a walk before breakfast. When his wife |
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joined the table very late, her appearance and
the embarrassment of her manner attracted |
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general
attention, especially that of her husband. He made anxious inquiries as to
her |
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health, and asked her apart what had occurred to
her wrist, which was tied up with black |
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ribbon tightly bound about it. She earnestly
entreated him not to inquire more then, or |
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thereafter, as to the cause of her wearing or
continuing afterwards to wear that ribbon; |
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'for,' she added, 'you will never see me without
it.' He replied, 'Since you urge it so |
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vehemently, I promise you not to inquire more
about it.' |
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'After completing her hurried breakfast she made
anxious inquiries as to whether the post |
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had yet arrived. It had not yet come in; and Sir
Tristram asked: 'Why are you so particularly |
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eager about letters today?' 'Because I expect to
hear of Lord Tyrone's death, which took |
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place on Tuesday.' 'Well,' remarked Sir
Tristram, 'I never should have put you down for a |
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superstitious person; but I suppose that some
idle dream has disturbed you.' Shortly after, |
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the servant brought in the letters; one was
sealed with black wax. 'It is as I expected,' she |
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cried; 'he is dead.' The letter was from Lord
Tyrone's steward to inform them that his master |
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had died in Dublin, 14th October, at 4 p.m. Sir
Tristram endeavoured to console her, and |
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begged her to restrain her grief, when she
assured him that she felt relieved and easier now |
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that she knew the actual fact. She added, 'I can
now give you a most satisfactory piece of |
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intelligence,
viz., that I am with child, and that it will be a boy.' A son was born in
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following July. Sir Tristram survived its birth
little more than six years. After his death Lady |
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Beresford continued to reside with her young
family at his place in the county of Derry, and |
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seldom went from home. She hardly mingled with
any neighbours or friends, excepting with |
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Mr. And Mrs. Jackson, of Coleraine. He was the
principal personage in that town, and was, |
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by his mother, a near relative of Sir Tristram.
His wife was the daughter of Robert Gorges, |
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LL.D (a gentleman of good old English family,
and possessed of a considerable estate in |
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the county Meath), by Jane Loftus, daughter of
Sir Adam Loftus, of Rathfarnham, and sister |
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of Lord Lisburn. They had an only son, Richard
Gorges, who was in the army, and became |
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a general officer very early in life. With the
Jacksons Lady Beresford maintained a constant |
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communication
and lived on the most intimate terms, while she seemed determined to |
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eschew all other society and to remain in her
chosen retirement. |
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'At the conclusion of three years thus passed,
one luckless day "Young Gorges" most |
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vehemently professed his passion for her, and
solicited her hand, urging his suit in a most |
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passionate appeal, which was evidently not
displeasing to the fair widow, and which, |
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unfortunately for her, was successful. They were
married in 1704. One son and two |
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daughters were born to them, when his abandoned
and dissolute conduct forced her to |
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seek and obtain a separation. After this had
continued for four years, General Gorges |
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pretended extreme penitence for his past
misdeeds, and with the most solemn promises |
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of amendment induced his wife to live with him
again, and she became the mother of a |
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second son. The day month after her confinement
happened to be her birthday, and |
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having recovered and feeling herself equal to
some exertion, she went to her son, Sir |
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Marcus Beresford, then twenty years old, and her
married daughter, Lady Riverston. She |
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also invited Dr. King, the Archbishop of Dublin
(who was an intimate friend), and an old |
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clergyman who had christened her, and who had
always kept up a most kindly intercourse |
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with her during her whole life, to make up a
small party to celebrate the day. |
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'In the early part of it Lady Beresford was
engaged in a kindly conversation with her old |
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friend the clergyman, and in the course of it
said: 'You know that I am forty-eight this |
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day.' 'No, indeed,' he replied; 'you are only
forty-seven, for your mother had a dispute |
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with me once on the very subject of your age,
and I in consequence sent and consulted |
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the registry, and can most confidently assert
that you are only forty-seven this day.' 'You |
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have signed my death-warrant, then,' she cried;
'leave me, I pray, for I have not much |
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longer to live, but have many things of grave
importance to settle before I die. Send my |
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son
and daughter to me immediately.' The clergyman did as he was bidden. He
directed |
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Sir Marcus and his sister to go instantly to
their mother; and he sent to the archbishop |
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and a few other friends to put them off from
joining the birthday party. |
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'When
her two children repaired to Lady Beresford, she thus addressed them: 'I
have |
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something of deep importance to communicate to
you, my dear children, before I die. You |
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are
no strangers to the intimacy and the affection which subsisted in early life
between |
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Lord Tyrone and myself. We were educated
together when young, under the same roof, |
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in the pernicious principles of Deism. Our real
friends afterwards took every opportunity to |
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convince us of our error, but their arguments
were insufficient to overpower and uproot |
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our infidelity, though they had the effect of
shaking our confidence in it, and thus leaving |
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us wavering between the two opinions. In this
perplexing state of doubt we made a solemn |
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promise one to the other, that whichever died
first should, if permitted, appear to the |
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other for the purpose of declaring what religion
was the one acceptable to the Almighty. |
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One night, years after this interchange of
promises, I was sleeping with your father at Gill |
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Hall, when I suddenly awoke and discovered Lord
Tyrone sitting visibly by the side of the |
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bed. I screamed out, and vainly endeavoured to
rouse Sir Tristram. 'Tell me,' I said, 'Lord |
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Tyrone,
why and wherefore are you here at this time of the night?' 'Have you
then |
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forgotten our promise to each other, pledged in
early life? I died on Tuesday, at four |
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o'clock. I have been permitted thus to appear in
order to assure you that the revealed |
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religion is the true and only one by which we
can be saved. I am also suffered to inform |
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you that you are with child, and will produce a
son, who will marry my heiress; that Sir |
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Tristram will not live long, when you will marry
again, and you will die from the effects of |
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childbirth in your forty-seventh year.' I begged
from him some convincing sign or proof |
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so that when the morning came I might rely upon
it, and feel satisfied that his appearance |
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had been real, and that it was not the phantom
of my imagination. He caused the hangings |
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of the bed to be drawn in an unusual way and
impossible manner through an iron hook. I |
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still was not satisfied, when he wrote his
signature in my pocket-book. I wanted, however, |
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more substantial proof of his visit, when he
laid his hand, which was cold as marble, on my |
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wrist; the sinews shrunk up, the nerves withered
at the touch. 'Now,' he said, 'let no mortal |
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eye, while you live, ever see that wrist,' and
vanished. While I was conversing with him my |
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thoughts were calm, but as soon as he
disappeared I felt chilled with horror and dismay, a |
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cold
sweat came over me, and I again endeavoured but vainly to awaken Sir
Tristram; a |
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flood of tears came to my relief, and I fell asleep. |
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'"In the morning your father got up without
disturbing me; he had not noticed anything |
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extraordinary about me or the bed-hangings. When
I did arise I found a long broom in the |
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gallery outside the bedroom door, and with great
difficulty I unhooded the curtain, fearing |
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that
the position of it might excite surprise and cause inquiry. I bound up my
wrist with |
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black ribbon before I went down to breakfast,
where the agitation of my mind was too |
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visible not to attract attention. Sir Tristram
made many anxious inquiries as to my health, |
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especially as to my sprained wrist, as he
conceived mine to be. I begged him to drop all |
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questions as to the bandage, even if I continued
to adopt it for any length of time. He |
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kindly promised me not to speak of it any more,
and he kept his promise faithfully. You, my |
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son,
came into the world as predicted, and your father died six years after. I
then |
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determined to abandon society and its pleasures
and not mingle again with the world, |
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hoping to avoid the dreadful predictions as to
my second marriage; but, alas! in the one |
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family with which I held constant and friendly
intercourse I met the man, whom I did not |
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regard
with perfect indifference. Though I struggled to conquer by every means
the |
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passion, I at length yielded to his
solicitations, and in a fatal moment for my own peace |
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I became his wife. In a few years his conduct
fully justified my demand for a separation, |
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and I fondly hoped to escape the fatal prophecy.
Under the delusion that I had passed my |
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forty-seventh birthday, I was prevailed upon to
believe in his amendment, and to pardon |
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him. I have, however, heard from undoubted
authority that I am only forty-seven this day, |
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and I know that I am about to die. I die,
however, without the dread of death, fortified as |
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I am by the sacred precepts of Christianity and
upheld by its promises. When I am gone, I |
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wish that you, my children, should unbind this
black ribbon and alone behold my wrist before |
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I am consigned to the grave.' |
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'She then requested to be left that she might
lie down and compose herself, and her |
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children quitted the apartment, having desired
her attendant to watch her, and if any |
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change came on to summon them to her bedside. In
an hour the bell rang, and they |
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hastened to the call, but all was over. The two
children having ordered every one to retire, |
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knelt down by the side of the bed, when Lady
Riverston unbound the black ribbon and |
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found the wrist exactly as Lady Beresford had
described it--every nerve withered, every |
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sinew shrunk.' |
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Sir Alexander Sharp Bethune, 9th baronet |
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Following the establishment of the official roll
of the baronetage in 1910, Bethune petitioned |
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for
inclusion upon that roll. His petition, which was not opposed, was heard by
the |
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Baronetage Committee of the Privy Council on 11
December 1916, and was reported in 'The |
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Times' on the following day. |
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'By Letters Patent dated at Windsor, April 21,
1683, the dignity of Baronet was conferred on |
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Sir William Sharp of Scotscraig, son of James
Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews, who was |
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assassinated
in 1677 [sic for 1679]. In the case for the claimant it was stated that
Sir |
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William
Sharp married Margaret Erskine, daughter of Sir Charles Erskine, Bt., of
Cambo, and |
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by her had three sons and several daughters. He
died in January, 1712, and was succeeded |
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by his eldest son, James. Sir James married
Mary, daughter of the first Earl of Melfort, and |
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on his death in April, 1738, was succeeded by
his only son James. Sir James Sharp died |
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without issue. He was succeeded in his estate by
his sister, whose son Robert was served |
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heir to him in 1783, and in the title by his
uncle and heir-male, William Sharp. |
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'Sir William Sharp was twice married. Dying
without surviving male issue he was succeeded |
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in
the baronetcy by his brother Alexander. Sir Alexander Sharp was a merchant in
St. |
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Andrews. He died about 1769 and was succeeded by
his eldest son William. Sir William Sharp |
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was born in January, 1729, took part in the
rising of 1745, was taken prisoner and pleaded |
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"Guilty" to a charge of treason, but
on account of his youth he obtained a reprieve. After his |
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release he served in the French Army. In 1761 he
returned to England. When France and |
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Spain
declared war against Portugal he entered the Portuguese Army. In 1768 he
returned |
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to
England and presented a memorial for a formal pardon that he might be
entitled to enjoy |
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the
baronetcy. In 1769 his prayer was granted by George III. The claim said that
about this |
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time
he appeared to have succeeded his father and to have returned to Scotland
and |
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married
Margaret Bethune, the eldest daughter of John Bethune, of Blebo. Of this
marriage |
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a
son was born, who was baptized at Blebo on August 20, 1771. The entry in the
register |
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of the Episcopal Church of St. Andrews was as
follows:- |
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"At
Blebo, 20 Aug., 1771, Alexander, son to Sir William Sharp, was baptized, and
Mr. |
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Bethune
of Blebo, the mother's father. The Rev. Mr. James Hutchinson, and my Lady
Sharp, |
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the father's mother, were sponsors." |
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'Sir William Sharp died in London in February,
1780. The entry of his death in the Scots |
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Magazine was as follows:- |
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"13 Feb., 1780, at London, Sir William
Sharp, Bt., Major-General in the Portuguese service, |
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Governor of the Province of Minho and Colonel of
a regiment of Infantry." |
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'He was buried in the churchyard at St.
Marylebone. So far no doubt could arise as to the |
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right of Alexander Sharp, the son of Sir William
Sharp and Margaret Bethune, to succeed his |
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father in the baronetcy. No certificate of their
marriage was known to be in existence and |
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no entry of the banns or of the celebration of
the marriage could be found. But no register |
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of banns or marriages for the parish of Kemback
existed from 1703 to 1787. |
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'Sir
William seemed to have returned to Portugal, for when he died his mother
applied for |
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and
obtained letters of administration, stating in her affidavit that Sir William
had left behind |
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him his lawful widow, a native of Portugal and
believed to be resident there, and an infant |
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daughter. Alexander Sharp [was] never served
heir to his father or assumed the title. It |
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might,
therefore, be suggested that at the time of Sir William's marriage to
Margaret |
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Bethune
he had already been married in Portugal, that he had concealed this from
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knowledge
of his family and friends, that somehow this prior foreign marriage became
known |
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in
Scotland, and that thereafter without any formal legal proceedings his
marriage with |
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Margaret Bethune was treated as invalid. |
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'In 1789 Alexander Sharp obtained a commission
in the Army. Having obtained possession of |
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the family estates he was, by Royal Licence,
dated August 23, 1815, authorized to take the |
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name
of arms of Bethune of Blebo. General Bethune of Blebo, as he afterwards
became, |
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married,
and on his death in 1847 he was succeeded by his elder son Alexander, the
father |
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of the claimant. |
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'Counsel
for the claimant contended that by the law of Scotland where a marriage
turned |
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out to be null because of some pre-existing
impediment the legitimacy of the children would, |
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nevertheless, be saved if even one of the
parents was in honest ignorance of the existence |
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of the impediment. |
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'At
the close of the hearing Lord Desart [Chairman of the Committee] said that
the |
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Committee would formally postpone the advice
they would give his Majesty for a week.' |
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At
the end of the week's postponement, the Committee announced that it would
advise |
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that
Sir Alexander Sharp Bethune's name should be added to the official roll of
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baronetage. |
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Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, 1st baronet |
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Sir
Alfred, who had been created a baronet only 11 days previously, was killed in
a traffic |
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accident in February 1922. The following report
appeared in 'The Scotsman' on 10 February |
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1922:- |
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'The inquest upon Sir Alfred Bird, M.P. for
Wolverhampton West, who was knocked down by a |
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motor car at Hyde Park Corner in the early
morning of Tuesday, was held before Mr. Ingleby |
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Oddie at the Westminster Coroner's Court
yesterday. Sir Alfred was returning from a political |
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reception at the residence of Lord and Lady
Farquhar in Grosvenor Square when he met his |
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death. He was 73 years of age, and leaves a
widow and several children. |
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'Evidence of identification was given by Sir
Robert Bland Bird, of Warwickshire, the eldest son |
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of
the deceased, whose full name, he said, was Alfred Frederick Bird. He last
saw his father |
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alive on Sunday night, when he was in excellent
health. Sir Alfred had normal sight for his age, |
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but was very slightly deaf. He was most sober in
his habits. |
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'Joan Maud Hamilton, of 33 Gillingham Street,
Victoria, a witness to the fatality, said that the |
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car was going very slowly. She saw Sir Alfred
going from the direction of Park Lane towards |
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the car, which slowed down a little. He seemed
to hesitate, and the car went to go round him, |
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and
then he appeared to lose himself and not know what to do. Then the car struck
him |
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sideways, and she saw him beneath the vehicle,
The Coroner - He was hesitating and dodging? |
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Witness - Yes. He appeared not to know which way
to go. |
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Mrs. Mary Flynn, of Blythe Road, West
Kensington, the occupant of the car, said that she was |
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being driven from Piccadilly to West Kensington.
They were going very slowly. She heard the |
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horn sounded, looked up, and saw a figure moving
backwards and forwards. "I could see what |
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was going to happen," continued witness,
"and could not look any longer. The next thing I saw |
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was a man lying by the side of the car. The
driver pulled up at once. He had been driving very |
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carefully." |
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'Dr. Smith, house surgeon at St. George's
Hospital, said that Sir Alfred was alive when he was |
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brought
in, but unconscious, and died a few minutes afterwards. The cause of death
was a |
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fractured skull. |
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'Lewis Marshall, the driver, living at West
Hendon, said that he was an owner-driver. At the time |
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he was driving at about eight to ten miles an
hour. He saw deceased in the centre of the road. |
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There was ample room for witness to go round the
back of him. Witness sounded his horn as a |
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warning. Deceased looked straight at the car,
and instead of carrying on seemed to get flurried, |
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and
came straight into the front wing of the car. The front wheel passed over the
lower part of |
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the body. Witness pulled up dead, and the body
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'John Henry Thorpe, M.P. [for Rusholme], of 6
Northumberland Street, said that he had just |
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parted from the deceased about a quarter of
twelve, when they were both going home from the |
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reception
at Lady Farquhar's. He had some conversation with Sir Alfred, and remembered
him |
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saying "It is a nice fine night. I am going
to walk home." Sir Alfred was perfectly sober. |
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The
Coroner, in summing up, said that Sir Alfred evidently lost his head, went
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then another, and all that the driver could do
was to pull up and hope for the best. He put the |
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driver in a hopeless condition, and in this case
the driver had pulled up with such great |
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promptitude that the body was still partly
underneath the car. It exemplified the truth of the |
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saying that he who hesitated was lost in London
traffic, and one could not but regret that the |
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deceased did not realise that he should have
stood still and would have been perfectly safe. He |
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recorded a verdict of "Accidental
Death," and exonerated the driver from all blame.' |
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Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin, 3rd baronet |
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Sir Henry Birkin, who was generally known by the
nickname of Tim [after the cartoon character |
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"Tiger Tim"], was one of Britain's
leading figures in motor racing during the late 1920s and early |
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The following report appeared in 'The Irish
Times' of 23 June 1933:- |
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'Sir Henry Birkin, Bart., one of the most
spectacular figures in motor racing, died yesterday in |
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a London nursing home. His death is believed to
have been caused by blood-poisoning, which |
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set
in as a result of his arm being burned on the exhaust pipe of his Maserati
car during the |
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Tripoli
Grand Prix in May last. Sir Henry finished third in that race. [Apparently
Birkin had |
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dropped his cigarette lighter and burned his arm
against the exhaust pipe as he reached to |
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retrieve it.] |
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'Upon his return to England he went into a
nursing home, but his condition became worse, and |
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two blood transfusions were performed, which,
however, caused only a temporary improvement. |
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'With the possible exception of Earl Howe, no
British driver in the past six years had shown |
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such "dash" as Sir Henry Birkin. He
possessed something of the continental drivers' flair for |
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spectacular racing tactics, which was in sharp
contrast to the more conservative style of |
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English driving. |
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'In recent years he drove foreign cars,
believing that they were superior for racing to any |
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motors of the same size produced at home. He
would have preferred to handle British cars, and |
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in
his book on motor racing ["Full Throttle" G T Foulis & Co.
London 1932] published about a |
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year ago, he made an appeal for the manufacture
of big, fast cars with which the foreigner |
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could be defeated in the leading road races. |
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'It was with a British car - the Bentley - that
Sir Henry achieved fame. In the first of the Tourist |
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Trophy races in Ulster - the event which led to
an awakening of interest in motor racing in the |
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British Isles - he made fastest speed. In the
following year, 1929, his duel with T. |
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Thistlethwaite's
Mercedes was one of the most thrilling incidents in the Grand Prix races in
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Phoenix Park. |
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'On that occasion Captain Birkin drove one of
his supercharged 4 and a half litre Bentleys, and |
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his task was to make Thistlethwaite drive so
fast that he would damage his car, leaving a clear |
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field for the other Bentleys. He succeeded in
eliminating the Mercedes, and, in doing so, over- |
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drove
his own car, as he had expected to do. Ivanowsky, in an Alfa-Romeo, won the
race, |
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beating Commander Glen Kidston by a few seconds. |
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'The
job of forcing the pace became Birkin's usual part in other races - notably
at Le Mans, |
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where the Bentley team won a great reputation in
the Grand Prix d'Endurance. He became a |
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regular competitor in the Irish races, and was a
most popular figure in both Belfast and Dublin. |
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'He
started racing in 1927, and had some successes at Brooklands in that year.
His most |
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important victories were at Le Mans in 1931,
when, with Lord Howe as co-driver, he won the |
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Grand Prix, and in the Irish Grand Prix in the
same year, when he won the Eireann Cup. He held |
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the Brooklands lap record.' |
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Sir Richard Blackham, 1st baronet |
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Sir Richard was found guilty in 1716 of
counterfeiting foreign coins, as reported in "The Bloody |
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Register. A select and judicious collection of
the most remarkable trials...." [London 1764] |
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'Sir
Richard Blackham, Bart. in the parish of St. Pancras, in the county of
Middlesex, was |
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indicted at the Old Bailey, for counterfeiting a
Foreign coin called Dutch Skillings, on the 16th |
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of November 1716. |
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'One
Bennison deposed, that Mr. Angel bespoke of him two pairs of flasks, and that
he was paid |
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for
them by Sir Richard, ten shillings at one time, and ten shillings at another.
Being asked who |
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he delivered them to, he said, to Sir Richard's
Lady. That when he went to receive the last ten |
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shillings at Sir Richard's house at Kentish
town, he was persuaded by Sir Richard to stay there |
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all night to help them in the morning: That on
the next morning, Mr. Angel and he got up, and |
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went to work in making those shillings; Sir
Richard was there, and ordered the fire himself, and |
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he saw several made while he was there. |
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'Mr. Angel deposed, that Sir Richard sent for
him, and told him, he heard he could make a very |
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fine white metal; Angel answered, it was very
good for buckles. Sir Richard asked him, whether |
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it would not make Dutch Skillings? He said he
could not tell; but Sir Richard said it would do |
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very well. That then he replied, but is it no
crime to make them? Sir Richard said, I believe not. |
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He replied again, Sir, you living in the midst
of the law, can easily ask Council. The next time |
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he saw him, he told him there was no harm in it,
and he did not care in the Lord Mayor and |
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Court of Aldermen saw him at it. That Sir
Richard proffered him ten pounds to live at Kentish- |
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town with him as a more convenient place for the
purpose. Accordingly he removed with his |
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family thither; where he several times with Sir
Richard did practice the counterfeiting of Dutch |
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Skillings. Sir Richard was always there,
managing the fire and giving directions in working. |
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'The Constable deposed, that having searched Sir
Richard's chambers in the Temple, he found |
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in two drawers in a scrutore [i.e. escritoire],
two parcels of counterfeit Skillings; and in the |
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bottom of a box of writings, another parcel of
about an hundred, which he produced in court; |
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and in searching Sir Richard, found a pocket
pistol about him loaded with powder and ball; and |
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asking Sir Richard why he carried it about him,
he replied, he did it for fear of a surprise. |
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'Another evidence deposed, that he was in the
room with the Constable, when those skillings |
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were found in his lodgings, he caused an essay
[assay] to be made upon them, and found they |
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had no silver in them. |
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'Two other evidences deposed, that they saw Sir
Richard several times assisting and ordering |
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the matters in making of counterfeit Dutch skillings. |
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'Sir Richard called divers people to invalidate
the evidence of Angel; but the Court asking them |
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questions, they appeared to be most of them
sollicitors for the prisoner, and that they had |
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endeavoured to persuade Angel not to appear
against the prisoner, and offered him a reward |
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if he should take the fact upon himself. |
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'Sir Richard made a long defence for himself,
but little to the purpose. The evidence against |
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him being very full, the Jury found him guilty
upon the statute of the 24th of Elizabeth, and he |
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was sentenced to forfeit all his goods,
chattels, lands and tenements, and to remain in prison |
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during his life.' |
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Sir Thomas Edward Blake, 13th baronet [I 1622] |
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On the death of Sir Thomas Blake, the 13th
baronet, in January 1875, his son and successor, Sir |
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Valentine Blake, made the mistake of attempting
to have his father buried according to Protestant |
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rites,
whereas his father had been born and raised as a Catholic. Sir Thomas's
tenants were |
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greatly
angered by such attempt, with the result that Sir Thomas's funeral
degenerated into a |
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riot. The following, edited, report appeared in
[Dublin's] "Freeman's Journal" of 7 January 1875, |
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reprinted from the "Galway Vindicator":- |
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'The
funeral of the late Sir Thomas E. Blake, Bart., took place yesterday at
Menlough. From |
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twelve
o'clock carriages and cars began to arrive; and at the appointed hour - two
o'clock - |
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there was a line of vehicles extending from the
hall-door at Menlough Castle to a considerable |
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distance
up the avenue, in all over a hundred. [Then follows a lengthy listing of the
names of |
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clergymen and local gentry who were in
attendance]. There was a very large assemblage of |
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country people from the surrounding villages.
The castle was open to all visitors and abundance |
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of refreshments were supplied. The coffin, which
was of oak, richly mounted, rested on a |
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catafalque in a large room entering from the
hall, which was draped in black, with a white cross |
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opposite the coffin. The coffin bore the
following inscription on a polished brass plate:- |
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Sir Thomas E. Blake |
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13th baronet |
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Born 12th May, 1805; |
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Died 1st January, 1875; |
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Aged 69 years |
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'About
a quarter past two the tenantry entered the castle, the coffin was shouldered
by a dozen |
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men, and the funeral procession was formed. The cortege proceeded to the ancient
graveyard |
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adjoining the village of Menlough, on a slope of
the Corrib, and may be said to be almost in the |
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Menlough Castle demesne. The tenantry surrounded
the coffin, and relieved each other as the |
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procession passed up the avenue to the entrance
gate at the village. Here the procession should |
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have to pass across a field to the graveyard,
which is surrounded by a broken wall of the rudest |
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description. Sir Valentine Blake, supported by
[another list of names] followed the coffin as chief |
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mourners.
The Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan and the Rev. Mr. Browne [both Protestant clergymen]
came |
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close after. |
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'At
the entrance to the field adjoining the graveyard a commotion amongst the
Menlough men |
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carrying the coffin took place. They expressed
their determination not to permit any funeral |
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service to be performed by the Protestant
clergymen, the Rev. Messrs. O'Sullivan and Browne, |
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who were pushed back on attempting to enter the
field. The Rev. Mr. Commins, the Rev. Mr. |
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Kiernan [both Catholic clergymen], and several
gentlemen surrounded the Protestant clergymen |
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to protect them, and administered some hard
blows to the villagers, who were pressing on them. |
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Sir
Valentine Blake came up and spoke to the people, and said he had always
worked well with |
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them, and he would not interfere with them: they
might bring his father as they pleased. Sir |
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Valentine, however, took the Rev. Mr.
O'Sullivan's arm, and the field was traversed in a kind of |
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scuffle, the Catholic clergymen and other
gentlemen driving the people before them. Meantime |
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the men who were carrying the coffin went at a
quick pace, and when they reached the grave- |
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yard most of them stood behind the wall or rude
stone ditch, and, facing the gentlemen and |
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clergymen, refused them an entrance. The Rev.
Messrs. O'Sullivan and Browne did not cross the |
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graveyard wall, but several gentlemen did, and
exerted themselves to make way for them. Some |
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hard blows were given by gentlemen, and some of
the people were bleeding. They maintained |
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their ground however by pushing, and could not
be said to have retaliated in any way approach- |
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ing violence upon the gentlemen, who struck at
them so freely, and almost furiously. |
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'While
this free fight was going on at the wall, the coffin was entombed. There was
no telling how |
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it might have ended, for blood was flowing and
popular passion was being aroused, when Sir |
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Valentine Blake brought matters to a very
peaceful conclusion by taking the arm of the worthy |
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parish priest, the Rev. Jas. Commins, and
walking with him up to the tomb, leaving the Protestant |
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clergymen in the field outside the wall. He
spoke friendly to the people, told them to pray for his |
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father, which they did apparently very
fervently, and the vault having been closed, the people |
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began to disperse, having first cheered lustily
at the tomb. The Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan and the Rev. |
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Mr. Browne remained standing in the field for an
hour, along with some gentlemen, and it was |
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understood the police had been sent for, and it
was feared there might be bad work. However, |
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they
yielded to the entreaties of several gentlemen and went away. There was the
usual |
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shouting, and we heard there were some missiles
thrown, but we did not hear of any gentleman |
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being hit or hurt. |
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'Some
incidents of the scene were most regrettable, and one could not help admiring
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forbearance exercised by some of the
unsophisticated peasantry, whose blood was trickling down |
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their faces from blows which they did not even
essay to return. The commotion, however, was |
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most natural, and we could by no means share in
the wholesale denunciations that were hurled |
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at the poor people. The were actuated by the
noblest emotions of the human heart. |
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'The
late Sir Thomas was a genial, kind-hearted man. He lived amongst [the
peasantry] and was |
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beloved
by them. He had unbounded influence over them. He was the "Master,"
and a very good, |
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indulgent
master he was. There is no question that he was born and baptized a Catholic,
and |
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bred
up a Catholic until he was twelve or fourteen years of age. For the last six
years he had |
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been an invalid, and there is not a question
that the villagers of Menlough believed that he was |
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always
a Catholic, and that he died a Catholic. His remains were waked and watched
for four |
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days and four nights in the grand old Irish
style, and were visited by every man, woman, and |
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child in the village of Menlough. The people
were called upon to give him a public funeral, to |
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carry the remains of their loved "old
master" on their shoulders to their last resting-place in the |
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graveyard adjoining their own village. An
intensely Catholic people, and believing firmly that the |
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late
Sir Thomas lived and died a Catholic, was it likely that they would surrender
without a |
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struggle the remains of their old master to be
interred with other rites than those to which they |
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believed
them entitled? What was natural to happen occurred; and nothing else could
be |
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expected.' |
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The Blake baronets and their home at Menlough
Castle |
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Menlough Castle, ancestral home of the Blake
baronets, was completely destroyed by fire |
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in 1910. The following report appeared in the
Adelaide 'Advertiser' on 8 September 1910:- |
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'Menlough Castle, Co. Galway, the ancestral
residence of Sir Valentine and Lady Blake, was |
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burned to the ground one Tuesday last month
[i.e. 26 July 1910]. Their daughter, Miss [Eleanor] |
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Blake, was burned to death and no traces of her
remains could be found. A servant, named Miss |
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Earley, in trying to escape from the castle,
jumped from the roof of the north wing, and was |
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killed
instantaneously, and a fellow-servant, named Miss Browne, who jumped with
her, |
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sustained such dreadful injuries that her life
is despaired of. |
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'Sir Valentine and Lady Blake were in Dublin and
were expected home on the Tuesday. They are |
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both immensely popular in Galway and the
disaster which has overtaken them is universally |
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deplored. The castle was beautifully situated on
the shores of Lough Corrib, within two miles of |
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Galway, and was a solidly built structure,
flanked by towers at each end and was covered with |
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ivy. It is completely gutted and only the outer
walls remain, a sad reminder of its ruined beauty. |
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Not a single item of its valuable contents,
which included many priceless heirlooms of the family, |
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has been saved, the fire having destroyed the
entire place. |
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'The coachman, James Kirwan, who occupied a room
on the top storey over the hall door, heard |
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the two female servants, who were sleeping in
the other wing, screaming at the top of their |
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voices, and on jumping out of bed and opening
the room door, he was driven back by the inrush |
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of flames and smoke. His room was immediately
enveloped and seeing escape cut off by the |
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staircase, he burst open one of the windows,
flung his clothes out on the lawn, and, seizing the |
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ivy which covered the entire front, succeeded in
reaching the ground. The ivy gave way, but |
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it
had a sufficiently firm grip of the wall to break the fall. He was very
scantily attired, and |
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after hurriedly donning the remainder of his
clothes, he rushed round to the frontage facing |
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the lake, only to find this portion of the
castle enveloped in flames. |
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'He then ran round to the fourth side and was
horrified to find the two servants on the roof of |
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the
castle. They were screaming, "For God's sake, save us." Behind them
the flames were |
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roaring fiercely. Kirwan rushed to the porter's
lodge, close at hand, and procured assistance, |
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after which he and Ward (the porter) and a man
named Flaherty from the village of Menlough |
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obtained a ladder and placed it against the
wall. Unfortunately the ladder was 10 or 12 ft. |
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short, and as the girls were clearly in great
agony from the heat, their skin beginning to peel |
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off, it was decided to place bundles of hay on
the ground and let them jump on it. |
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'The hay was quickly placed in position, and the
poor girls, still screaming with terror, plunged |
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headlong
to the ground, a distance of 60 ft. Miss Earley fell on her face and never
spoke |
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afterwards. Miss Browne fell partly on her feet
and was rendered unconscious for a time. On |
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regaining consciousness she said her back was
broken. During all this time there was no word |
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of Miss Blake. Her apartments were apparently
the seat of the fire and all attempts to reach |
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her room were hopeless. Kirwan then took out a
horse and galloped to Galway, where he |
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reported the matter to the police, and sent for
a priest and doctor. The occurrence was also |
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reported at Renmore Military Barracks. |
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'District-Inspector Mercer and all the available
police force cycled out to the castle. At Renmore |
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Military
Depot the fire alarm was sounded, and the whole force of the Connaught
Rangers, |
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under Major Sarsfield, were quickly on parade,
and with their engine hose proceeded at the |
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double to the seat of the fire, about five miles
distant. The fire appliances of the Urban Council |
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were
also requisitioned and arrived about the same time as the military. But when
there hose |
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was
placed in position it was found that there was some defect in the apparatus
which |
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prevented it from working for a time. However,
the military engine was in full working order and |
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soon six lines of hose were playing on the
flames. The soldiers worked like Trojans, but their |
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efforts were futile, as long before either
brigade arrived all hopes of saving the premises were |
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abandoned. Efforts were made again and again to
find some trace of Miss Blake's body, but |
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without success. She had apparently been
cremated in the flames.' |
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Sir John Bland, 6th baronet [E 1642] |
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In an article entitled "Whimsical
Wagers," the Sydney "Star" newspaper of 17 March 1910 |
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describes
a wager entered into between Sir John Bland and Lord Montfort. The wager
hinged |
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upon which of fashion leader Beau Nash or poet
Colley Cibber would outlive the other. However, |
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neither party collected his wager, since both
had committed suicide while both Nash and Cibber |
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were still alive. The story of Lord Montfort's
suicide is found within the newspaper article, but |
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the death of Sir John Bland is not described.
The following is taken from Bland's entry in the |
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"History of Parliament 1754-1790.":- |
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"Bland
was said ‘by his wild dissipation and his unconquerable disposition to play’
to have |
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squandered 'immense estates and the whole of
Manchester and its environs.' Horace Walpole |
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described him as 'good-natured and generous and
well-bred', but added about his passion for |
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gambling: 'never was such infatuation; I can
call it by no term but flirting away his fortune.' |
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After an evening's play during which he lost
£32,000, Baird, to escape his creditors, went to |
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France, and lost further large sums to Theobald
Taaffe (M.P. 1747-1754 [for Arundel]), an |
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Irish adventurer of infamous reputation. Unable
to pay immediately, Bland gave post-dated bills |
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which
Taaffe at once presented and, on their being dishonoured, procured Bland's
arrest under |
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a lettre de cachet. 'To save him from the affront, and prevent him killing
himself on the spot' |
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Charles Selwyn, the English banker in Paris,
advanced him £500. 'But,' wrote Selwyn to Henry |
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Fox, 6 Sept. 1755, 'his resentment was so great,
as we had taken from him the power of |
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procuring himself any satisfaction by engaging
his honour that he would not see the person |
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who had done him this injury till he had paid us
this money, that he could not get over it,' and |
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on 3 Sept. 1755 he committed suicide at
Clermont-en-Beauvoisis." |
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