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Last updated 05/12/2017 (24 Feb 2023) |
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Names of
baronets shown in blue |
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have not yet proved succession and, as a |
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result, their name has not yet been placed on |
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the Official Roll of the Baronetage. |
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Date |
Type |
Order |
Name |
Born |
Died |
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Dates in italics in the "Born" column
indicate that the baronet was |
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baptised on that date;
dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate |
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that the baronet was buried on that date |
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RADCLIFFE of Keppington,Kent |
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21 Jul 1726 |
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See "Farnaby" |
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RADCLIFFE of Milnsbridge House,Yorks |
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2 Nov 1813 |
UK |
1 |
Joseph
Radcliffe |
8 May 1744 |
19 Feb 1819 |
74 |
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19 Feb 1819 |
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Joseph
Radcliffe |
5 Jun 1799 |
29 Nov 1872 |
73 |
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29 Nov 1872 |
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Joseph Percival Pickford Radcliffe |
4 Oct 1824 |
27 Apr 1908 |
83 |
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27 Apr 1908 |
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Joseph Edward
Radcliffe |
1 Aug 1858 |
29 Sep 1949 |
91 |
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29 Sep 1949 |
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Everard Joseph
Radcliffe |
27 Jan 1884 |
23 Nov 1969 |
85 |
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23 Nov 1969 |
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Joseph Benedict Everard Henry Radcliffe |
10 Mar 1910 |
7 Feb 1975 |
64 |
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7 Feb 1975 |
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Sebastian Everard Radcliffe |
8 Jun 1972 |
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RADCLYFFE of Derwentwater,Cumberland |
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31 Jan 1620 |
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1 |
Francis
Radclyffe |
1569 |
c 1640 |
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c 1640 |
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Edward
Radclyffe |
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13 Dec 1663 |
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13 Dec 1663 |
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Francis
Radclyffe |
1625 |
Apr 1697 |
71 |
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He was
subsequently created Earl of |
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Derwentwater (qv) in 1688 with which title |
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the baronetcy then merged until its |
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forfeiture
in 1716 |
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RAE of Esk Grove,Midlothian |
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27 Jun 1804 |
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David Rae |
c 1724 |
23 Oct 1804 |
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23 Oct 1804 |
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David
Rae |
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22 May 1815 |
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22 May 1815 |
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3 |
William
Rae |
14 Apr 1769 |
19 Oct 1842 |
73 |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs 1819-1826 |
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19 Oct 1842 |
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Harwich 1827-1830, Buteshire 1830-1831 |
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and 1833-1842 and Portarlington 1831-1832 |
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Lord Advocate 1819.
PC 1830 |
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Extinct
on his death |
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RAEBURN of Helensburgh,Dumbarton |
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25 Jul 1923 |
UK |
1 |
Sir
William Hannay Raeburn |
11 Aug 1850 |
12 Feb 1934 |
83 |
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MP for Dunbartonshire 1918-1923 |
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12 Feb 1934 |
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William Norman
Raeburn |
16 Aug 1877 |
5 Feb 1947 |
69 |
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5 Feb 1947 |
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3 |
Edward Alfred
Raeburn |
18 May 1919 |
21 Apr 1977 |
57 |
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21 Apr 1977 |
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Michael Edward Norman Raeburn |
12 Nov 1954 |
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RALLI of Park Street,Westminster |
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8 Feb 1912 |
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Lucas Eustratio
Ralli |
30 Mar 1846 |
5 May 1931 |
85 |
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5 May 1931 |
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Eustratio Lucas Ralli
[he changed his name to |
14 Jul 1876 |
12 Nov 1964 |
88 |
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Strati Ralli by deed poll 19 May 1931] |
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12 Nov 1964 |
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Godfrey
Victor Ralli |
9 Sep 1915 |
3 Jan 2010 |
94 |
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3 Jan 2010 |
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David
Charles Ralli |
5 Apr 1946 |
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RAMSAY of Balmain,Kincardine |
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3 Sep 1625 |
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Gilbert
Ramsay |
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c 1663 |
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c 1663 |
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David
Ramsay |
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Sep 1673 |
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Sep 1673 |
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Charles
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1695 |
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1695 |
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David
Ramsay |
after 1673 |
1 Sep 1710 |
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MP for Scotland 1707-1708 and |
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Kincardineshire 1708-1710 |
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Sep 1710 |
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Alexander
Ramsay |
c 1679 |
27 Jan 1754 |
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MP for Kincardineshire 1710-1713 |
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27 Jan 1754 |
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Alexander
Ramsay-Irvine |
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11 Feb 1806 |
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On his death the baronetcy became dormant |
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RAMSAY of Whitehill,Edinburgh |
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2 Jun 1665 |
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John
Ramsay |
1624 |
5 Jun 1674 |
49 |
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5 Jun 1674 |
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John
Ramsay |
26 Feb 1645 |
14 Apr 1715 |
70 |
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14 Apr 1715 |
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3 |
John
Ramsay |
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5 Oct 1717 |
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5 Oct 1717 |
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Andrew
Ramsay |
26 Jun 1678 |
24 Dec 1721 |
43 |
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24 Dec 1721 |
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John
Ramsay |
1720 |
22 Oct 1744 |
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Extinct
on his death |
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22 Oct 1744 |
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RAMSAY of Banff House,Perth |
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3 Dec 1666 |
NS |
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Gilbert
Ramsay |
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c 1686 |
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c 1686 |
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James
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1730 |
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John
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1738 |
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1738 |
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James
Ramsay |
c 1706 |
23 Mar 1782 |
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23 Mar 1782 |
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John
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20 Apr 1783 |
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20 Apr 1783 |
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George
Ramsay |
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For information on the death of this MP, |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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16 Apr 1790 |
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William
Ramsay |
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17 Feb 1807 |
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17 Feb 1807 |
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James
Ramsay |
26 Sep 1797 |
1 Jan 1859 |
61 |
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1 Jan 1859 |
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George
Ramsay |
10 Mar 1800 |
22 Feb 1871 |
70 |
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22 Feb 1871 |
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James
Henry Ramsay |
21 May 1832 |
17 Feb 1925 |
92 |
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17 Feb 1925 |
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James
Douglas Ramsay |
19 Apr 1878 |
14 Mar 1959 |
80 |
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14 Mar 1959 |
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Neis
Alexander Ramsay |
4 Oct 1909 |
7 Mar 1986 |
76 |
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Extinct
on his death |
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7 Mar 1986 |
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RAMSAY of Abbotshall,Fife |
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23 Jun 1669 |
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1 |
Andrew
Ramsay |
24 Dec 1648 |
1680 |
31 |
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1680 |
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Andrew
Ramsay |
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1709 |
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RAMSAY of Balmain,Kincardine |
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13 May 1806 |
UK |
1 |
Alexander
Burnett Ramsay |
1757 |
17 May 1810 |
52 |
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17 May 1810 |
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Alexander
Ramsay |
14 Feb 1785 |
26 Apr 1852 |
67 |
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MP for Kincardineshire 1820-1826 |
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26 Apr 1852 |
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Alexander
Ramsay |
26 May 1813 |
3 Mar 1875 |
61 |
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MP for Rochdale 1857-1859 |
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3 Mar 1875 |
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Alexander Entwisle Ramsay |
14 Jan 1837 |
1 Oct 1902 |
65 |
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1 Oct 1902 |
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Herbert
Ramsay |
9 Feb 1868 |
22 Mar 1924 |
56 |
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22 Mar 1924 |
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Alexander
Burnett Ramsay |
26 Mar 1903 |
25 Sep 1965 |
62 |
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25 Sep 1965 |
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Alexander William Burnett Ramsay |
4 Aug 1938 |
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RAMSAY-FAIRFAX-LUCY of The Holmes,Roxburgh |
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14 Mar 1836 |
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1 |
Henry
Fairfax |
3 Feb 1790 |
3 Feb 1860 |
70 |
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3 Feb 1860 |
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William George Herbert Taylor Fairfax (Ramsay- |
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Fairfax from
1876) |
15 Mar 1831 |
19 Jan 1902 |
70 |
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19 Jan 1902 |
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Henry William Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy (Cameron- |
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Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy from 25 Feb 1921) |
25 Sep 1870 |
20 Aug 1944 |
73 |
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20 Aug 1944 |
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4 |
Henry Montgomerie Cameron-Ramsay- |
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Fairfax-Lucy |
20 Oct 1896 |
22 Dec 1965 |
69 |
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22 Dec 1965 |
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Brian Fulke Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy |
18 Dec 1898 |
21 Jan 1974 |
75 |
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21 Jan 1974 |
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6 |
Edmund John William Hugh Ramsay- |
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Fairfax-Lucy |
4 May 1945 |
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RAMSAY-GIBSON-MAITLAND |
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of Clifton Hall,Midlothian |
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30 Nov 1818 |
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See "Maitland" |
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RAMSAY-STEEL-MAITLAND |
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of Sauchie,Stirling |
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13 Jul 1917 |
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1 |
Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel- |
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Maitland |
5 Jul 1876 |
30 Mar 1935 |
58 |
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MP for
Birmingham East 1910-1918, |
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Erdington 1918-1929 and Tamworth 1929- |
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1935. Minister of Labour 1924-1929 |
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PC
1924 |
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30 Mar 1935 |
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2 |
Arthur James Drummond Ramsay-Steel- |
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Maitland |
27 May 1902 |
1 Mar 1960 |
57 |
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1 Mar 1960 |
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3 |
Keith Richard Felix Ramsay-Steel-Maitland |
6 May 1912 |
4 Apr 1965 |
52 |
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Extinct on
his death |
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4 Apr 1965 |
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RAMSDEN of Byrom,Yorks |
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30 Nov 1689 |
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1 |
John
Ramsden |
Apr 1648 |
11 Jun 1690 |
42 |
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11 Jun 1690 |
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2 |
William
Ramsden |
22 Oct 1672 |
27 Jun 1736 |
63 |
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27 Jun 1736 |
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3 |
John
Ramsden |
21 Mar 1699 |
10 Apr 1769 |
70 |
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MP for Appleby 1727-1754 |
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10 Apr 1769 |
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4 |
John
Ramsden |
1 Dec 1755 |
15 Jul 1839 |
83 |
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MP for Grampound 1780-1784 |
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15 Jul 1839 |
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5 |
John
William Ramsden |
14 Sep 1831 |
15 Apr 1914 |
82 |
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MP for Taunton 1853-1857, Hythe 1857-1859 |
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Yorkshire WR 1859-1865 and 1880-1886 and |
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Monmouth
1868-1874 |
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15 Apr 1914 |
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6 |
John
Frecheville Ramsden |
7 Jan 1877 |
6 Oct 1958 |
81 |
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6 Oct 1958 |
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7 |
Geoffrey William Pennington-Ramsden |
28 Aug 1904 |
13 Jan 1986 |
81 |
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13 Jan 1986 |
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Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden |
4 Apr 1915 |
27 Mar 1987 |
71 |
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27 Mar 1987 |
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John Charles Josslyn Ramsden |
19 Aug 1950 |
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RAMSDEN of Birkenshaw,Yorks |
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1 Jul 1938 |
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1 |
Sir Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden |
2 Feb 1883 |
9 Aug 1955 |
72 |
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in
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RANCHHODLAL of Shahpur,India |
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6 Feb 1913 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal |
26 May 1864 |
3 Mar 1916 |
51 |
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3 Mar 1916 |
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Girijaprasad
Chinubhai Madhowlal |
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Ranchhodlal |
18 Apr 1906 |
28 Aug 1990 |
84 |
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28 Aug 1990 |
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3 |
Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal |
25 Jul 1929 |
1 Sep 2006 |
77 |
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1 Sep 2006 |
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Prashant
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15 Dec 1955 |
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RANKIN of Bryngwyn,Hereford |
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20 Jun 1898 |
UK |
1 |
James
Rankin |
25 Dec 1842 |
17 Apr 1915 |
72 |
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MP for Leominster 1880-1885,1886-1906 and |
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1910-1912 |
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17 Apr 1915 |
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Reginald
Rankin |
31 Aug 1871 |
9 Sep 1931 |
60 |
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9 Sep 1931 |
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Hugh Charles
Rhys Rankin |
8 Aug 1899 |
25 Apr 1988 |
88 |
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the note at the foot of this page. |
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25 Apr 1988 |
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Ian
Niall Rankin |
19 Dec 1932 |
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RANKIN of Broughton Tower,Lancs |
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5 Mar 1937 |
UK |
1 |
Robert
Rankin |
18 Oct 1877 |
11 Oct 1960 |
82 |
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for Kirkdale 1931-1945 |
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11 Oct 1960 |
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RAPHAEL of Allestree Hall,Derby |
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10 Feb 1911 |
UK |
1 |
Herbert Henry
Raphael |
23 Dec 1859 |
24 Sep 1924 |
64 |
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24 Sep 1924 |
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RASCH of Woodhill,Essex |
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29 Aug 1903 |
UK |
1 |
Frederic Carne
Rasch |
9 Nov 1847 |
26 Sep 1914 |
66 |
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MP for Essex SE 1886-1900 and Chelmsford |
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1900-1908 |
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26 Sep 1914 |
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Frederic Carne
Rasch |
27 Sep 1880 |
12 Jun 1963 |
82 |
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12 Jun 1963 |
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Richard Guy Carne Rasch |
10 Oct 1918 |
24 Jun 1996 |
77 |
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24 Jun 1996 |
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Simon Anthony Carne Rasch |
26 Feb 1948 |
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RASHLEIGH of Prideaux,Cornwall |
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30 Sep 1831 |
UK |
1 |
John Colman Rashleigh |
23 Nov 1772 |
4 Aug 1847 |
74 |
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4 Aug 1847 |
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2 |
Colman Rashleigh |
4 May 1819 |
27 Oct 1896 |
77 |
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MP for Cornwall East 1874-1880 |
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27 Oct 1896 |
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Colman Battie Rashleigh |
11 Mar 1846 |
28 Oct 1907 |
61 |
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28 Oct 1907 |
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Colman Battie Walpole Rashleigh |
7 Nov 1873 |
22 Feb 1951 |
77 |
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22 Feb 1951 |
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Harry Evelyn Battie Rashleigh |
17 May 1923 |
6 Sep 1984 |
61 |
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6 Sep 1984 |
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Richard Harry Rashleigh |
8 Jul 1958 |
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RAWDON of Moira,Down |
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20 May 1665 |
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1 |
George Rawdon |
1604 |
18 Aug 1684 |
80 |
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18 Aug 1684 |
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Arthur Rawdon |
17 Oct 1662 |
17 Oct 1695 |
33 |
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PC [I] 1695 |
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17 Oct 1695 |
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3 |
John Rawdon |
1690 |
2 Feb 1724 |
33 |
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2 Feb 1724 |
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John Rawdon |
17 Mar 1720 |
20 Jun 1793 |
73 |
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He was subsequently created Earl of Moira |
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(qv) in 1762 with which title the |
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baronetcy then merged until its extinction |
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in 1868 |
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RAWLINSON of North Walsham,Norfolk |
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7 Feb 1891 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson |
11 Apr 1810 |
5 Mar 1895 |
84 |
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MP for Reigate 1858 and Frome |
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1865-1868 |
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note at the foot of this page |
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5 Mar 1895 |
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2 |
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, later [1919] |
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1st Baron Rawlinson |
20 Feb 1864 |
26 Mar 1925 |
61 |
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26 Mar 1925 |
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3 |
Alfred Rawlinson |
17 Jan 1867 |
1 Jun 1934 |
67 |
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1 Jun 1934 |
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4 |
Alfred Frederick Rawlinson |
23 Aug 1900 |
15 Jun 1969 |
68 |
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15 Jun 1969 |
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5 |
Anthony Henry John Rawlinson |
1 May 1936 |
8 Jan 2023 - HB |
86 |
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8 Jan 2023 |
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6 |
Alexander Noel Rawlinson |
15 Jul 1964 |
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RAYMOND of Valentine House,Essex |
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31 May 1774 |
GB |
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RAYNEY of Wrotham,Kent |
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19 Dec 1635 |
NS |
1 |
John Rayney |
5 Apr 1601 |
3 Mar 1661 |
59 |
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fresh creation [NS] |
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13 Sep 1636 and [E] 22 Jan 1642 (qv below) |
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The Scottish baronetcy became dormant |
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in 1721 |
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RAYNEY of Wrotham,Kent |
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22 Jan 1642 |
E |
1 |
John Rayney |
5 Apr 1601 |
3 Mar 1661 |
59 |
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3 Mar 1661 |
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John Rayney |
c 1627 |
1680 |
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1680 |
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3 |
John Rayney |
1660 |
Feb 1705 |
44 |
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Feb 1705 |
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4 |
John Beaumont Rayney |
c 1688 |
1716 |
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1716 |
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Thomas Rayney |
1690 |
1721 |
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on his death |
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1721 |
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REA of Eskdale,Cumberland |
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8 Jul 1935 |
UK |
1 |
Walter Russell Rea |
18 May 1873 |
26 May 1948 |
75 |
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He was subsequently created Baron Rea (qv) |
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in 1937 with which title the baronetcy |
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remains merged |
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READE of Brocket Hall,Herts |
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16 Mar 1642 |
E |
1 |
John Reade |
c 1616 |
6 Feb 1694 |
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Feb 1694 |
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James Reade |
10 Mar 1655 |
16 Oct 1701 |
46 |
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16 Oct 1701 |
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John Reade |
1691 |
22 Feb 1712 |
20 |
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on his death |
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22 Feb 1712 |
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READE of Barton,Berks |
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4 Mar 1661 |
E |
1 |
Compton Reade |
24 Jan 1625 |
29 Sep 1679 |
54 |
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29 Sep 1679 |
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Edward Reade |
30 Jun 1659 |
4 Sep 1691 |
32 |
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4 Sep 1691 |
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Winwood Reade |
25 Jul 1682 |
30 Jun 1692 |
9 |
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30 Jun 1692 |
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4 |
Thomas Reade |
c 1684 |
25 Sep 1752 |
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MP for Cricklade 1713-1747 |
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25 Sep 1752 |
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5 |
John Reade |
21 Jun 1721 |
9 Nov 1773 |
52 |
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9 Nov 1773 |
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John Reade |
8 Mar 1762 |
7 Nov 1789 |
27 |
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7 Nov 1789 |
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John Chandos Reade |
13 Jan 1785 |
14 Jan 1868 |
83 |
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further information on this baronet, see |
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the note at the foot of this page. |
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14 Jan 1868 |
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8 |
Chandos Stanhope Reade |
5 Sep 1851 |
28 Jan 1890 |
38 |
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28 Jan 1890 |
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George Compton Reade |
17 Dec 1845 |
7 Apr 1908 |
62 |
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7 Apr 1908 |
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George Reade |
22 Nov 1869 |
30 May 1923 |
53 |
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30 May 1923 |
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11 |
John Reade |
12 Sep 1896 |
18 Jan 1958 |
61 |
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18 Jan 1958 |
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12 |
Clyde Nixon Reade |
8 Sep 1906 |
1982 |
75 |
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1982 |
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13 |
Kenneth Ray Reade |
23 Mar 1926 |
4 Nov 2012 |
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4 Nov 2012 |
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READHEAD of Westoe,Durham |
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20 Jan 1922 |
UK |
1 |
James Readhead |
1852 |
18 Mar 1930 |
77 |
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18 Mar 1930 |
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James Halder Readhead |
1879 |
8 May 1940 |
60 |
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8 May 1940 |
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3 |
James Templeman Readhead |
12 Feb 1910 |
7 Aug 1988 |
78 |
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7 Aug 1988 |
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READING of Dublin |
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27 Aug 1675 |
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1 |
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Mar 1689 |
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REARDON-SMITH of Appledore,Devon |
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1 Jul 1920 |
UK |
1 |
William Reardon Smith |
7 Aug 1856 |
23 Dec 1935 |
79 |
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23 Dec 1935 |
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Willie Reardon-Smith |
26 May 1887 |
24 Nov 1950 |
63 |
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24 Nov 1950 |
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3 |
William Reardon Reardon-Smith |
12 Mar 1911 |
13 Jun 1995 |
84 |
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13 Jun 1995 |
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4 |
William Antony John Reardon-Smith |
20 Jun 1937 |
8 Jun 2022 - HB |
84 |
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8 Jun 2022 |
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5 |
William Nicholas Henry Reardon-Smith |
10 Jun 1963 |
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RECKITT of Swanland Manor,Yorks |
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17 Jul 1894 |
UK |
1 |
James Reckitt |
14 Nov 1833 |
18 Mar 1924 |
90 |
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18 Mar 1924 |
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2 |
Harold James Reckitt |
5 May 1868 |
29 Dec 1930 |
62 |
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MP for Pontefract 1893 and Brigg 1895- |
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1906 |
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29 Dec 1930 |
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3 |
Philip Bealby Reckitt |
1 Jan 1873 |
17 Nov 1944 |
71 |
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17 Nov 1944 |
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REDMAYNE of Rushcliffe,Nottingham |
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29 Dec 1964 |
UK |
1 |
Martin
Redmayne,later [1966] Baron |
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Redmayne [L] |
16 Nov 1910 |
28 Apr 1983 |
72 |
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28 Apr 1983 |
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2 |
Nicholas John Redmayne |
1 Feb 1938 |
18 Oct 2008 |
70 |
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18 Oct 2008 |
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3 |
Giles Martin Redmayne |
1 Dec 1968 |
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REDWOOD of Avenue Road,St Marylebone |
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24 Jul 1911 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Boverton Redwood |
26 Apr 1846 |
4 Jun 1919 |
73 |
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4 Jun 1919 |
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2 |
Thomas Boverton Redwood |
15 Oct 1906 |
11 Apr 1974 |
67 |
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Peter Boverton Redwood |
1 Dec 1937 |
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REES of Aylwards Chase,Middlesex |
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8 May 1919 |
UK |
1 |
Sir John David Rees |
16 Dec 1854 |
2 Jun 1922 |
67 |
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MP for Montgomery 1906-1910 and |
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Nottingham East 1912-1922 |
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2 Jun 1922 |
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Richard Lodowick Edward Montagu Rees |
4 Apr 1900 |
24 Jul 1970 |
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24 Jul 1970 |
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REEVE of Thwaite,Suffolk |
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22 Jan 1663 |
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1 |
George Reeve |
c 1618 |
c Oct 1678 |
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MP for Eye 1660-1678 |
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c Oct 1678 |
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Robert Reeve |
29 Jun 1652 |
19 Aug 1688 |
36 |
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19 Aug 1688 |
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REID of Barra,Aberdeen |
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30 Nov 1703 |
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John Reid |
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after 1722 |
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Alexander Reid |
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MP for Elgin Burghs 1710-1713 |
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5 Mar 1750 |
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James Reid |
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c Sep 1772 |
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John Reid |
4 Jun 1760 |
4 Nov 1829 |
69 |
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4 Nov 1829 |
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John Reid |
9 May 1794 |
27 Apr 1844 |
49 |
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27 Apr 1844 |
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William Reid |
19 Aug 1795 |
20 Oct 1845 |
50 |
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20 Oct 1845 |
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Alexander Reid |
12 Nov 1798 |
7 Dec 1885 |
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7 Dec 1885 |
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REID of Ewell Grove,Surrey |
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10 Nov 1823 |
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1 |
Thomas Reid |
26 Oct 1762 |
29 Feb 1824 |
61 |
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29 Feb 1824 |
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John Rae Reid |
2 Dec 1791 |
30 Jul 1867 |
75 |
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30 Jul 1867 |
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John Rae Reid |
14 Aug 1841 |
7 May 1885 |
43 |
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7 May 1885 |
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Henry Valentine Rae Reid |
13 Feb 1845 |
4 Sep 1903 |
58 |
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4 Sep 1903 |
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REID of Ellon,Aberdeen |
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28 Aug 1897 |
UK |
1 |
Sir James Reid |
23 Oct 1849 |
28 Jun 1923 |
73 |
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28 Jun 1923 |
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Edward James Reid |
20 Apr 1901 |
23 Feb 1972 |
70 |
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23 Feb 1972 |
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Alexander James Reid |
6 Dec 1932 |
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REID of Springburn,Glasgow |
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26 Jan 1922 |
UK |
1 |
Hugh Reid |
9 Feb 1860 |
7 Jul 1935 |
75 |
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7 Jul 1935 |
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Douglas Neilson Reid |
12 Feb 1898 |
31 Aug 1971 |
73 |
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31 Aug 1971 |
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3 |
Hugh Reid |
27 Nov 1933 |
20 Nov 2012 |
78 |
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20 Nov 2012 |
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REID of Rademon,Down |
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8 Feb 1936 |
UK |
1 |
David Douglas Reid |
24 Aug 1872 |
23 Mar 1939 |
66 |
to |
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MP for East Down 1918-1922 and |
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23 Mar 1939 |
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co. Down 1922-1939 |
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REMNANT of Wenhaston,Suffolk |
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14 Jul 1917 |
UK |
1 |
James Farquharson Remnant |
13 Feb 1862 |
30 Jan 1933 |
70 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Remnant (qv) in 1928 with which title the |
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baronetcy remains merged |
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RENALS of London |
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4 Sep 1895 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Joseph Renals |
21 Feb 1843 |
1 Nov 1908 |
65 |
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1 Nov 1908 |
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James Herbert Renals |
5 Nov 1870 |
27 Mar 1927 |
56 |
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the note at the foot of this page |
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27 Mar 1927 |
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3 |
Herbert Renals |
29 Sep 1919 |
19 Aug 1961 |
41 |
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19 Aug 1961 |
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Stanley Renals |
20 May 1923 |
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RENSHAW of Coldharbour,Sussex |
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7 Jan 1903 |
UK |
1 |
Charles Bine Renshaw |
9 Dec 1848 |
6 Mar 1918 |
69 |
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MP for Renfrewshire West 1892-1906 |
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6 Mar 1918 |
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2 |
Charles Stephen Bine Renshaw |
9 Dec 1883 |
1 Nov 1976 |
92 |
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1 Nov 1976 |
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3 |
Charles Maurice Bine Renshaw |
7 Oct 1912 |
18 Aug 2002 |
89 |
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18 Aug 2002 |
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4 |
John David Renshaw |
9 Oct 1945 |
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RENWICK |
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of Newminster Abbey,Northumberland |
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22 Jun 1921 |
UK |
1 |
George Renwick |
Mar 1850 |
19 Jun 1931 |
81 |
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MP for Newcastle upon Tyne 1900-1906, |
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1908-1910 and Newcastle upon Tyne Central |
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1918-1922 |
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19 Jun 1931 |
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2 |
John Robert Renwick |
13 Nov 1877 |
20 Nov 1946 |
69 |
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20 Nov 1946 |
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3 |
Eustace Deuchar Renwick |
27 Nov 1902 |
3 Nov 1973 |
70 |
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3 Nov 1973 |
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4 |
Richard Eustace Renwick |
13 Jan 1938 |
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RENWICK of Coombe,Surrey |
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28 Jun 1927 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Harry Benedetto Renwick |
13 Jun 1861 |
7 Jan 1932 |
70 |
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7 Jan 1932 |
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2 |
Robert Burnham Renwick |
4 Oct 1904 |
30 Aug 1973 |
68 |
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RERESBY of Thribergh,Yorks |
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16 May 1642 |
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1 |
John Reresby |
11 Apr 1611 |
Apr 1646 |
35 |
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Apr 1646 |
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John Reresby |
14 Apr 1634 |
12 May 1689 |
55 |
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MP for Aldborough 1673-1679 and 1681-1685 |
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and York 1685-1689 |
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12 May 1689 |
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William Reresby |
19 Jan 1669 |
c 1735 |
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c 1735 |
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Leonard Reresby |
23 Oct 1679 |
14 Aug 1748 |
68 |
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14 Aug 1748 |
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REYNELL of Laleham,Middlesex |
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27 Jul 1678 |
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1 |
Richard Reynell |
1626 |
18 Oct 1699 |
73 |
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MP for Ashburton 1690-1695. PC [I] 1682 |
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18 Oct 1699 |
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Richard Reynell |
8 Dec 1673 |
Jun 1723 |
49 |
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Jun 1723 |
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3 |
Thomas Reynell |
1699 |
15 Sep 1775 |
76 |
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15 Sep 1775 |
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Richard Reynell |
c 1735 |
17 Nov 1798 |
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17 Nov 1798 |
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5 |
Richard Littleton Reynell |
30 Apr 1772 |
4 Sep 1829 |
57 |
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4 Sep 1829 |
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6 |
Thomas Reynell |
9 Apr 1777 |
10 Feb 1848 |
70 |
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10 Feb 1848 |
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REYNOLDS of Grosvenor Street,London |
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28 Feb 1895 |
UK |
1 |
John Russell Reynolds |
22 May 1828 |
29 May 1896 |
68 |
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29 May 1896 |
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REYNOLDS of Woolton,Lancs |
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6 Mar 1923 |
UK |
1 |
Sir James Philip Reynolds |
16 Feb 1865 |
12 Dec 1932 |
67 |
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MP for Liverpool Exchange 1929-1932 |
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12 Dec 1932 |
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John Francis Roskell Reynolds |
23 Jun 1899 |
20 Aug 1956 |
57 |
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20 Aug 1956 |
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3 |
David James Reynolds |
26 Jan 1924 |
13 Feb 2015 |
91 |
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13 Feb 2015 |
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4 |
James Francis Reynolds |
10 Jul 1971 |
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RHODES of Hollingworth,Cheshire |
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29 May 1919 |
UK |
1 |
George Rhodes |
3 Sep 1860 |
5 Feb 1924 |
63 |
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5 Feb 1924 |
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John Phillips Rhodes |
19 Jul 1884 |
14 Nov 1955 |
71 |
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MP for Stalybridge and Hyde 1922-1923 |
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14 Nov 1955 |
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3 |
Christopher George Rhodes |
30 Apr 1914 |
22 Jun 1964 |
50 |
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22 Jun 1964 |
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John Christopher Douglas Rhodes |
24 May 1946 |
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RHYS-WILLIAMS of Miskin,Glamorgan |
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25 Jun 1918 |
UK |
1 |
Rhys Rhys-Williams |
20 Oct 1865 |
29 Jan 1955 |
89 |
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MP for Banbury 1918-1922 |
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29 Jan 1955 |
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2 |
Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams |
14 Nov 1927 |
18 May 1988 |
60 |
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MP for Kensington South 1968-1974 and |
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Kensington 1974-1988 |
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18 May 1988 |
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3 |
Arthur Gareth Ludovic Emrys Rhys-Williams |
9 Nov 1961 |
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RIBTON of Woodbrook,Dublin |
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21 Apr 1760 |
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George Ribton |
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9 Mar 1762 |
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9 Mar 1762 |
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George Ribton |
25 May 1740 |
1806 |
66 |
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1806 |
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3 |
John Sheppey Ribton |
7 Feb 1797 |
1 May 1877 |
80 |
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1 May 1877 |
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4 |
George William Ribton |
16 Aug 1842 |
5 Apr 1901 |
58 |
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5 Apr 1901 |
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RICH of Sunning,Berks |
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20 Mar 1661 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Rich |
c 1601 |
15 Oct 1667 |
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MP for Reading 1660-1661 |
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15 Oct 1667 |
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2 |
William Rich |
c 1654 |
3 Jul 1711 |
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MP for Reading 1689-1698 and 1705-1708 |
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and Gloucester 1698-1700 |
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Jul 1711 |
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3 |
Robert Rich |
29 Mar 1673 |
9 Nov 1724 |
51 |
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9 Nov 1724 |
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4 |
William Rich |
c 1702 |
17 Jul 1762 |
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17 Jul 1762 |
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5 |
Thomas Rich |
c 1733 |
6 Apr 1803 |
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6 Apr 1803 |
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RICH of London |
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24 Jan 1676 |
E |
1 |
Charles Rich |
c 1619 |
30 May 1677 |
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May 1677 |
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Robert Rich |
c 1648 |
1 Oct 1699 |
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MP for Dunwich 1689-1699 |
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1 Oct 1699 |
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Charles Rich |
c 1680 |
19 Oct 1706 |
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Oct 1706 |
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Robert Rich |
3 Jul 1685 |
1 Feb 1768 |
82 |
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MP for Dunwich 1715-1720, Beeralston |
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1724-1727 and St.Ives 1727-1741 |
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Field Marshal 1757 |
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1 Feb 1768 |
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Robert Rich |
1717 |
19 May 1785 |
67 |
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19 May 1785 |
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George Rich |
13 Jun 1728 |
8 Jan 1799 |
70 |
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8 Jan 1799 |
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RICH of Rose Hall,Suffolk |
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28 Jul 1791 |
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Charles Rich |
c 1752 |
12 Sep 1824 |
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12 Sep 1824 |
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Charles Henry Rich |
19 Apr 1784 |
22 Oct 1857 |
73 |
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22 Oct 1857 |
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Charles Henry John Rich |
22 Dec 1812 |
12 Dec 1866 |
53 |
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12 Dec 1866 |
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Charles Henry Stuart Rich |
7 Mar 1859 |
2 Jan 1913 |
53 |
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2 Jan 1913 |
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5 |
Almeric Edmund Frederic Rich |
30 Mar 1859 |
2 Jul 1948 |
89 |
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2 Jul 1948 |
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Almeric Frederic Conness Rich |
9 Feb 1897 |
29 Jun 1983 |
86 |
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29 Jun 1983 |
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RICH of Sunning,Berks |
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22 Jan 1863 |
UK |
1 |
Henry Rich |
1797 |
5 Nov 1869 |
72 |
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MP for Knaresborough 1837-1841 and |
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5 Nov 1869 |
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Richmond 1846-1861 |
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RICHARDS of Brambletye,Suffolk |
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22 Feb 1684 |
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James Richards |
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c 1705 |
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c 1705 |
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John Richards |
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c 1729 |
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c 1729 |
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Joseph Richards |
c 1685 |
2 Jun 1738 |
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2 Jun 1738 |
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Philip Richards |
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after 1741 |
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after 1741 |
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RICHARDSON of Pencaithland,Haddington |
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13 Nov 1630 |
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See "Stewart-Richardson" |
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RICHARDSON of Yellow Woods,South Africa |
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26 Jan 1924 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Lewis Richardson |
2 Feb 1873 |
2 Apr 1934 |
61 |
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2 Apr 1934 |
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2 |
Leslie Lewis Richardson |
14 Aug 1915 |
20 Jul 1985 |
69 |
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20 Jul 1985 |
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3 |
Anthony Lewis Richardson |
5 Aug 1950 |
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RICHARDSON of Weybridge,Surrey |
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26 Jul 1929 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Philip Wigham Richardson |
26 Jan 1865 |
23 Nov 1953 |
88 |
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MP for Chertsey 1922-1931 |
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23 Nov 1953 |
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2 |
William Wigham Richardson |
12 Jun 1893 |
15 Nov 1973 |
80 |
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15 Nov 1973 |
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3 |
George Wigham Richardson |
12 Apr 1895 |
15 Apr 1981 |
86 |
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on his death |
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15 Apr 1981 |
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RICHARDSON of Eccleshall,Yorks |
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20 Nov 1963 |
UK |
1 |
Sir John Samuel Richardson |
16 Jun 1910 |
15 Aug 2004 |
94 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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15 Aug 2004 |
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Richardson [L] (qv) in 1979 with which title |
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the baronetcy then merged until its extinction |
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upon his death 15 Aug 2004 |
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RICHARDSON-BUNBURY of Augher,co.Tyrone |
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30 Aug 1787 |
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1 |
William Richardson |
after 1749 |
29 Oct 1830 |
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29 Oct 1830 |
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2 |
James Mervyn Richardson-Bunbury |
1781 |
4 Nov 1851 |
70 |
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4 Nov 1851 |
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3 |
John Richardson-Bunbury |
10 Oct 1813 |
18 Feb 1909 |
95 |
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18 Feb 1909 |
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4 |
Mervyn William Richardson-Bunbury |
Jun 1874 |
21 Oct 1952 |
78 |
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21 Oct 1952 |
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5 |
Richard David Michael Richardson-Bunbury |
27 Oct 1927 |
1 Dec 2017 |
90 |
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1 Dec 2017 |
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Thomas William Richardson-Bunbury |
4 Aug 1965 |
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RICHMOND of Hollington,Sussex |
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4 Jul 1929 |
UK |
1 |
Frederick Henry Richmond |
30 Nov 1873 |
11 Nov 1953 |
79 |
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11 Nov 1953 |
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2 |
John Frederick Richmond |
12 Aug 1924 |
11 Jul 2000 |
75 |
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Extinct
or dormant on his death |
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11 Jul 2000 |
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RICKETTS of The Elms,Gloucs |
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15 Feb 1828 |
UK |
1 |
Robert Tristram Ricketts |
1772 |
16 Aug 1842 |
70 |
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16 Aug 1842 |
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2 |
Cornwallis Ricketts |
27 Feb 1803 |
30 Jan 1885 |
81 |
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30 Jan 1885 |
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3 |
Robert Tempest Tempest |
7 Dec 1836 |
4 Feb 1901 |
64 |
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4 Feb 1901 |
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4 |
Tristram Tempest Tempest |
10 Jan 1865 |
23 Jun 1909 |
44 |
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23 Jun 1909 |
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5 |
Frederick William Rodney Ricketts |
27 Sep 1857 |
18 Sep 1925 |
67 |
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18 Sep 1925 |
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6 |
Claude Albert Frederick Ricketts |
27 Apr 1880 |
11 Nov 1937 |
57 |
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11 Nov 1937 |
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7 |
Robert
Cornwallis Gerald St.Leger |
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Ricketts |
8 Nov 1917 |
6 Oct 2005 |
87 |
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6 Oct 2005 |
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8 |
Robert Tristram Ricketts |
17 Apr 1946 |
7 Nov 2007 |
61 |
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7 Nov 2007 |
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9 |
Stephen Tristram Ricketts |
24 Dec 1974 |
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RIDDELL of Riddell,Roxburgh |
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14 May 1628 |
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1 |
John Riddell |
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Mar 1632 |
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Mar 1632 |
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2 |
Walter Riddell |
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c 1669 |
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c 1669 |
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3 |
John Riddell |
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1 Apr 1700 |
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1 Apr 1700 |
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4 |
Walter Riddell |
1664 |
27 Apr 1747 |
82 |
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27 Apr 1747 |
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5 |
Walter Riddell |
1695 |
13 May 1765 |
69 |
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13 May 1765 |
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6 |
John Riddell |
1726 |
16 Apr 1768 |
41 |
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16 Apr 1768 |
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7 |
Walter Buchanan Riddell |
1763 |
7 Feb 1784 |
20 |
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7 Feb 1784 |
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8 |
James Buchanan Riddell |
1765 |
4 Sep 1784 |
19 |
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4 Sep 1784 |
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9 |
John Buchanan Riddell |
1768 |
26 Apr 1819 |
50 |
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MP for Lanark 1812-1819 |
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26 Apr 1819 |
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10 |
Walter Buchanan Riddell |
8 Aug 1810 |
27 Aug 1892 |
82 |
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27 Aug 1892 |
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11 |
James Walter Buchanan Riddell |
14 Mar 1849 |
31 Oct 1924 |
75 |
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31 Oct 1924 |
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12 |
Walter Robert Buchanan Riddell |
21 Apr 1879 |
5 Jun 1934 |
55 |
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5 Jun 1934 |
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13 |
John Charles Buchanan Riddell |
3 Jan 1934 |
24 Jul 2010 |
76 |
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Lord Lieutenant Northumberland 2000-2009 |
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24 Jul 2010 |
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14 |
Walter John Buchanan Riddell |
10 Jun 1974 |
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RIDDELL of Ardnamurchan,Argyll |
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2 Sep 1778 |
GB |
1 |
James Riddell |
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2 Nov 1797 |
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2 Nov 1797 |
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2 |
James Milles Riddell |
3 Jun 1787 |
28 Sep 1861 |
74 |
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28 Sep 1861 |
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3 |
Thomas Milles Riddell |
25 Dec 1822 |
18 Jul 1883 |
60 |
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18 Jul 1883 |
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4 |
Rodney Stuart Riddell |
7 Mar 1838 |
2 Jan 1907 |
68 |
to |
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on his death |
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2 Jan 1907 |
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RIDDELL of Walton Heath,Surrey |
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31 Jan 1918 |
UK |
1 |
George Allardice Riddell |
25 May 1865 |
5 Dec 1934 |
69 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Riddell (qv) in 1920 with which title the |
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baronetcy then merged until its extinction |
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in 1934 |
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RIDGEWAY of Torrington,Devon |
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25 Nov 1611 |
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1 |
Thomas Ridgeway |
c 1565 |
24 Jan 1632 |
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He was subsequently created Earl of |
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Londonderry (qv) in 1622 with which title |
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baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1714 |
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RIDLEY of Blagdon,Northumberland |
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6 May 1756 |
GB |
1 |
Matthew White |
c 1727 |
21 Mar 1763 |
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For details of the special remainder included |
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in this creation, see the note at the foot of |
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this page |
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21 Mar 1763 |
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2 |
Matthew White Ridley |
28 Oct 1745 |
9 Apr 1813 |
67 |
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MP for Morpeth 1768-1774 and Newcastle |
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on Tyne 1774-1812 |
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9 Apr 1813 |
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3 |
Matthew White Ridley |
18 Apr 1778 |
14 Jul 1836 |
58 |
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MP for Newcastle on Tyne 1812-1836 |
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14 Jul 1836 |
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4 |
Matthew White Ridley |
9 Sep 1807 |
25 Sep 1877 |
70 |
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MP for Northumberland North 1859-1868 |
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25 Sep 1877 |
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5 |
Matthew White Ridley |
25 Jul 1842 |
28 Nov 1904 |
62 |
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He was subsequently created Viscount |
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Ridley (qv) in 1900 with which title the |
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baronetcy remains merged |
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RIGBY of Long Durford,Sussex |
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24 Jun 1929 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Hugh Mallinson Rigby |
May 1870 |
17 Jul 1944 |
74 |
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17 Jul 1944 |
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2 |
Hugh John Macbeth Rigby |
1 Sep 1914 |
14 Mar 1999 |
84 |
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14 Mar 1999 |
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3 |
Anthony John Rigby |
3 Oct 1946 |
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RIGGS-MILLER of Ballicasey,Clare |
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24 Aug 1778 |
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1 |
John
Riggs-Miller |
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28 May 1798 |
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MP for Newport 1784-1790 |
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28 May 1798 |
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2 |
John Edward Augustus Riggs-Miller |
1770 |
2 Aug 1825 |
55 |
to |
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on his death |
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2 Aug 1825 |
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RIPLEY of Rawdon,Yorks |
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and Bedstone,Salop |
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8 May 1880 |
UK |
1 |
Henry William Ripley |
23 Apr 1813 |
9 Nov 1882 |
69 |
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MP for Bradford 1868-1869 and 1874-1880 |
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9 Nov 1882 |
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2 |
Edward Ripley |
16 May 1840 |
21 Nov 1903 |
63 |
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21 Nov 1903 |
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3 |
Henry William Alfred Ripley |
3 Jan 1879 |
14 Dec 1956 |
77 |
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14 Dec 1956 |
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4 |
Hugh Ripley |
26 May 1916 |
28 Oct 2003 |
87 |
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28 Oct 2003 |
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5 |
William Hugh Ripley |
13 Apr 1950 |
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RIPLEY of Acacia,Yorks |
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4 Sep 1897 |
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Frederick Ripley |
28 Nov 1846 |
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Geoffrey Arnold Ripley |
4 Aug 1883 |
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16 Nov 1954 |
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RITCHIE of Highlands |
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15 Dec 1903 |
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Sir James Thomson Ritchie |
1835 |
18 Sep 1912 |
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RITCHIE of Lees House,Kent |
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23 Jan 1918 |
UK |
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James William Ritchie |
7 Aug 1868 |
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James Edward Thomson Ritchie |
16 Jun 1902 |
20 Mar 1991 |
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20 Mar 1991 |
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RIVERS of Chafford,Kent |
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19 Jul 1621 |
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John Rivers |
c 1579 |
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Thomas Rivers |
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John Rivers |
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c 1679 |
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George Rivers |
1 Apr 1665 |
9 Aug 1734 |
69 |
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John Rivers |
c 1718 |
24 Mar 1743 |
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Peter Rivers (Rivers-Gay from c 1760) |
c 1721 |
20 Jul 1790 |
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Thomas Rivers-Gay |
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3 Feb 1805 |
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James Rivers |
11 Jun 1772 |
27 Sep 1805 |
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27 Sep 1805 |
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Henry Rivers |
c 1779 |
7 Jul 1851 |
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daughter,see the note at the foot of this page. |
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James Francis Rivers |
30 Dec 1822 |
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Henry Chandos Rivers |
1834 |
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Sir George Ramsay, 6th baronet [NS 1666] |
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Sir George died following a duel with a Captain
Macrae in April 1790. The cause of the duel and |
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its outcome were reported in the 'World' of 26
April 1790:- |
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'The friends of Mr. Macrae, have hitherto, from
motives of delicacy, deferred giving any account |
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of an affair of so serious a nature, flattering
themselves, that the Public prints would have been |
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sufficiently candid to have awaited the arrival
of an authenticated account signed by the |
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Seconds. But so many false and abusive
paragraphs having appeared in the daily papers, they |
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think themselves bound in justice to the
character of Mr. Macrae, to publish the following facts: |
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'On Wednesday the 7th of April, Mr. Macrae
handed a Lady out of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, |
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and had passed the corner of the Theatre
towards Princes-street, before he could procure a |
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chair for her; he then called out to two
Chairmen who were running pretty quickly towards the |
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Theatre
with their chair, "Are you engaged?" to which they answered in the
negative, and |
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immediately set down their chair; but before
the Lady could get into it, Sir George Ramsay's |
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servant laid hold of the left-hand pole, and
though Mr. Macrae repeatedly desired him to let go, |
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and struck his fingers gently with a stick he
had in his hand - the servant swore "He would be |
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d----d if he would." Another chair coming
up, Mr. Macrae put the Lady into it - and though Sir |
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George's servant by this means remained in
possession of the first chair, no person appeared |
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to go into it. Mr. Macrae was returning towards
the Theatre, when Sir George's servant, who |
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still kept hold of the chair, called out after
him - "I know you well, Sir, your name is Macrae, |
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and you are a d----d blackguard
scoundrel." Mr. Macrae immediately turned, and followed the |
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servant who ran into the Theatre. These facts
will be completely established by the evidence |
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of three of the Chairmen. After Mr. Macrae came
up with the servant, he gave him two or |
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three severe blows with the stick which he held
in his hand. |
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'As Sir George and Lady Ramsay and Mr. and Mrs.
Macrae were in habits of friendship, and |
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daily visiting each other, Mr. Macrae thought
it proper to wait upon Sir George and Lady |
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Ramsay next morning, when he expressed his
concern at having been under the necessity of |
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chastising their servant for his insolence; but
said, that as he had taken it upon himself to |
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punish him, he would not insist upon his dismission. |
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'Different Gentlemen who happened to be in the
crowd, when Mr. Macrae gave the servant this |
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drubbing, informed him, that a person who said
he was an Officer and a Gentleman, had thrown |
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out very severe reflections upon Mr. Macrae's
conduct. In consequence of this information, Mr. |
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Macrae thought himself called upon to send a
letter to the Printers of some of the News-papers, |
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declaring that he considered that person as
assuming a character to which he had no right, and |
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bestowed upon him such Epithets as he thought
he deserved. |
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'On the 12th current, a criminal process before
the Sheriff of Edinburgh, was served upon Mr. |
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Macrae at the suit of Sir George Ramsay's
servant, still residing in Sir George's family, with |
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concurrence of the Procurator Fiscal or Public
Prosecutor, concluding for heavy damages. |
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'On the 13th current, an anonymous letter was
received by Post, at Mr. Macrae's house of |
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Marionville,
near Edinburgh; in which a number of opprobrious epithets were bestowed on
him - |
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and he was informed that 107 servants had
associated themselves for the purpose of |
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gratifying their revenge upon him. |
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'Mr.
Macrae being greatly irritated by these proceedings, wrote to Sir George
Ramsay, |
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requesting him to dismiss his servant or to
make him withdraw the prosecution. Sir George |
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answered,
that he did not countenance the prosecution, but declined complying with
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Macrae's request. Mr. Macrae wrote again,
insisting that the servant should be dismissed, and |
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informed Sir George that his friend Mr. Amery
would deliver a message from him in case his |
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request was not complied with. |
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'As Sir George still refused to part with his
servant, Mr. Amery told him, that Mr. Macrae "did |
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not look upon his conduct in this affair to be
that of a gentleman, but of a scoundrel." In |
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consequence
to this, a challenge was sent by Sir George to Mr. Macrae, and they met
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Musselburgh about six miles from Edinburgh, on
the morning of the 14th - but on the preceding |
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evening Mr. Macrae called upon Captain Haig,
informed him of what had passed, and expressed |
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his
desire that a person of more experience and cooler temper than Mr. Amery
should be |
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present
in order to affect an accommodation. Mr. Haig declined being Second to Mr.
Macrae, |
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but agreed to attend him on the footing
proposed. Mr. Macrae was attended by Mr. Amery, and |
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Sir George Ramsay by Sir William Maxwell, as
their Seconds; Mr. Bell, surgeon, and Capt. Haig |
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were also present. When the parties had met at
Musselburgh, Capt. Haig was authorized by |
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Mr. Macrae to propose an accommodation on the
following terms: |
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'That Sir George should agree to dismiss his
servant, and that Mr. Macrae should make an ample |
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apology
for the expressions used in the message delivered by Mr. Amery. Much
conversation |
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and
several messages passed between the Parties concerning this proposal; during
all which |
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time,
Mr. Macrae expressed an anxious desire that the matter should be
honourably |
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accommodated. At last, Sir George's Second
proposed, that Mr. Macrae should in the first place |
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apologize to Sir George Ramsay, and that he
would undertake for Sir George's afterwards turning |
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off his servant. This being declined by Mr.
Macrae, the Parties went to the Field, and it being |
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agreed that they should fire together at the
distance of twelve paces, Mr. Macrae's ball took |
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place in Sir George Ramsay's body, and Mr.
Macrae was wounded in the cheek. Sir George died |
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on Friday morning last.' |
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Sir Hugh Charles Rhys Rankin, 3rd baronet |
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Sir Hugh was one of the very few baronets who
were born in the middle of the Tunisian desert. |
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His father, Sir Reginald, the 2nd baronet, was
a big-game hunter who had shot the largest |
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snow-leopard on record in India and who had
survived being frozen after falling asleep in |
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the Andes. |
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Hugh
was educated at Harrow, but ran away to work in a Belfast shipyard before
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1st Royal Dragoon Guards. By 1921, he was the
broadsword champion of the cavalry. Posted |
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to Ireland during the Troubles, he was shot by
a sniper and invalided out of the army. |
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He then devoted himself to the study of sheep.
When he succeeded to the baronetcy in |
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1935, he was a sheep shearer in Western
Australia. During his travels in the Middle East, he |
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fell
under the influence of the Muslim peer, the 5th Baron Headley (qv) and, in
1935, |
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succeeded
Headley as president of the British Muslim Society. However, finding that
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very rude and knew nothing of law and order; I was disgusted with the whole
lot of |
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them', he resigned a few weeks later. |
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Having never been a strong Christian, and now
disillusioned with Islam, he turned to Buddhism. |
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In 1959, he came out in support of the
existence of Abominable Snowmen. He also confirmed |
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that one of Buddhism's five Bodhisattvas
(Perfected Men) lived in the Scottish Cairngorms and |
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met with his fellow Bodhisattvas each year in a
cave in the Himalayas to decide the destiny of |
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the world. |
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In 1965, Sir Hugh claimed that he was the only
baronet in the UK who was living on National |
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Assistance. Asked what job he might like, he
replied 'Anything except being a butler. I hate |
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snobbishness.' |
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Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st baronet |
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The following biography of Sir Henry Rawlinson
appeared in the August 1956 issue of the |
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Australian monthly magazine "Parade":- |
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Late in 1846, a group of dust-covered
Englishmen gazed anxiously through telescopes at a |
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precipitous
cliff in the Zangers Range in Persia. Tensely they watched two small figures
crawl |
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like
ants about the smooth face of the cliff with a sheer drop of 500ft. beneath
them to where |
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a
mountain stream bubbled over rocks. The group was watching Henry Creswicke
Rawlinson, |
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soldier,
adventurer, diplomat and archaeologist, copying for the first time the mystic
writings |
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of
the "inaccessible" Behistun Stone, thereby unlocking the secrets of
three ancient languages |
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and revealing to the world part of the history
of an ancient civilisation. For nearly 2500 years, |
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the
13 great columns of cuneiform writings and the giant figures of a bearded
king accepting |
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the
submission of captives looked over the plains on invading armies and trade
caravans, none |
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of whom knew their meaning. A contemporary of
Julius Caesar attributed the carvings to Queen |
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Semiramis of Babylon. A later authority
described the bearded captives as the 12 apostles. Not |
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till
Henry Rawlinson came on the scene and risked his life swinging over the cliff
were the |
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carvings translated and the key found to three
vanished languages. |
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'Henry Creswicke Rawlinson was born at
Chadlington, Oxford, on April 11, 1810, son of Abram |
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Rawlinson, a noted breeder of racehorses. Henry
was educated at Wrington and Ealing. He |
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excelled
in sport but scholastically was brilliant only in languages. Which was why,
when he |
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arrived at Bombay as a cadet in the East India
Company's First Bombay Grenadiers he speedily |
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mastered
the vernacular languages and also Persian. Before he was 18, Rawlinson was
the |
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'Under wise Lord William Bentinck India was
then at peace. The main pastime of the troops was |
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military gymkhanas and sport. Rawlinson was the
regiment's unchallenged champion. He won so |
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persistently that at last there were none to
compete with him. To bolster opposition, he offered |
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£100 to any who could beat him at
steeplechasing, jumping, running, quoits, racquets, billiards, |
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pigeon shooting and even chess and cards. There
were no takers, so he bet the mess £100 he |
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could ride the 72 miles from Poona to Bombay
port in four hours. Rawlinson covered the 72 miles |
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in three hours seven minutes on relays of
horses and made the headlines even in London papers. |
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'In 1833, Rawlinson, then 23, and a brilliant
Persian linguist, was sent with other British officers |
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to
Persia to reorganise the Army of the Shah. Alone, acting as his own
recruiting officer, he |
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raised
several crack infantry regiments among the frontier tribes. It was at this
time that |
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Rawlinson
first saw the Behistun Stone. The riddle of the cuneiform inscriptions in
three |
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languages roused the linguist and scholar in
him. He overcame the difficulty of scaling the cliff |
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face to two of the inscriptions. Close
comparison revealed similar recurring words in the two |
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writings. These he decided must be the names of
Kings, whom he identified as Hystaspes, |
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Darius and Xerxes. After four years, Rawlinson
was able to send a translation of the first two |
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paragraphs
of the vast Behistun inscription together with half of what ultimately proved
to be |
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the Persian text to the Royal Asiatic Society.
He would have proceeded then with his trans- |
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had not fate cast him for a grimmer role. |
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'He was returning from a recruiting expedition,
when he passed a strange cavalcade on the |
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caravan
route to Herat, primarily a Persian town, then held by the Afghans. He
trailed the |
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cavalcade
and found that the leader was the Russian Capt. Vikovitch, on his way to
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where he hoped to win the friendship of the
shaky Afghan ruler, Dost Mohammed, and thus |
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undermine British authority at the gateway to
India. Rawlinson made a forced ride, still famous |
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in history, of over 750 miles to take the news
of the Russian to the British Minister at Teheran. |
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'His anxiety was not misplaced. Vikovitch's
visit to Kabul flashed an era of bloodshed and chaos |
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that ended with the massacre of 4500 British
and Indian troops and 12,000 camp followers from |
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which
one man alone survived. Hard on his warning, Rawlinson was recalled to India
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appointed political agent in Kabul. He marched
with the army the British Governor-General Lord |
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Auckland sent to drive the Russian-loving Dost
Mohammed from his capital and install weakling |
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Shah Shuja in his place. Once this was
achieved, Britain withdrew half her forces from Kabul. |
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With them went Henry Rawlinson to take up the
post of political agent at Kandahar. But for |
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that he would have been in the army that died
in the great retreat when treachery and murder |
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drove
the British from the Afghan capital. |
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'Meanwhile in Kandahar, Rawlinson ruthlessly
suppressed intrigue. He disarmed and expelled the |
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more
rebellious of the Afghan population and raised and trained a body of cavalry
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Persian minority. At their head he attacked the
Afghans when they invested Kandahar. He |
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helped General William Nott [1782-1845] beat
off the enemy and marched with the punitive |
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force that smashed its way to Kabul, blew up
the citadel and burnt the bazaars. |
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'Rawlinson was now free to return to what he
already considered his life's work - the solving of |
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the riddle of the Behistun Stone. In 1843, he
obtained the post of Political Agent for the East |
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India Company in Turkish Arabia and was later
appointed Consul at Baghdad. |
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'Rawlinson's second attack on the Behistun
Stone was infinitely more difficult than the first. So |
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far
he had copied only half the 15,000 characters of the Persian version. For
that half he had |
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the benefit of a ledge 6ft. wide. It narrowed
off almost to nothing at the left where a cleft |
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separated the Persian from the Susan text. An
earlier French expedition had abandoned hope of |
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copying the inscription from narrow ledges with
scarcely a foothold, and had gone home. Even |
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the mountain men, accustomed to scaling the
steepest cliffs, declared the task impossible. |
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'Rawlinson arrived at the base of the cliff
with ladders, pulleys and ropes early in 1846. First he |
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completed copying the Persian text. On the
extreme left, the ledge was only 18 inches wide. |
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With ropes attached to himself he pulled up a
ladder. He dared not extend it to its full height, |
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because that would not give enough slope for
climbing. With a reasonable margin of safety the |
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top of the ladder was still several feet short
of the top of the script. Rawlinson was forced to |
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stand on the top rung with no other support
than the steadying effect of his left arm pressed |
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gently against the cliff face while holding his
notebook. With pencil in right hand, poised over a |
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sheer drop of several hundred feet, Rawlinson
began to copy the inscription, watched breath- |
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lessly by his friends on the plain below. As he
worked down the ladder, he was able to add |
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"squeezes" or impressions to his notes. |
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'With the Persian text finished Rawlinson
turned to the Susan. To reach this he had to cross a |
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chasm to an even narrower ledge. Rawlinson
bridged the gulf with his ladder laid on edge, one |
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end held by a jittery assistant. He set out to
cross it with his feet on the lower support and his |
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hands on the upper. Half way across there was a
rending of wood. The lower support splintered |
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and fell to the rocks below, leaving Rawlinson
clinging desperately to the other by his hands. |
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Fortunately
the wood held. His assistant kept his nerve. Rawlinson scrambled to safety.
Next |
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time he did not rely on ladders but took a
plank up too. With the plank, he crossed the cleft |
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easily and was able to copy what was revealed
later as the Susan text. |
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'The Babylonian version, however, completely
defied him. It was carved on the face of an over- |
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hanging
boulder to which there appeared to be no access. Cragsmen, accustomed to
chasing |
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mountain goats over difficult parts of the
cliff, said the stone was unapproachable. Rawlinson, |
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however, gave a Kurdish boy a large bribe to
make the attempt. On the left of the overhanging |
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Babylon
rock was a cleft. The boy squeezed to the top where he drove in a wooden peg.
He |
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tied a rope to himself and to the peg. Like a
human pendulum, he tried to swing across the rock |
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to the cleft on the other side. He failed to
reach the right hand cleft and swung back. With the |
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rope round him, he then set out to cross the
smooth face of the Babylon rock. With bare toes |
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and fingers clinging to tiny irregularities in
the cliff face, he crossed the rock to drive in another |
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peg,
to which he fixed the other end of his rope, thus making a loop across the
boulder. The |
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rope would not hold Rawlinson, so he bribed the
boy further to take "squeezes" or impressions |
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of the carved
inscriptions. |
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'With complete copies of the triple cuneiform
inscription, Rawlinson's next task was to decipher |
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it. His first two paragraphs sent to England
some years earlier had only been of kings and their |
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titles. The narrative of the rest was more
difficult. While on his first trip to Persia, Rawlinson |
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had improved his knowledge not only of the
Persian language in common use, but also of its |
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dialects. The most ancient dialect was Zend.
Rawlinson applied this to the cuneiform characters |
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and found many of them related. Slowly, he
translated the whole of the Persian text to reveal |
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for the first time the genealogy of Darius and
how he overthrew a number of usurpers to |
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consolidate Persia into the mighty power that
only the tenacity of the Greeks at Marathon could |
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stop. |
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'Once the Persian version was translated, the
way was open to translate the other unknown |
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tongues. Rawlinson himself headed the team that
revealed the Babylonian language. Another |
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team of experts cracked the Susan version. The
mighty Darius had decided the whole world |
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should
always admire his prowess so he decreed that teams of workers should chisel
his story |
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on
undying stone in the three principal languages so all could read. Darius went
the way of all |
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men.
His deeds and his languages were forgotten. Generations passed heedlessly by
the great |
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stone, till Rawlinson came and revealed its
secret once more. |
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'By now Rawlinson was famous. The British
Museum made him a grant to continue the Assyrian |
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and
Babylonian excavations begun by [Austen Henry] Layard. He became an M.P.,
then |
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received the K.C.B. and a Crown directorship of
the East India Company. He was appointed a |
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member of the first India Council when the
government of India was transferred to the Crown |
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after
the great mutiny, and he continued to serve on the Council till his death,
save for a |
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brief spell as envoy extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to Persia. In 1891 he was made |
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a baronet. Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bart., died in
his London home on March 5, 1895. |
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His son, Henry Seymour Rawlinson, rose to even
greater honour. He commanded the Fourth Army |
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which smashed the Germans at Amiens on August
8, 1918, and started the landslide that led to |
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victory and the armistice of November 11. A
grateful nation gave him £30,000 and made him |
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Baron Rawlinson.' |
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Sir John Chandos Reade, 7th baronet |
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Sir John Chandos Reade's children consisted of
a son, Compton, and three daughters, one of |
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whom
is described as being an imbecile. Whilst at Oxford University, Compton fell
into debt |
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and
Sir John declined to pay off his son's debts, unless the son joined him in
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entail of the estate. Compton predeceased his
father, as did two of his three daughters, with |
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the imbecile daughter outliving him. |
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According
to an article in 'The Washington Post' of 23 January 1915, Sir John, who
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apparently somewhat of a drinker, in a fit of
rage struck his butler a blow which knocked the |
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unfortunate man down the stairs, breaking his
neck. This deed was witnessed by a footman |
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named John Wakefield, who shortly after the
death of the butler was appointed in his place. |
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No
inquest was held into the death of the butler for three months, and then only
at the |
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insistence of the butler's widow. When the
corpse was exhumed for an autopsy, it was found |
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that the body was in such a state of
decomposition that only an open verdict was possible. |
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The body was thereupon returned to its grave
and the widow, embittered by her failure to |
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achieve justice, erected a headstone which read
'It was a mortal hand that did the deed.' |
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After the death of the butler, Sir John sealed
himself within the confines of his property at |
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Shipton Court in Oxfordshire, shunning all
friends and relations, and restricting himself |
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entirely to the society of Wakefield, from whom
he was never seen apart. When Sir John |
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died in 1868, it was found that Sir John had
bequeathed all of his property to Wakefield, on |
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the conditions that Wakefield change his name
to Reade and that he care for Sir John's |
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imbecile daughter. Not surprisingly, a few
eyebrows were raised over the terms of the will. |
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Miss Reade, being an imbecile and under the
care of the former Wakefield, failed to oppose |
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the will and probate was granted. The baronetcy
was inherited by Sir John's grand-nephew, |
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who was an officer in the Indian Army. When he
returned to England some years later, he |
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he attempted to secure a revocation of probate,
but was unable to do so. |
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On the death of the 8th baronet in 1890, the
baronetcy went to the American-born Sir |
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George Compton Reade, who was advised that he
could take no steps to recover the estate |
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during the lifetime of the 7th baronet's
imbecile daughter. She finally died in November 1897, |
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just six weeks before the expiration of the
Statute of Limitations, which barred all claims |
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against property which had been in the
occupant's possession for 30 years. By the time the |
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8th baronet heard of her death, the 30 years
had expired and it was then too late to |
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commence any proceedings. |
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Sir John David Rees, 1st baronet |
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Sir John died from injuries received when he
fell from a train in 1922. The following edited |
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report is taken from 'The Times' of 5 June 1922:- |
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'A verdict of "Accidental death" was
returned on Saturday at the inquest on the body of Sir |
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J.D.Rees, M.P. for East Nottingham, who died in
Chesterfield hospital from injuries received |
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through falling from the night express while
travelling from London to Scotland early on Friday. |
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'Maurice Buckles, a shunter on the Midland
Railway, said that on Friday morning [2 June 1922] |
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he was told that one of the doors of the Scotch
express was open. The train was stationary |
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at the time. He went to close the door, which
was that of a third-class carriage on the |
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opposite side to the corridor. The compartment
was empty. There was some luggage on the |
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rack and a pillow and rug on the seat. The rug
was thrown back as if someone had been lying |
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down and had got up. The train attendant told
him that there had been a passenger in the |
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compartment. |
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'George Augustus Mills, guard in charge of the
express, said that the train was pulled up just |
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after passing through Chesterfield. |
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'The Coroner - Is it possible that the door of
the compartment might have been only half |
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closed, and that the passenger, looking out of
the window, might have pushed it open? - I do |
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not think so; the lock would not permit of
that. The lock was in perfect working order. |
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Answering Lady Rees, the witness said that
there were no signs of any struggle. |
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'Cecil Harry Harnden, train attendant, said
that he checked the tickets after passing Bedford, |
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about 12.45 a.m. At that time there was a man
in the compartment in question lying asleep |
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on the seat, with a rug over him. He was
sleeping soundly, and the witness had to wake him |
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to see his ticket. He was quite sure that every
door was fastened, and the handles turned |
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when the train left Trent. There was no stop
between Trent and where the train was pulled up |
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beyond Chesterfield. |
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'The Coroner - If the deceased had wakened in a
sleepy condition, is it possible that he |
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opened the door thinking it led into the
corridor? - It is possible, but not probable, because he |
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would have to double turn the catch on the
outside door before it would open. Lady Rees |
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said she had never known her husband to walk in
his sleep. |
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'In reply to the Coroner, Lady Rees said that
Sir John was singularly unobservant of anything |
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in the way of mechanical contrivances. He
always muddled them, and it was quite a joke in |
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the family. He seemed to have no mechanical
feeling at all. |
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'Arthur Edward Payne, a parcels porter, said
that he found Sir John Rees about one hundred |
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yards beyond the end of Chesterfield platform
in the six-foot way. He was in a sitting position. |
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He said he was in great pain and added,
"Move me away from here; get me away somewhere." |
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He had a gash on the top of his head, and was
taken to Chesterfield Hospital. A slipper, a cap, |
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and 7s 9d in silver and copper were found on
the line. Sir John Rees said nothing as to how he |
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came to fall out of the train. Dr. J.C.Adam
said that death was due to shock following the |
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injuries received. |
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'The Coroner, in returning his verdict, said
that there was no evidence of how Sir John Rees |
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fell from the carriage. He might have awakened,
and in a semi-dazed condition, opened the |
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outside door thinking that he was going into
the corridor.' |
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For information regarding Sir John's odd will,
see the next following note. |
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Sir Richard Lodowick Edward Montagu Rees, 2nd
baronet |
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Sir Richard was the defendant in a curious will
case in 1925. His father, Sir John Rees, 1st |
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baronet, converted to Roman Catholicism before
the birth of his son Richard. Immediately after |
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his birth Richard was baptized as a Roman
Catholic, and yet Sir John inserted a clause in his will |
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which disqualified participation in the income
of his estate of any person who practised or |
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professed the Roman Catholic religion.
Accordingly, the trustees of Sir John's will sought a Court |
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ruling as to whether the son, Sir Richard, was
entitled to inherit under the will. The following |
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report appeared in "The Times" of 11 June
1925:- |
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'The
plaintiffs, who were the trustees of the will of Sir John David Rees, who
died on June 2, |
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1922, asked the Court on this originating
summons whether, on the true construction of the |
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will dated August 25, 1904, the defendant Sir
Richard Ludowich Montague Edward Rees was |
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entitled from the time of his attaining the age
of 25 years to have paid to him the income of the |
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son's trust fund in the said will mentioned
during his life until he should charge such life interest. |
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'The
defendant was the only son of the testator, and under his father's will he
became entitled, |
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on attaining 25 years of age, to the income
from half of the residuary estate, which was of the |
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value of £74,500. The testator was baptized a
Protestant, but he became a Roman Catholic |
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shortly before his marriage with the defendant
Lady Rees in 1891. The defendant Sir Richard |
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Rees, the present baronet, was born on April 4,
1900, and was taken to be baptized by the |
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testator and his wife within the prescribed
week of his birth under the regulations of the Roman |
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Catholic Church in the private chapel of the
Earl of Abingdon, Wytham Abbey. |
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'Sir
J.D. Rees, by his will in 1904, inserted the following forfeiture clause:
"I direct that if and |
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whenever
any person (other than my said wife) entitled under this my will, in
possession for |
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his or her life or any less interest to the
income of my residuary estate or any part thereof, |
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shall profess or practise the Roman Catholic
religion his or her right to receive such income |
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shall cease," and he added: "It being
my wish that my dearest son Richard and my dearest |
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daughter Rosemary may be entirely removed
during their education and bringing up from all |
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Roman Catholic influence whatsoever such as
priests, schoolmasters, governesses, nurses, and |
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the like of that persuasion." |
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'Sir
Richard Rees, in an affidavit, stated that he was at a preparatory school at
Winchester, |
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where he attended the Protestant school
services, but as he had been baptized into the Roman |
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Catholic Church he could not be received as a
pupil at Winchester College and he was sent to |
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Eton, where for the 4½ years he regularly
attended the school chapel and was confirmed there |
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as a Protestant. During his holidays he
sometimes attended Mass with his mother when his father |
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was also present. Since leaving Eton he had not
attended regularly at Protestant or Roman |
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Catholic services, but on at least one occasion
he attended Mass with his mother and father. |
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Except so far as he had attended Roman Catholic
services to please his mother he had not |
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professed or practised the Roman Catholic religion. |
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'Mr.
Justice Lawrence, in his judgment, said that the will in the events which
happened was the |
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most extraordinary document that he had ever
seen. The children were brought up after the |
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date of the will to the knowledge of the
testator as Roman Catholics with a Roman Catholic |
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governess and nurse, notwithstanding that the
testator had said in his will that they should be |
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entirely removed from all Roman Catholic
influences. He (his Lordship) could not read the will as |
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a cruel joke on the two children. But the
wording of the forfeiture clause was "shall profess," |
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and the question simply was whether since
attaining 25 years Sir Richard Rees had professed |
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or practised the Roman Catholic religion, and
there was his oath that since he had attained 25 |
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years of age he had not professed or practised
that religion. There was no evidence since then |
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that he had gone to Mass with his mother, and
he not been cross-examined. Therefore he (his |
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Lordship) held as a fact that he had not
practised or professed the Roman Catholic religion within |
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the
meaning of the forfeiture clause, and that the trustees ought to pay to him
the income, |
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subject to the conditions as to bankruptcy.
There would be an order to pay it to him until he |
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should practise or profess the Roman Catholic
religion, but the trustees were not to be held |
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liable or responsible for paying the income to
him after either such event unless and until they |
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received express notice of such event." |
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Sir James Herbert Renals, 2nd baronet |
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The first baronet was so created following his
year as Lord Mayor of London in 1894-1895. He |
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was succeeded by his son who was rather less
successful in his civil duties, and who appeared |
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in the
courts on several occasions. |
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In
November 1914, Sir James was charged with making a false statement "as
to the moral |
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character of one Marcus Barthropp, intending it
to be used for the purpose of the entry of the |
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said Barthropp into His Majesty's military
forces" - in other words, a false reference. On the |
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strength of Renals' reference, Barthropp was
granted a commission in the Army, but he was |
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subsequently recognised as a person who had
been convicted of fraud on many occasions, and |
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was kicked out of the Army. On the basis that
Renals' statement as to Barthropp's moral |
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character was knowingly incorrect, Renals was
hauled into court where he was fined £20. |
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He was again in trouble the following January,
when he was charged with conspiracy to defraud |
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the
public by means of a bogus money-lending scheme. His co-defendant was a man
named |
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Henry Mather, alias Walter Furnald, who had a
long history of fraudulent activity in America. |
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While there appears to be little doubt that
Renals was guilty, he was acquitted after the jury |
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failed to agree on a verdict. In discharging
Renals, the Recorder at the Old Bailey commented |
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that he had no doubt that an addiction to
strong drink was the cause of Renals' downfall. |
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When he died in 1927, the following obituary
(which tactfully omits to mention his visits to the |
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courts) appeared in 'The Observer' of 10 April
1927:- |
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'It has just become publicly known at Brighton
that a baronet, Sir James Herbert Renals, son |
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of the late Sir Joseph Renals, who was Lord
Mayor of London in the year 1894-1895, recently |
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died in the Brighton Poor Law Institution after
an unequal struggle against poverty in one of the |
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poorest streets in Brighton. |
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'Sir James, who was fifty-six years of age, had
been a Lieutenant of the City of London and a |
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member of the Fruiterers' Company. |
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'The fact that a man of such antecedents had
been living in an obscure locality was not known |
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until after his death. Sir James, who did not
use the title, had been seeking to support his wife |
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and a family of six young children by means of
canvassing for advertisements. Recently he had |
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found trade very slack. He appeared to be on
the verge of starvation, and had to seek parish |
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relief. |
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'A good deal of mystery surrounds his career,
but it is known that for some time he had been |
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estranged from members of his family. He was
educated at Chigwell Grammar School, and at a |
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comparatively early age went to South Africa
where, it is said, he held responsible positions in |
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connection with a big group of gold mines. At
about the time of the death of his father, some |
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twenty years ago, he returned to this country.
Hopes which he had entertained that he would |
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inherit a large fortune are stated to have been
disappointed. He offered himself for service as a |
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transport driver during the Great War, but was
rejected on medical grounds. Later he was |
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engaged at the White City as a supervisor in
the preparation of tents for military service.' |
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The special remainder to the baronetcy of White
(later Ridley) created in 1756 |
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From the "London Gazette" of 27 April
1756 (issue 9578, page 5):- |
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'The King has been pleased to grant unto
Matthew White, of Blagston in the County of North- |
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umberland, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body
lawfully begotten, and in Default of such Issue, |
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to the Heirs Male of the Body of Elizabeth,
Sister to the said Matthew White now the Wife of |
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Matthew Ridley, of Heaton in the said County of
Northumberland, Esq; lawfully begotten, the |
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Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great
Britain.' |
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Sir James Rivers, 8th baronet |
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According to the 'Aberdeen Journal' of 16
October 1805:- |
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'A shocking accident happened in the
neighbourhood of Enniskillen on the 27th of last month. |
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As Capt. Sir James Rivers, Bart., of the 3rd
Dragoon Guards, was out on a shooting party at |
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Nixon-hall, in company with Capt. Fancott and
Capt. Platt, of the 50th regiment, Sir James's |
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gun unfortunately went off and killed him
almost instantaneously. He is much and deservedly |
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lamented.' |
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Sir Henry Rivers, 9th baronet and his daughter,
Louisa |
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Neither
Sir Henry nor his daughter Louisa appeared to be over fond of children, as is
evidenced |
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by two newspaper reports; the first appearing
in the "Champion and Weekly Herald" on 5 March |
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1837:- |
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'Assize Intelligence - Winchester, Feb 28 - Rex
v. The Rev. Sir Henry Rivers, Bart. Assault by a |
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Clergyman.
- This was an indictment against the defendant for having assaulted a boy, of
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name
of George Mitchell - From the evidence it would seem, that on the 15th of
June last, |
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George Mitchell, who was only twelve years of
age, accompanied by other little boys, who were |
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not so old as himself, went to bathe in the
river Itchen, about two miles from Winchester, at |
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a spot called the Ten Hatches, which is about
eighty-five yards from the footpath. The |
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defendant was on the opposite side of the
river, but at some distance above the hatches; he |
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was fishing; after some time he approached
nearer to the boys, and made some sign to them |
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which alarmed them, and they caught up their
clothes and ran off towards their homes; Mitchell |
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had to cross a bridge, and he had no sooner
done so than the defendant, who had run in the |
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same direction, came up, knocked him down, and
kicked him; he was so much injured that he |
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could not walk, but was carried to a house in
the neighbourhood: the father of the boy went |
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to Sir Henry Rivers, who still continued
fishing, to remonstrate with him, when Sir Henry called |
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him a fool, and said he would serve the boy
worse if he caught him there again; two surgeons |
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who afterwards saw the boy said the injury was
a superficial bruise on the hip, and one of |
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them prescribed eight leeches. |
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'It was admitted for the defendant that it was
an assault, but contended that the boys were |
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running naked near where Miss Rivers was
standing, and that the defendant was so much |
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exasperated that he had chastised the boy. The
Jury found the defendant guilty, and he was |
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sentenced to pay a fine of £10 to the King.' |
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The second report appeared in "The Sunday
Times" of 29 August 1869:- |
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'Another charge of assault was preferred
against Miss Louisa Rivers, daughter of the late Sir |
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Henry Rivers, Bart., formerly rector of Martyr
Worthy, near Winchester, at the Winchester Petty |
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Sessions on Wednesday. Two former convictions
have been obtained against the lady, and on |
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the last occasion she was fined £5 and
threatened with imprisonment if brought before the |
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magistrates again. The defendant was now
charged with having knocked down a girl named |
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Harriet Barfoot, aged 13, this being the second
time that the same child had been assaulted by |
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Miss Rivers. The evidence of three persons was
taken to substantiate the charge - that of the |
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complainant herself, of one of the latter's
companions, named Emily Seymour, who was with her |
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at the time, and of Mr. Judd. From their
statements it appeared that on Monday Miss Rivers |
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went up to the complainant in High Street,
Winchester, and, without having received any |
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provocation, knocked her down by giving her a
blow in the side. The blow was so severe that |
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for a time the child was rendered insensible.
Throughout the proceedings Miss Rivers continually |
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denounced the witnesses as liars, and conducted
herself in a strange manner, and the magis- |
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strates
eventually decided upon remanding her for further inquiry. The object of the
remand |
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was
understood to be to obtain medical evidence as to the state of Miss Rivers'
mind. She is |
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believed to be insane, and should such be
proved to be the case she will doubtless be sent to |
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a lunatic asylum.' |
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Sir James Francis Rivers, 10th baronet |
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Sir James was convicted in October 1852 of
assaulting two railway officials. The following |
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report of the case is taken from the 'Daily
News' of 21 October 1852:- |
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'The Bath magistrates were employed for some
time on Tuesday in hearing charges of assault |
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preferred by two of the officials in the employ
of the Great Western Railway Company. The |
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complainants were Isaac Crew, a a railway
porter, and Samuel Haines, a railway policeman, the |
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latter of whom appeared with his hand bound up.
Great interest was excited by the case, and |
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the court was crowded. Mr. Williams, of the
firm of Taylor and Williams, solicitors, appeared |
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for the defendant. The circumstances of the two
cases being connected, the bench decided |
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upon hearing all the evidence before giving
judgment. |
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'From the statements of the complainants, which
were corroborated by respectable witnesses, |
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it appeared that on Saturday evening, the 16th
instant, Sir James Rivers drove to the Bath |
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railway station in a dog cart, with a pair of
horses, and pulled up to await the arrival of the 7 |
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o'clock train, upon the ground usually occupied
by the omnibuses. The complainant, Crew, |
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subsequently went up to him and requested him
to remove, so that the omnibuses might back |
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in, at the same time pointing out to him the
place set apart for private carriages. Sir James |
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replied that he should not move to please
anybody, at the same time using abusive language |
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and telling witness that it was Saturday night,
and that he was drunk. Crew left, but as the |
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omnibuses were arriving, presently went again
to defendant, and told him he must please to |
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move, and, at the same time, he put his hand on
the hind part of one of the horses. Sir James |
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immediately
struck him violently across the hand with his whip, and swore that he had
wished |
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he had hit his hand off. The other complainant,
Haines, afterwards went to defendant, and |
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requested him to move, as he was occupying the
place of the omnibuses. Defendant said he |
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would not move for any policeman, and after
repeating his request the witness laid hold of the |
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horses bits to lead them on. Sir James
immediately stood upon the box and lashed the horses |
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furiously
for the purpose of riding over the policeman, who said that he had not
been |
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accustomed to horses, and pushed those of
defendant back into the breeching every time |
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they reared, he must have been thrown down and
rode over. Finding himself unable to |
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drive the horses over the witness, Sir James
leaned over the splash-board and belaboured |
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him across the head, shoulders and hands with
the butt end of his whip. Witness then let go |
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his hold, and afterwards, whilst standing on
the steps leading to the railway station, the |
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defendant came up to him and struck him a
violent blow in his stomach with his fist. He had |
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been unable to attend to his duties since the
assault from the injuries he had received, and |
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had spit blood ever since. |
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'For the defence, it was attempted to be shown
that Sir James was provoked to the assault; |
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and his servant stated that the policeman put
his hand on his breast before he struck him in |
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the stomach. |
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'The magistrates having consulted together, the
mayor….addressing the defendant, said the |
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magistrates had had no hesitation whatever in
coming to a decision in this matter, which was |
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very discreditable to him. For the first
offence he was fined 50s and costs, or in default to be |
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committed for one month; and for the second
assault, which was more serious, he was fined |
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in the full penalty of £5 and costs, or in
default to be committed for two months. His worship |
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also said he must warn him, that if he went on
committing assaults of this kind he would be |
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liable to be indicted at the sessions, and
committed for two years' imprisonment. For a person |
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of his rank, such conduct was most discreditable. |
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'The fines having been paid, the defendant left
the court. It is not long since Sir James was |
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fined
in the same court for furious driving.' |
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The reference to furious driving relates to
another incident which had taken place a month |
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earlier, and for which Sir James had also been
hauled before the Bath police court and fined |
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40s and costs for "furiously driving a
carriage and pair in the London-road, to the danger of |
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the public." |
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Copyright @ 2003-2017
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