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Last updated 20/11/2018 |
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Names of
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have not yet proved succession and, as a |
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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
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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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SETON of Abercorn,Linlithgow |
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3 Jun 1663 |
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Walter Seton |
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20 Feb 1692 |
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20 Feb 1692 |
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Walter
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3 Jan 1708 |
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3 Jan 1708 |
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Henry
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1751 |
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1751 |
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Henry
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29 Jun 1788 |
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29 Jun 1788 |
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Alexander
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4 May 1772 |
4 Feb 1810 |
37 |
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4 Feb 1810 |
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Henry John
Seton |
4 Apr 1796 |
21 Jul 1868 |
72 |
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For information on the death of this baronet, |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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21 Jul 1868 |
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Charles Hay
Seton |
14 Nov 1797 |
11 Jun 1869 |
71 |
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11 Jun 1869 |
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Bruce
Maxwell Seton |
31 Jan 1836 |
12 Mar 1915 |
79 |
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12 Mar 1915 |
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Bruce Gordon
Seton |
13 Oct 1868 |
3 Jul 1932 |
63 |
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3 Jul 1932 |
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Alexander Hay
Seton |
14 Aug 1904 |
7 Feb 1963 |
58 |
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For further information on this baronet,see |
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the note at the foot of this page |
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7 Feb 1963 |
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11 |
Bruce Lovat
Seton |
29 May 1909 |
28 Sep 1969 |
60 |
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28 Sep 1969 |
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Christopher Bruce
Seton |
3 Oct 1909 |
17 Jan 1988 |
78 |
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17 Jan 1988 |
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Iain
Bruce Seton |
27 Aug 1942 |
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SETON of Garleton,Haddington |
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9 Dec 1664 |
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John
Seton |
29 Sep 1639 |
Feb 1686 |
46 |
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Feb 1686 |
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George
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c 1720 |
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c 1720 |
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and the baronetcy was thus forfeited |
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SETON of Windygowl |
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24 Jan 1671 |
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1 |
Robert
Seton |
10 Nov 1641 |
Nov 1671 |
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Extinct on his death |
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Nov 1671 |
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SETON of Pitmedden,Aberdeen |
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15 Jan 1683 |
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Alexander
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29 May 1719 |
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29 May 1719 |
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William
Seton |
6 Mar 1673 |
1744 |
71 |
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MP for Scotland 1707-1708 |
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1744 |
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Alexander
Seton |
19 Jan 1703 |
21 Jul 1750 |
47 |
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21 Jul 1750 |
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William
Seton |
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11 Oct 1774 |
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11 Oct 1774 |
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Archibald
Seton |
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26 May 1775 |
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26 May 1775 |
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William
Seton |
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16 Feb 1818 |
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16 Feb 1818 |
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William
Coote Seton |
19 Dec 1808 |
30 Dec 1880 |
72 |
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30 Dec 1880 |
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James Lumsden
Seton |
1 Sep 1835 |
26 Sep 1884 |
49 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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26 Sep 1884 |
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William
Samuel Seton |
22 May 1837 |
5 Mar 1914 |
76 |
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5 Mar 1914 |
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John Hastings
Seton |
20 Sep 1888 |
21 Jun 1956 |
67 |
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21 Jun 1956 |
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Robert James
Seton |
20 Apr 1926 |
29 Oct 1993 |
67 |
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29 Oct 1993 |
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James
Christall Seton |
21 Jan 1913 |
4 Apr 1998 |
85 |
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4 Apr 1998 |
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Charles Wallace
Seton |
25 Aug 1948 |
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SETON-STEUART of Allanton,Lanark |
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22 May 1815 |
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Henry
Steuart |
20 Oct 1759 |
1836 |
76 |
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For
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in the creation of this baronetcy,see the note |
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at the foot of this page |
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1836 |
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Reginald
Macdonald |
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15 Apr 1838 |
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15 Apr 1838 |
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Henry James Seton-Steuart |
5 Nov 1812 |
6 Dec 1884 |
72 |
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6 Dec 1884 |
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Alan Henry
Seton-Steuart |
23 Apr 1856 |
3 Apr 1913 |
56 |
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3 Apr 1913 |
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Douglas Archibald Seton-Steuart |
20 Aug 1857 |
19 Feb 1930 |
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Extinct on his death |
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19 Feb 1930 |
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SEYLIARD of Delaware,Kent |
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18 Jun 1661 |
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John Sylyard |
c 1613 |
19 Dec 1667 |
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Dec 1667 |
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Thomas Seylyiard |
c 1648 |
4 May 1692 |
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May 1692 |
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Thomas Seylyiard |
c 1673 |
11 Jan 1701 |
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John Seyliard |
25 Jul 1700 |
23 Sep 1701 |
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Extinct on his death |
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Sep 1701 |
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SEYMOUR of Berry Pomeroy,Devon |
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29 Jun 1611 |
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Edward
Seymour |
c 1563 |
11 Apr 1613 |
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MP for Devon 1590,1601 and 1604-1611 |
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11 Apr 1613 |
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Edward
Seymour |
c 1580 |
5 Oct 1659 |
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MP for Penrhyn 1601 and Newport 1604- |
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1611, Lyme Regis 1614, Devon 1621-1622, |
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Callington 1624-1625 and Totnes 1625 |
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5 Oct 1659 |
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Edward
Seymour |
10 Sep 1610 |
7 Dec 1688 |
78 |
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MP for Devon 1640, 1640-1644 and 1660 |
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and Totnes
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7 Dec 1688 |
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Edward
Seymour |
1633 |
17 Feb 1708 |
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MP for Hindon 1661-1679, Devon 1679, |
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Totnes 1679-1681 and 1695-1698, Exeter |
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1685-1695 and 1698-1708. PC 1679 |
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Treasurer of the Navy 1673-1681 |
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17 Feb 1708 |
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Edward
Seymour |
18 Dec 1663 |
29 Dec 1740 |
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MP for West Looe 1690-1695, Totnes 1708- |
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1710 and Great Bedwyn 1710-1715 |
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29 Dec 1740 |
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Edward
Seymour |
17 Jan 1695 |
15 Dec 1757 |
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He subsequently succeeded to the Dukedom |
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of Somerset (qv) in 1750 with which title |
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the
baronetcy remains merged |
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SEYMOUR of Langley,Bucks |
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4 Jul 1681 |
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1 |
Henry
Seymour |
20 Oct 1674 |
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MP for East Looe 1699-1713 |
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Apr 1714 |
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Extinct on his death |
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SEYMOUR of High Mount,Limerick |
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31 May 1809 |
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SEYMOUR of the Army |
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28 Oct 1869 |
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Francis
Seymour |
2 Aug 1813 |
10 Jul 1890 |
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10 Jul 1890 |
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Albert Victor Francis Seymour |
1 Dec 1887 |
2 May 1949 |
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2 May 1949 |
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SHAEN of Kilmore,Roscommon |
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7 Feb 1663 |
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James
Shaen |
by 1629 |
13 Dec 1695 |
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13 Dec 1695 |
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Arthur
Shaen |
after 1650 |
24 Jun 1725 |
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24 Jun 1725 |
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SHAKERLEY of Somerford Hall,Cheshire |
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30 Jul 1838 |
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Charles Peter
Shakerley |
27 Dec 1792 |
14 Sep 1857 |
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14 Sep 1857 |
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Charles Watkin
Shakerley |
27 Mar 1833 |
20 Oct 1898 |
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20 Oct 1898 |
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Walter Geoffrey
Shakerley |
26 Nov 1859 |
11 Jan 1943 |
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11 Jan 1943 |
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George Herbert
Shakerley |
27 Sep 1863 |
7 Aug 1945 |
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7 Aug 1945 |
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Cyril Holland
Shakerley |
28 Feb 1897 |
21 Aug 1970 |
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21 Aug 1970 |
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Geoffrey Adam
Shakerley |
9 Dec 1932 |
3 Dec 2012 |
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3 Dec 2012 |
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Nicholas Simon Adam Shakerley |
20 Dec 1963 |
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SHAKESPEARE of Lakenham,Norfolk |
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11 Jul 1942 |
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Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare |
23 Sep 1893 |
8 Sep 1980 |
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MP for Norwich 1929-1945.
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8 Sep 1980 |
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William Geoffrey Shakespeare |
12 Oct 1927 |
12 Mar 1996 |
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12 Mar 1996 |
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Thomas William Shakespeare |
11 May 1966 |
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SHARP of Scotscraig,Fife |
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21 Apr 1683 |
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SHARP of Heckmondwike,Yorks |
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28 Jun 1920 |
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Milton Sheridan
Sharp |
30 Jan 1856 |
22 May 1924 |
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22 May 1924 |
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Milton
Sharp |
22 Apr 1880 |
17 Dec 1941 |
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17 Dec 1941 |
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Milton
Reginald Sharp |
21 Nov 1909 |
4 May 1996 |
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4 May 1996 |
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Sheridan Christopher Robin Sharp |
25 Apr 1936 |
4 Dec 2014 |
78 |
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4 Dec 2014 |
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Fabian Alexander Sebastian Sharp |
5 Nov 1973 |
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SHARP of Warden Court,Maidstone,Kent |
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23 Jun 1922 |
UK |
1 |
Edward
Sharp |
13 May 1854 |
23 Aug 1931 |
77 |
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23 Aug 1931 |
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Herbert
Edward Sharp |
25 Apr 1879 |
16 Jun 1936 |
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16 Jun 1936 |
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Edward
Herbert Sharp |
3 Dec 1927 |
4 Nov 1985 |
57 |
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4 Nov 1985 |
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Adrian
Sharp |
17 Sep 1951 |
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SHAW of Eltham,Kent |
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15 Apr 1665 |
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SHAW of Greenock,Renfrew |
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28 Jun 1687 |
NS |
1 |
John
Shaw |
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16 Apr 1693 |
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16 Apr 1693 |
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John
Shaw |
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John
Shaw |
c 1679 |
5 Apr 1752 |
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SHAW of Kilmarnock,Ayr |
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21 Sep 1809 |
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1 |
James
Shaw |
26 Aug 1764 |
22 Oct 1843 |
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22 Oct 1843 |
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He obtained a new patent in 1813 - |
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SHAW of Kilmarnock,Ayr |
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14 Jan 1813 |
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1 |
James
Shaw |
26 Aug 1764 |
22 Oct 1843 |
79 |
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This creation contained a special remainder,quoted |
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in the London Gazette (issue 16676,page 2420) as |
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of His Majesty,to grant the dignity of a Baronet of |
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the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
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unto Sir James Shaw,of Kilmarnock in the County |
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of Ayr,and Polmadie, in the Stewartry of |
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Kirkcudbright, and to the heirs male of his body |
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lawfully begotten,with remainder to John Shaw, |
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of Whitehall-place,in the City of Westminster,and |
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of Kilmarnock,in the County of Ayr, Esq.,nephew |
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of the said Sir James Shaw,and to the heirs male |
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of his body lawfully begotten." |
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22 Oct 1843 |
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John
Shaw |
c 1788 |
19 Nov 1868 |
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19 Nov 1868 |
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SHAW of Bushy Park,co.Dublin |
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17 Aug 1821 |
UK |
1 |
Robert
Shaw |
29 Jan 1774 |
10 Mar 1849 |
75 |
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MP for Dublin
1804-1826 |
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10 Mar 1849 |
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Robert
Shaw |
28 Sep 1796 |
19 Feb 1869 |
72 |
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19 Feb 1869 |
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Frederick
Shaw |
11 Dec 1799 |
30 Jun 1876 |
76 |
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MP for
Dublin 1830-1831 and 1831-1832 |
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and Dublin University 1832-1848. PC [I] |
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1835 |
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30 Jun 1876 |
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Robert
Shaw |
3 Aug 1821 |
16 May 1895 |
73 |
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16 May 1895 |
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Frederick
William Shaw |
15 Mar 1858 |
15 Jul 1927 |
69 |
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15 Jul 1927 |
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Robert de
Vere Shaw |
24 Feb 1890 |
26 Mar 1969 |
79 |
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26 Mar 1969 |
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Robert
Shaw |
31 Jan 1925 |
18 Dec 2002 |
77 |
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18 Dec 2002 |
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Charles de Vere
Shaw |
1 Mar 1957 |
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SHAW of Wolverhampton,Warwicks |
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30 Nov 1908 |
UK |
1 |
Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw |
11 Sep 1859 |
17 Apr 1942 |
82 |
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MP for Stafford 1892-1911 |
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17 Apr 1942 |
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Extinct on his death |
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SHAW-STEWART of Blackhall and |
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Greenock,Renfrew |
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27 Mar 1667 |
NS |
1 |
Archibald
Stewart |
c 1635 |
c 1722 |
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Archibald
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Apr 1724 |
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Michael
Stewart |
c 1712 |
20 Oct 1796 |
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20 Oct 1796 |
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John
Shaw-Stewart |
c 1740 |
7 Aug 1812 |
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MP for Renfrewshire 1780-1783 and 1786-1796 |
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7 Aug 1812 |
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Michael
Shaw-Stewart |
10 Feb 1766 |
25 Aug 1825 |
59 |
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Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1822-1825 |
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25 Aug 1825 |
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Michael
Shaw-Stewart |
4 Oct 1788 |
19 Dec 1836 |
48 |
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MP for
Lanarkshire 1827-1830 and |
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Renfrewshire
1830-1837 |
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19 Dec 1836 |
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Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart |
26 Nov 1826 |
10 Dec 1903 |
77 |
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MP for Renfrewshire 1855-1865. Lord |
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Lieutenant Renfrew 1869-1903 |
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10 Dec 1903 |
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Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart |
11 Jul 1854 |
29 Jun 1942 |
87 |
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MP for Renfrewshire East 1886-1906. Lord |
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Lieutenant Renfrew 1922-1942 |
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29 Jun 1942 |
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Walter Guy Shaw-Stewart |
10 Aug 1892 |
26 Apr 1976 |
83 |
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Lord Lieutenant Renfrew 1950-1967 |
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26 Apr 1976 |
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Euan Guy Shaw-Stewart |
11 Oct 1928 |
30 Jan 1980 |
51 |
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30 Jan 1980 |
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Houston Mark Shaw-Stewart |
24 Apr 1931 |
21 Feb 2004 |
72 |
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21 Feb 2004 |
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Ludovic Houston Shaw-Stewart |
12 Nov 1986 |
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SHEAFFE of Boston,Massachusetts |
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16 Jan 1813 |
UK |
1 |
Roger Hale
Sheaffe |
15 Jul 1763 |
17 Jul 1851 |
88 |
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17 Jul 1851 |
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SHEE of Dunmore,Galway |
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22 Jan 1794 |
I |
1 |
George
Shee |
Jan 1754 |
3 Feb 1825 |
71 |
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3 Feb 1825 |
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George
Shee |
14 Jun 1785 |
25 Jan 1870 |
84 |
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25 Jan 1870 |
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SHEFFIELD of Normanby,Lincs |
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1 Mar 1755 |
GB |
1 |
Charles
Sheffield |
c 1706 |
5 Sep 1774 |
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5 Sep 1774 |
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John
Sheffield |
c 1743 |
4 Feb 1815 |
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4 Feb 1815 |
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Robert
Sheffield |
c 1758 |
26 Feb 1815 |
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26 Feb 1815 |
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4 |
Robert
Sheffield |
25 Feb 1786 |
7 Nov 1862 |
76 |
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7 Nov 1862 |
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5 |
Robert
Sheffield |
8 Dec 1823 |
23 Oct 1886 |
62 |
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23 Oct 1886 |
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6 |
Berkeley Digby George Sheffield |
19 Jan 1876 |
26 Nov 1946 |
70 |
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MP for Brigg 1907-1910 and 1922-1929 |
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26 Nov 1946 |
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Robert
Arthur Sheffield |
18 Oct 1905 |
2 Jun 1977 |
71 |
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2 Jun 1977 |
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8 |
Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield |
9 May 1946 |
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SHELLEY of Michelgrove,Sussex |
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22 May 1611 |
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1 |
John
Shelley |
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c 1644 |
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2 |
Charles
Shelley |
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1681 |
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John
Shelley |
after 1662 |
25 Apr 1703 |
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25 Apr 1703 |
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4 |
John
Shelley |
6 Mar 1692 |
6 Sep 1771 |
79 |
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MP for
Arundel 1727-1741 and Lewes |
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1743-1747 |
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6 Sep 1771 |
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John
Shelley |
c 1730 |
11 Sep 1783 |
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MP for East
Retford 1751-1758 and |
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Newark 1768-1774.
PC 1766 |
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11 Sep 1783 |
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6 |
John
Shelley |
3 Mar 1772 |
28 Mar 1852 |
80 |
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MP for Helston 1806 and Lewes 1816-1831 |
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28 Mar 1852 |
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7 |
John
Villiers Shelley |
18 Mar 1808 |
28 Jan 1867 |
58 |
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MP for Gatton 1830-1831,Grimsby 1831-1832 |
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and Westminster 1852-1865 |
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28 Jan 1867 |
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8 |
Frederic
Shelley |
5 May 1809 |
19 Mar 1869 |
59 |
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19 Mar 1869 |
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9 |
John
Shelley |
31 Aug 1848 |
29 Mar 1931 |
82 |
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29 Mar 1931 |
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John Frederick
Shelley |
14 Oct 1884 |
8 Mar 1976 |
91 |
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8 Mar 1976 |
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John Richard
Shelley |
18 Jan 1943 |
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SHELLEY of Castle Goring,Sussex |
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3 Mar 1806 |
UK |
1 |
Bysshe
Shelley |
12 Jun 1731 |
6 Jan 1815 |
83 |
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6 Jan 1815 |
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Timothy
Shelley |
Sep 1753 |
24 Apr 1844 |
90 |
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24 Apr 1844 |
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Percy
Florence Shelley |
12 Nov 1819 |
5 Dec 1889 |
70 |
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5 Dec 1889 |
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Edward
Shelley |
10 Dec 1827 |
17 Sep 1890 |
62 |
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17 Sep 1890 |
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5 |
Charles
Shelley |
14 May 1838 |
20 Jul 1902 |
64 |
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20 Jul 1902 |
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John Courtown Edward Shelley (Shelley-Rolls |
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from
1917) |
5 Aug 1871 |
18 Feb 1951 |
79 |
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18 Feb 1951 |
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Percy
Bysshe Shelley |
24 Jun 1872 |
24 Sep 1953 |
81 |
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24 Sep 1953 |
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Sidney
Patrick Shelley |
18 Jan 1880 |
25 Jul 1965 |
85 |
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25 Jul 1965 |
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William
Philip Sidney |
23 May 1909 |
5 Apr 1991 |
81 |
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He had previously been created Viscount |
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de L'Isle (qv) in 1956 with which title the |
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baronetcy
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SHELLEY-SIDNEY of Penshurst Place,Kent |
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12 Dec 1818 |
UK |
1 |
John Shelley-Sidney |
18 Dec 1771 |
14 Mar 1849 |
77 |
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14 Mar 1849 |
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Philip Charles Sidney |
11 Mar 1800 |
4 Mar 1851 |
50 |
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He had previously been created Baron |
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de L'Isle
and Dudley (qv) in 1835 with |
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which title the baronetcy remains merged |
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SHEPPARD of Thornton Hall,Bucks |
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29 Sep 1809 |
UK |
1 |
Thomas Sheppard |
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21 Nov 1821 |
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2 |
Thomas
Sheppard-Cotton |
3 Mar 1785 |
5 Apr 1848 |
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5 Apr 1848 |
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SHEPPERSON of Upwood,Hunts |
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20 Jun 1945 |
UK |
1 |
Sir Ernest Whittome Shepperson |
4 Oct 1874 |
22 Aug 1949 |
74 |
to |
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22 Aug 1949 |
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SHERARD of Lopthorp,Lincs |
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25 May 1674 |
E |
1 |
John
Sherard |
c 1662 |
1 Jan 1725 |
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1 Jan 1725 |
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2 |
Richard
Sherard |
c 1666 |
14 Jun 1730 |
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14 Jun 1730 |
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Brownlow
Sherard |
7 Feb 1668 |
30 Jan 1736 |
67 |
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30 Jan 1736 |
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Brownlow
Sherard |
c 1702 |
25 Nov 1748 |
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25 Nov 1748 |
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SHERBURNE of Stonyhurst,Lancs |
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4 Feb 1686 |
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1 |
Nicholas
Sherburne |
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14 Dec 1717 |
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14 Dec 1717 |
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SHERSTON-BAKER of Dunstable House,Surrey |
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14 May 1796 |
GB |
1 |
Robert Baker |
20 Apr 1754 |
4 Feb 1826 |
71 |
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4 Feb 1826 |
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2 |
Henry Loraine Baker |
3 Jan 1787 |
2 Nov 1859 |
72 |
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2 Nov 1859 |
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3 |
Henry Williams Baker |
27 May 1821 |
12 Feb 1877 |
55 |
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12 Feb 1877 |
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George Edward Dundas Sherston Baker |
19 May 1846 |
15 Mar 1923 |
76 |
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15 Mar 1923 |
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Dodington George Richard Sherston-Baker |
22 Jul 1877 |
18 Nov 1944 |
67 |
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18 Nov 1944 |
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Humphrey Dodington Benedict Sherston- |
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Baker |
13 Oct 1907 |
15 Feb 1990 |
82 |
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15 Feb 1990 |
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Robert George Humphrey Sherston-Baker |
3 Apr 1951 |
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SHIERS of Slyfield,Surrey |
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16 Oct 1684 |
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George
Shiers |
c 1660 |
18 Jul 1685 |
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16 Jul 1685 |
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SHIFFNER of Coombe Place,Sussex |
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16 Dec 1818 |
UK |
1 |
George
Shiffner |
17 Nov 1762 |
Feb 1842 |
79 |
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Feb 1842 |
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Henry
Shiffner |
4 Nov 1788 |
18 Mar 1859 |
70 |
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18 Mar 1859 |
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George
Shiffner |
17 May 1791 |
14 Dec 1863 |
72 |
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14 Dec 1863 |
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George Croxton
Shiffner |
21 Aug 1819 |
23 Jan 1906 |
86 |
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23 Jan 1906 |
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John
Shiffner |
8 Aug 1857 |
5 Apr 1914 |
56 |
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5 Apr 1914 |
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John Bridger
Shiffner |
5 Aug 1899 |
24 Sep 1918 |
19 |
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24 Sep 1918 |
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Henry Burrowes
Shiffner |
29 Jul 1902 |
22 Nov 1941 |
39 |
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22 Nov 1941 |
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Henry
David Shiffner |
2 Feb 1930 |
22 Aug 2018 |
88 |
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22 Aug 2018 |
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Michael George Edward Shiffner |
5 Mar 1963 |
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SHIRLEY of Staunton Harold,Leics |
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22 May 1611 |
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George Shirley |
23 Apr 1559 |
27 Apr 1622 |
63 |
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27 Apr 1622 |
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Henry Shirley |
c 1588 |
8 Feb 1633 |
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8 Feb 1633 |
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Charles Shirley |
9 Sep 1623 |
7 Jun 1646 |
22 |
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7 Jun 1646 |
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Robert Shirley |
1629 |
6 Nov 1656 |
27 |
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6 Nov 1656 |
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Seymour Shirley |
23 Jan 1647 |
16 Jul 1667 |
20 |
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Jan 1668 |
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Robert Shirley |
Jan 1668 |
11 Mar 1669 |
1 |
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Mar 1669 |
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Robert Shirley |
20 Oct 1650 |
25 Dec 1717 |
67 |
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SHIRLEY of Preston,Sussex |
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6 Mar 1666 |
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1 |
Anthony Shirley |
5 Jul 1624 |
22 Jun 1683 |
58 |
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MP for Arundel 1654-1655, Sussex 1656- |
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1658 and Steyning 1659 |
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Jun 1683 |
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Richard Shirley |
c 1655 |
30 Mar 1692 |
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Mar 1692 |
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Richard Shirley |
c 1680 |
1705 |
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1705 |
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SHIRLEY of Oat Hall,Sussex |
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27 Jun 1786 |
GB |
1 |
Thomas Shirley |
30 Dec 1727 |
18 Feb 1800 |
72 |
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Governor of the Bahamas 1767, Dominica |
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1774 and the Leeward Islands 1781 |
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18 Feb 1800 |
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William Warden Shirley |
4 Aug 1772 |
26 Feb 1815 |
42 |
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26 Feb 1815 |
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SHORE of Heathcote,Derby |
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27 Oct 1792 |
GB |
1 |
John Shore |
5 Oct 1751 |
14 Feb 1834 |
82 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Teignmouth (qv) in 1798 with which title |
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extinction in 1981 |
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SHUCKBURGH of Shuckburgh,Warwicks |
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25 Jun 1660 |
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1 |
John Shuckburgh |
1635 |
1661 |
26 |
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1661 |
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2 |
Charles Shuckburgh |
Nov 1659 |
2 Sep 1705 |
45 |
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MP for Warwickshire 1698-1705 |
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2 Sep 1705 |
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3 |
John Shuckburgh |
18 Aug 1683 |
19 Jun 1724 |
40 |
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19 Jun 1724 |
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Stewkley Shuckburgh |
9 Mar 1711 |
10 Mar 1759 |
48 |
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10 Mar 1759 |
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Charles Shuckburgh |
17 Mar 1722 |
10 Aug 1773 |
51 |
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10 Aug 1773 |
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George
Augustus William Shuckburgh |
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(Shuckburgh-Evelyn from Jul 1793) |
23 Aug 1751 |
11 Aug 1804 |
52 |
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MP for Warwickshire 1780-1804 |
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11 Aug 1804 |
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Stewkley Shuckburgh |
c 1760 |
21 Jul 1809 |
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21 Jul 1809 |
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8 |
Francis Shuckburgh |
12 Mar 1789 |
29 Oct 1876 |
87 |
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29 Oct 1876 |
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George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh |
23 Jul 1829 |
12 Jan 1884 |
54 |
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12 Jan 1884 |
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10 |
Stewkley Frederick Draycott Shuckburgh |
20 Jun 1880 |
17 Nov 1917 |
37 |
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17 Nov 1917 |
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Gerald Francis Stewkley Shuckburgh |
28 Feb 1882 |
3 Aug 1939 |
57 |
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3 Aug 1939 |
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12 |
Charles Gerald Stewkley Shuckburgh |
28 Feb 1911 |
4 May 1988 |
77 |
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4 May 1988 |
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Rupert Charles Gerald Shuckburgh |
12 Feb 1949 |
24 Jan 2012 |
62 |
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24 Jan 2012 |
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James Rupert Charles Shuckburgh |
4 Jan 1978 |
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SHUTTLEWORTH of Gawthorpe Hall,Lancs |
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22 Dec 1849 |
UK |
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SIBBALD of Rankelour,Fife |
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24 Jul 1630 |
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21 May 1650 |
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21 May 1650 |
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David Sibbald |
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c 1680 |
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c 1680 |
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SIDNEY of Penshurst,Kent |
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12 Dec 1818 |
UK |
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SILVESTER of Yardley |
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20 May 1815 |
UK |
1 |
John Silvester |
Sep 1745 |
30 Mar 1822 |
76 |
to |
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30 Mar 1822 |
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Extinct on his death |
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SILVESTER of Yardley |
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11 Feb 1822 |
UK |
1 |
John Silvester |
Sep 1745 |
30 Mar 1822 |
76 |
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30 Mar 1822 |
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Philip Carteret Silvester |
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Aug 1828 |
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SIMEON of Chilworth,Oxon |
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18 Oct 1677 |
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1 |
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15 Jan 1709 |
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15 Jan 1709 |
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Edward Simeon |
c 1682 |
22 Dec 1768 |
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22 Dec 1768 |
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SIMEON of Grazeley,Berks |
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22 May 1815 |
UK |
1 |
John Simeon |
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4 Feb 1824 |
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4 Feb 1824 |
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2 |
Richard Godin Simeon |
21 May 1784 |
4 Jan 1854 |
69 |
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MP for Isle of Wight 1832-1837 |
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4 Jan 1854 |
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3 |
John Simeon |
5 Feb 1815 |
21 May 1870 |
55 |
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MP for Isle of Wight 1847-1851 |
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21 May 1870 |
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John Stephen Barrington Simeon |
31 Aug 1850 |
26 Apr 1909 |
58 |
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MP for Southampton 1895-1906 |
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26 Apr 1909 |
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5 |
Edmund Charles Simeon |
11 Dec 1855 |
18 Jun 1915 |
59 |
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18 Jun 1915 |
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6 |
John Walter Barrington Simeon |
Jan 1886 |
24 Jun 1957 |
71 |
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24 Jun 1957 |
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7 |
John Edmund Barrington Simeon |
1 Mar 1911 |
6 Dec 1999 |
88 |
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6 Dec 1999 |
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8 |
Richard Edmund Barrington Simeon |
2 Mar 1943 |
11 Oct 2013 |
70 |
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11 Oct 2013 |
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9 |
Stephen George Barrington Simeon |
29 Oct 1970 |
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SIMPSON of Strathavon,Linlithgow |
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3 Feb 1866 |
UK |
1 |
James Young Simpson |
7 Jun 1811 |
5 May 1870 |
58 |
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5 May 1870 |
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2 |
Walter Grindlay Simpson |
1 Sep 1843 |
29 May 1898 |
54 |
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29 May 1898 |
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3 |
James Walter Mackay Simpson |
6 Sep 1882 |
16 Mar 1924 |
41 |
to |
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16 Mar 1924 |
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SIMPSON of Bradley Hall,Durham |
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1 Feb 1935 |
UK |
1 |
Frank Robert Simpson |
12 Apr 1864 |
29 Apr 1949 |
85 |
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29 Apr 1949 |
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2 |
Basil Robert James Simpson |
13 Feb 1898 |
19 Aug 1968 |
70 |
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19 Aug 1968 |
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3 |
John Cyril Finucane Simpson |
10 Feb 1899 |
21 Dec 1981 |
82 |
to |
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21 Dec 1981 |
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SINCLAIR of Dunbeath,Caithness |
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3 Jan 1631 |
NS |
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John Sinclair |
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c 1652 |
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c 1652 |
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SINCLAIR of Canisbay,Caithness |
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2 Jun 1631 |
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James Sinclair |
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1662 |
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1662 |
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William Sinclair |
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c 1677 |
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James Sinclair |
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c 1710 |
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c 1710 |
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James Sinclair |
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c 1730 |
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c 1730 |
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5 |
James Sinclair |
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4 Oct 1760 |
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4 Oct 1760 |
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6 |
John Sinclair |
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Apr 1774 |
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Apr 1774 |
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7 |
James Sinclair |
31 Oct 1766 |
16 Jul 1823 |
56 |
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He subsequently succeeded to the Earldom |
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of Caithness (qv) in 1789 with which title |
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the baronetcy remains merged |
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SINCLAIR of Longformacus,Berwick |
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10 Dec 1664 |
NS |
1 |
Robert Sinclair |
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1678 |
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1678 |
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2 |
John Sinclair |
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after 1696 |
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after 1696 |
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3 |
Robert Sinclair |
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28 Sep 1727 |
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28 Sep 1727 |
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4 |
John Sinclair |
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5 Dec 1764 |
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5 Dec 1764 |
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5 |
Harry Sinclair |
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25 Jun 1768 |
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25 Jun 1768 |
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6 |
John Sinclair |
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7 Jan 1798 |
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7 Jan 1798 |
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7 |
John Sinclair |
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c 1843 |
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SINCLAIR of Kinnaird,Fife |
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James Sinclair |
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George Sinclair |
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John Sinclair |
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25 Dec 1767 |
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John Sinclair |
1763 |
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SINCLAIR of Dunbeath,Caithness |
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James Sinclair |
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28 Sep 1742 |
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William Sinclair |
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2 Aug 1767 |
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2 Aug 1767 |
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Alexander Sinclair |
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Benjamin Sinclair |
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26 Oct 1796 |
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John Sinclair |
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1 Oct 1842 |
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1 Oct 1842 |
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John Sinclair |
16 Sep 1794 |
21 Apr 1873 |
78 |
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21 Apr 1873 |
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John Rose George Sinclair |
10 Aug 1864 |
3 Nov 1926 |
62 |
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Ronald Norman John Charles Udny Sinclair |
30 Jun 1899 |
19 Oct 1952 |
53 |
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John Rollo Norman Blair Sinclair |
4 Nov 1928 |
10 Mar 1990 |
62 |
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10 Mar 1990 |
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Patrick Robert Richard Sinclair |
21 May 1936 |
5 Mar 2011 |
74 |
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William Robert Francis Sinclair |
27 Mar 1979 |
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SINCLAIR of Ulbster,Caithness |
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14 Feb 1786 |
GB |
1 |
John Sinclair |
10 May 1754 |
21 Dec 1835 |
81 |
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in this creation, see the note at |
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MP for Caithness 1780-1784,1790-1796, |
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1802-1806 and 1807-1811, Lostwithiel |
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1784-1790 and Petersfield 1797-1802 |
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21 Dec 1835 |
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George Sinclair |
23 Aug 1790 |
9 Oct 1868 |
78 |
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MP for Caithness 1811-1812,1818-1820 |
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and 1831-1841 |
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9 Oct 1868 |
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John George Tollemache Sinclair |
8 Nov 1824 |
29 Sep 1912 |
87 |
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MP for Caithness 1869-1885 |
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29 Sep 1912 |
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Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair |
22 Oct 1890 |
15 Jun 1970 |
79 |
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He was subsequently created Viscount |
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Thurso (qv) in 1952 with which title the |
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SINCLAIR-LOCKHART |
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of Stevenston,Haddington |
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18 Jun 1636 |
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John Sinclair |
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John Sinclair |
26 Jul 1642 |
1652 |
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Robert Sinclair |
15 Oct 1643 |
Jul 1713 |
69 |
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John Sinclair |
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1726 |
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1726 |
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Robert Sinclair |
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25 Oct 1754 |
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John Sinclair |
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13 Feb 1789 |
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Robert Sinclair |
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John Gordon Sinclair |
31 Jul 1790 |
12 Nov 1863 |
73 |
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Robert Charles Sinclair |
25 Aug 1820 |
5 May 1899 |
78 |
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5 May 1899 |
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Graeme Alexander Sinclair-Lockhart |
23 Jan 1820 |
20 Mar 1904 |
84 |
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Robert Duncan Sinclair-Lockhart |
12 Nov 1856 |
8 Nov 1919 |
62 |
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Graeme Duncan Power Sinclair-Lockhart |
29 Jan 1897 |
15 Feb 1959 |
62 |
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John Beresford Sinclair-Lockhart |
4 Nov 1904 |
11 Mar 1970 |
65 |
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Muir Edward Sinclair-Lockhart |
23 Jul 1906 |
10 Feb 1985 |
78 |
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Simon John Edward Francis Sinclair-Lockhart |
22 Jul 1941 |
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SITWELL of Renishaw,Derby |
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3 Oct 1808 |
UK |
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Sitwell Sitwell |
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14 Jul 1811 |
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14 Jul 1811 |
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George Sitwell |
20 Apr 1797 |
12 Mar 1853 |
55 |
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Sitwell Reresby Sitwell |
6 Oct 1820 |
12 Apr 1862 |
41 |
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George Reresby Sitwell |
27 Jan 1860 |
8 Jul 1948 |
88 |
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MP for Scarborough 1885-1886 and 1892-95 |
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(Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell |
6 Dec 1892 |
4 May 1969 |
76 |
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CH 1958 |
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4 May 1969 |
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Sacheverell Sitwell |
15 Nov 1897 |
1 Oct 1988 |
90 |
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CH 1984 |
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1 Oct 1988 |
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Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell |
15 Apr 1927 |
31 Mar 2009 |
81 |
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George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell |
22 Apr 1967 |
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SKEFFINGTON of Fisherwick,Staffs |
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16 Sep 1635 |
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Sep 1635 |
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John Skeffington |
c 1590 |
19 Nov 1651 |
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MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1626 |
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William Skeffington |
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John Skeffington |
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Viscountcy of Massereene (qv) in 1665 with |
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SKEFFINGTON of Skeffington,Leics |
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27 Jun 1786 |
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1 |
William Charles Farrell-Skeffington |
24 Jun 1742 |
26 Jan 1815 |
72 |
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Lumley St.George Skeffington |
23 Mar 1771 |
10 Nov 1850 |
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SKENE of Curriehill |
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10 Oct 1633 |
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John Skene |
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SKINNER of Pont Street,Chelsea |
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9 Feb 1912 |
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1 |
Thomas Skinner |
23 Nov 1840 |
11 May 1926 |
85 |
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11 May 1926 |
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Thomas Hewitt Skinner |
12 Jun 1875 |
4 Oct 1968 |
93 |
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4 Oct 1968 |
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Thomas Gordon Skinner |
29 Dec 1899 |
22 Nov 1972 |
72 |
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Thomas Keith Hewitt Skinner |
6 Dec 1927 |
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Henry Skipwith |
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Grey Skipwith |
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William Skipwith |
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c 1730 |
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Grey Skipwith |
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William Skipwith |
1703 |
26 Feb 1764 |
60 |
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Peyton Skipwith |
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9 Oct 1805 |
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Grey Skipwith |
17 Sep 1771 |
13 May 1852 |
80 |
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Thomas George Skipwith |
9 Feb 1803 |
30 Nov 1863 |
60 |
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30 Nov 1863 |
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Peyton Estoteville Skipwith |
12 Feb 1857 |
12 May 1891 |
34 |
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12 May 1891 |
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Gray Humberston d'Estoteville Skipwith |
1 Dec 1884 |
3 Feb 1950 |
65 |
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3 Feb 1950 |
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Patrick Alexander d'Estoteville Skipwith |
1 Sep 1938 |
6 Oct 2016 |
78 |
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6 Oct 2016 |
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Alexander Sebastian Grey d'Estoteville Skipwith |
9 Apr 1969 |
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SKIPWITH of Newbold Hall,Warwicks |
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18 Nov 1677 |
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Fulwar Skipwith |
24 Jun 1676 |
14 May 1728 |
51 |
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14 May 1728 |
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Francis Skipwith |
c 1705 |
6 Dec 1778 |
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Thomas George Skipwith |
c 1735 |
28 Jan 1790 |
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SKIPWITH of Metheringham,Lincs |
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27 Jul 1678 |
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Thomas Skipwith |
c 1620 |
2 Jun 1694 |
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2 Jun 1694 |
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Thomas Skipwith |
c 1652 |
15 Jun 1710 |
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15 Jun 1710 |
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George Brydges Skipwith |
7 Nov 1686 |
4 Jun 1756 |
69 |
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SLADE of Maunsell House,Somerset |
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30 Sep 1831 |
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John Slade |
1762 |
13 Aug 1859 |
97 |
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13 Aug 1859 |
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Frederick William Slade |
21 Jan 1801 |
8 Aug 1863 |
62 |
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8 Aug 1863 |
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Alfred Frederic Adolphus Slade |
28 May 1834 |
19 Jul 1890 |
56 |
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19 Jul 1890 |
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Cuthbert Slade |
10 Apr 1863 |
9 Feb 1908 |
44 |
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9 Feb 1908 |
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Alfred Fothringham Slade |
17 Jan 1898 |
28 Oct 1960 |
62 |
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28 Oct 1960 |
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Michael Nial Slade |
30 Jul 1900 |
15 Apr 1962 |
61 |
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15 Apr 1962 |
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Benjamin Julian Alfred Slade |
22 May 1946 |
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SLANNING of Maristow,Devon |
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19 Jan 1663 |
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Nicholas Slanning |
Jun 1643 |
c Apr 1691 |
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MP for Plympton Erle 1667-1679 and |
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c Apr 1691 |
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Andrew Slanning |
c 1674 |
21 Nov 1700 |
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21 Nov 1700 |
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SLEIGHT of Weelsby Hall,Lincs |
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29 Jun 1920 |
UK |
1 |
George Frederick Sleight |
26 Mar 1853 |
19 Mar 1921 |
67 |
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Ernest Sleight |
14 Oct 1873 |
16 Jul 1946 |
72 |
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John Frederick Sleight |
13 Apr 1909 |
12 Feb 1990 |
80 |
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Richard Sleight |
27 May 1946 |
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SLINGSBY of Scriven,Yorks |
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SLINGSBY of Scriven,Yorks |
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2 Mar 1638 |
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Henry Slingsby |
14 Jan 1602 |
8 Jun 1658 |
56 |
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8 Jun 1658 |
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Thomas Slingsby |
15 Jun 1636 |
1 Mar 1688 |
51 |
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MP for Yorkshire 1670-1679, Knaresborough |
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1679-1685 and Scarborough 1685-1687 |
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Henry Slingsby |
c 1660 |
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Thomas Slingsby |
c 1668 |
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Henry Slingsby |
c 1693 |
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Thomas Slingsby |
c 1695 |
18 Jan 1765 |
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Savile Slingsby |
c 1698 |
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Thomas Turner Slingsby |
c 1741 |
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Thomas Slingsby |
10 Jan 1775 |
26 Feb 1835 |
60 |
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Charles Slingsby |
22 Aug 1824 |
4 Feb 1869 |
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SLINGSBY of Bifrons,Kent |
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SLINGSBY of Newcells,Herts |
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26 Oct 1661 |
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SLOANE of Chelsea,Middlesex |
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3 Apr 1716 |
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Hans Sloane |
10 Apr 1660 |
11 Jan 1753 |
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SMIJTH of Hill Hall,Essex |
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SMILEY of Drumalis,Larne,co. Antrim |
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and Gallowhill,Paisley,Renfrewshire |
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13 Oct 1903 |
UK |
1 |
Hugh Houston Smiley |
5 Jan 1841 |
1 Mar 1909 |
68 |
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John Smiley |
28 Oct 1876 |
13 Apr 1930 |
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Hugh Houston Smiley |
14 Nov 1905 |
1 Nov 1990 |
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24 Feb 1934 |
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Sir Henry John Seton, 6th baronet [NS 1663] |
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Sir Henry died in 1868 after being run down by
a hansom cab. The following report appeared |
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in the "Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk
Herald" on 28 July 1868:- |
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'On Wednesday evening [22 July 1868] Mr.
St.Clare Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, held |
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an inquest at St.James's Vestry-hall,
Piccadilly, on the body of Sir Henry John Seaton [sic], |
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aged 71, who was run over in St.James's-street
on the previous Saturday. Mr. R. B. Mackay, |
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an East India merchant, said that on Saturday
evening, a little before seven o'clock, he was |
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in a hansom cab driving up St.James's-street,
Piccadilly. When opposite the end of King- |
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street he observed deceased endeavouring to
cross the street, and shouted to him. He looked |
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at the cab, and seemed to think that he could
get across in time, but became confused, and |
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stepped back, and then forward right in front
of the horse. The shaft of the cab struck him on |
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the right shoulder, throwing him down in the
roadway. The wheel went on him and over his |
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side, but just as it was going over his head
the driver pulled up so vigorously as to avert it. |
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Witness
jumped out of the cab, and rendered what assistance he could to deceased,
whom |
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he found quite insensible, and he was carried
in a chair to his rooms in King-street. The driver |
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of the cab was quite sober, and could not have
avoided the occurrence. The deceased stepped |
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into the roadway when the cab was so close to
him that it was impossible to pull up in time |
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to prevent the accident. |
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William Friker said he witnessed the whole occurrence, and that the cab was
not going |
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faster than six miles an hour. |
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'Mr. W. Miller, surgeon, said that he was
called to deceased immediately after the accident. |
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He was insensible, but he recovered for a
minute and said, "Let me go to the Club." He again |
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became insensible, and never uttered any more
words. Two of his ribs were fractured, and he |
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had received a blow on the forehead which had
produced concussion of the brain. Everything |
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possible was done for his relief, but he
remained insensible throughout Sunday and Monday, |
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and on Tuesday
morning he died. |
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'Samuel Standen, the driver of the cab, said he
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horse's head. |
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'The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the
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death." |
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Sir Alexander Hay Seton, 10th baronet [NS 1663] |
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The following report appeared in 'The Irish
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'Sir Alexander Seton, of Edinburgh, believes he
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supposed to carry with it the curse of a Pharaoh. |
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'So serious and persistent have been a series
of accidents suffered by his family since the bone |
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has
been in their possession that Lady Seton is to make a special trip to Egypt
shortly to |
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replace the bone in the tomb from which it was
acquired last year. |
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from Edinburgh yesterday, Sir Alexander told the Press Association that since
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bone was brought to his home, Prestonfield
House, Duddingston, by Lady Seton, their life had |
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been made miserable by accidents that could not
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'He and Lady Seton visited Egypt last year. As
a curio Lady Seton brought back a glass case, |
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containing a piece of bone believed to be part
of the skeleton of a Pharaoh of one of the lesser |
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dynasties, and the curio was given a place of
honour in the lounge. |
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unprecedented series of happenings occurred in the |
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household. Sudden illnesses attacked the family
and staff, two fires broke out, and visitors still |
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complain of a mysterious robed figure which
wanders through the house at night. Glassware put |
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away in cabinets was found smashed to atoms in
other parts of the room in the morning, and |
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on
Saturday, when no-one was near the lounge, the glass case fell only two feet
from the |
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table and yet was pounded to splinters while
the bone was undamaged. |
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will not stay in the house more than one night, and each complained of
meeting the |
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spectral robed figure. |
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"This
is the last straw," said Sir Alexander yesterday. "My friends have
laughed at the whole |
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affair - until they stayed here a night - and
though I have tried to have an open mind this is far |
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more than coincidence. It is perfectly
astounding how we have been dogged by this shadow of |
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ill-luck ever since that wretched bone was
brought into the house." |
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'Sir
Alexander, a soldier, business man and diplomat, has received about 80 offers
for the bone, |
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but
he is determined that no one else shall suffer the experiences of Lady Seton
and himself. |
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"That bone is going to be replaced in the
tomb we took it from as quickly as possible," he said, |
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"and Lady Seton is making the trip herself
to ensure that it gets there. This ghastly business |
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has got to stop, and we are taking no chances." |
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'Sir Alexander once gave the bone to a surgeon,
and that very night the surgeon's maid broke |
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a leg running away in terror, as she said, from
a robed figure. He brought it back next day.' |
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Sir James Lumsden Seton, 8th baronet [NS 1683] |
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Sir James committed suicide in September 1884.
The following report on the subsequent inquest |
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appeared in the 'Leeds Mercury' on 1 October
1884:- |
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'An
inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Kensington on the body of Sir James
Lumsden |
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Seton,
Bart., who had committed suicide by cutting his throat. Lady Elizabeth Seton,
wife of |
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the
deceased, said Sir James, who was 49 years of age, had lately been in depressed spirits. |
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He went to his bath-room on Sunday morning
about eight o'clock, and an hour later, the door |
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being forced, he was found dead. Other evidence
showed that the deceased had an extensive |
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gash in his throat. Lieut.-Colonel William
Samuel Seton, of Penally, near Denbigh, stated that |
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some years ago the deceased had a fall from his
horse, and in consequence had suffered |
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mentally at varying intervals. A verdict of
"Suicide whilst in a state of unsound mind" was |
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returned.' |
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The special remainder to the baronetcy of
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From the "London Gazette" of 27
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'His
Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on behalf
of His |
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Majesty, to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
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to Henry Steuart, of Allanton, in the County of
Lanark, Esq; with remainder to his son in law, |
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Ranald or Reginald Macdonald, of Stalfa, and
his heirs male.' |
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Sir John Shiffner, 5th baronet |
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Sir John accidentally shot himself while
cleaning his rifle. The following report of the subsequent |
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inquest is taken from 'The Times' of 7 April 1914:- |
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'The death of Sir John Shiffner on Sunday
formed the subject of an inquiry at Bevern Bridge |
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House, Chailey, near Lewes, Sir John's
residence, yesterday afternoon. The inquiry was held |
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by Dr. Dow, Deputy-Coroner for East Sussex, and
Mr. W.W. Grantham, son of the late Mr. |
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Justice Grantham, was foreman of the jury. |
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'Lord Calthorpe gave evidence of
identification, stating that Sir John Shiffner was a retired |
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captain of the Royal Artillery and was 56 years
of age. Lady Shiffner and Miss Betty Shiffner |
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had been staying with the witness, and the
latter was returning to Chailey on the evening |
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of the occurrence and Lady Shiffner was to
follow at the end of the week. |
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'Mr. Douglas Crocket, living at Barcombe, said
he was invited to lunch by Sir John Shiffner |
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on Sunday and arrived about 10 minutes past 1.
A servant let him in and went to the study. |
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She came running back saying, "Do come
here. Whatever has happened?" He went into the |
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study and found Sir John dead with a bullet
wound in his face. He locked the room up and |
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hailing the first motor-car which passed the
house, drove into Lewes for medical assistance. |
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'Police-constable Lyon, of Chailey, said he
found Sir John sitting in an arm chair in his study. |
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He had the barrel of a rifle between his legs,
and another rifle was lying on the floor. There |
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was a cleaning rag in the right hand and other
articles for cleaning rifles were on the floor. |
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In the barrel between the legs was a spent
bullet case. It appeared that this had become |
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fixed in the barrel and that an attempt had
been made to dislodge it with a screw driver, and |
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then by means of the extractor. This caused the
cartridge to explode. |
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'Dr. Andrews, of Lewes, said Sir John Shiffner
was evidently smoking a pipe at the time, for |
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there was one on the floor at his side. All the
evidence, added the witness, suggested that |
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Sir John was cleaning the rifle and was not
aware that the cartridge was a live one. |
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The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death." |
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Sir Henry David Shiffner, 8th baronet [UK 1818] |
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Sir Henry, a member of Sir Oswald Mosley's
Union Movement, was prosecuted but eventually |
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acquitted on charges that he, along with
others, had set fire to the offices of the Anti- |
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Apartheid movement, a natural enemy of Mosley's
followers. |
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The story of Sir Henry's court appearances was
told in a number of separate instalments in the |
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London "Daily Telegraph," commencing
on 29 March 1961:- |
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'Witnesses
at Clerkenwell yesterday said that after they saw men go into a house in
Gower |
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Street, Euston, where the headquarters of the
Anti-Apartheid movement are located, they saw |
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flames coming from the basement. |
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'Sir
Henry David Shiffner, 35 [sic], the eighth baronet of Old School House,
Offham, Lewes: |
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Peter Dawson, 35, sales representative, Quaker
Street, Spitalfields, and Francis John Elliott, 16, |
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electrical
apprentice, Freshwater Road, Tooting, were charged on remand with
maliciously |
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setting fire to the house. In addition, there
was a further charge yesterday of conspiring |
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together, and with others, to break into the
house with intent to commit a felony. The Anti- |
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Apartheid movement occupies the basement of the
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'The basement was set on fire on March 4 and
furniture and papers damaged. Mr. Ian Holden, |
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of Scotland Yard's forensic laboratory, said
the damage was "typical of that resulting from a |
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highly inflammable liquid being poured on
articles and ignited." |
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'He produced a black oblong tin which he said
had contained paraffin. He added: "Something |
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more than paraffin would be needed to start a
fire like this." |
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'Mr. Theodore Theobalds, a Jamaican solicitor
whose address was withheld, said he had let "four |
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or
five young men" into the house. They had said they had come to collect
posters and he |
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showed them the steps to the basement. At the
time he and his wife had a flat in the house. |
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'Two of the men were downstairs for about half
a minute and then left by the front door. A few |
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seconds later three other men came up and went
out. A van had moved off shortly before that. |
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'He
added: "After they had gone I notice smoke coming from the
basement." When he went |
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down he saw: "A mass of flames and a lot
of smoke." He could not recognise any of the men. |
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'Det. Supt. William Brereton said he had had a
telephone call from Shiffner on March 20, whom |
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he later told he was believed to have been
involved in a case of arson. Shiffner had replied: "I |
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would not like to be involved in such a stupid
escapade as setting fire to a place." |
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'Shiffner, when asked if he were in Gower
Street, had said: "This is very difficult. I have been |
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wondering
where my duty lies. You see, I did find myself in Gower Street that
afternoon, but |
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not by choice. When I realised someone had set
fire to the place it was my duty to inform the |
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police." |
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Supt. Brereton said that Shiffner added:
"But I really only know the hierarchy of the movement, |
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so it would not have been much use. I did not
know the others, apart from Dawson, and he did |
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not go into the house." |
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'When
told he would be charged with arson he said: "That's rather hard after
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truth." When charged, he said: "I set
fire to nothing." |
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'The three were further remanded until April 6.
Elliott's bail of £40 and Shiffner's of £200 were |
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continued,
and Dawson, previously remanded in custody, was allowed bail on his own bail
of |
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£500 and two sureties of £250.' |
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The "Daily Telegraph" of 7 April 1961:- |
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'A trip by van through London to the Bloomsbury
headquarters of the Anti-Apartheid movement, |
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where fire later broke out, was described in
extracts from a statement read at Clerkenwell |
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yesterday. The statement was made by Sir Henry
David Shiffner. In it he said he thought he was |
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being driven in the van to the Dorchester,
where the South African Prime Minister, Dr. Verwoerd, |
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was staying. |
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'Shiffner, 31, the eighth baronet, a company
director, of Old School House, Offham, Lewes, |
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appeared on remand with three other men on
charges of arson and conspiring to break into a |
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house in Gower Street, Bloomsbury, on March 4,
with intent to commit a felony. The basement |
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of the building is occupied by the
Anti-Apartheid movement. |
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'In the statement, read in court by his
counsel, Mr. William Howard, Shiffner said that when he |
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found he had not been taken to the Dorchester,
he said: "Where the hell are we?" Someone |
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said: "This is the opposition
headquarters. Let's go in and see what their plans are, pretending |
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we are provincial demonstrators arriving late." |
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"I
still maintained that we were in the wrong place and acting against strict
instructions that |
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we confine our activities to the
Dorchester," the statement said. Shiffner said he remained in |
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the van. There was a shout of "Fire,"
and everyone jumped into the van. It was driven off at |
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"great speed." |
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'All four pleaded not guilty and reserved their
defence. They were committed for trial at the Old |
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Bailey and all allowed bail.' |
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The "Daily Telegraph" of 10 May 1961:- |
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'Sir Henry Shiffner, 31, the eighth baronet and
a member of Sir Oswald Mosley's Union move- |
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ment, was acquitted at the Old Bailey yesterday
of maliciously setting fire to the London head- |
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quarters of the Anti-Apartheid movement. |
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'Outside the court Sir Henry said:
"Whether or not I remain a member of the Union movement |
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depends on talks I must have with the leader. I
have planned a meeting with him very soon." |
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'Sir Henry, a former Cambridge University jazz
band player, was discharged on the second day |
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of his trial after a successful submission by
his counsel, Mr. Victor Durand QC that there was |
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no case for him to answer. |
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'The crown had alleged that Sir Henry and three
other members of the Union movement had |
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arranged to take part in a demonstration on
March 4 to welcome Dr. Verwoerd, the South |
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African Premier, to London. |
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'Later that afternoon, according to the
prosecution, the four men went in a van to the head- |
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quarters of the Anti-Apartheid movement in
Gower Street, Bloomsbury, and set light to its |
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basement offices. |
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'In a statement to the police Sir Henry had
said that he thought the van was going to the |
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Dorchester Hotel. At Gower Street, he just sat
in the van and only later realised something |
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more serious had
happened. |
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'After Mr. Durand's successful submission Sir
Henry was discharged by Mr. Justice Widgery. |
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'Sir Henry, of Old School House, Offham, near
Arundel, Sussex, who inherited £70,000 from his |
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father, a soldier, who was killed at Tobruk,
said afterwards: "I first went to Africa 18 months |
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ago and came back with certain views. I felt
the withdrawal of British rule in Africa was wrong. |
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Sir Oswald Mosley's Union movement seemed to me
the only one which was prepared to stand |
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up for the white man in Africa. I joined it six
months ago and paid the normal subscription. I am |
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disillusioned by the movement's methods,
although I agree with some of their policies, especially |
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about the control of coloured immigrants. Sir
Oswald is a personal and social friend of mine and |
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that is another reason why I joined his
movement. I think I'm the only British baronet in it." |
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The special remainder to the baronetcy of
Sinclair created in 1786 |
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From the "London Gazette" of 31
January 1786 (issue 12722, page 45):- |
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'The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity
of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain to |
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John Sinclair, of Ulbster in the County of
Caithness, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully |
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begotten; with Remainders severally to the
first and every other Son and Sons successively of |
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Hannah Sinclair, his eldest Daughter, and of
Janet Sinclair, another of his Daughters, and their |
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respective Heirs Male.' |
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Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd
baronet [GB 1786] |
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After the death of Sir John Sinclair, the
following article appeared in the 'Washington Post' on |
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5 October 1912:- |
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'Sir
Archibald Sinclair, 22 years of age, a lieutenant in the Second life guards,
and who is half |
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American, has just succeeded to the title and
the immense estates of his nonagenarian |
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grandfather, the late Sir John Tollemache
Sinclair. [Sir Archibald later became the 1st Viscount |
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Thurso]. |
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'The landed property is very great, extending
over an area of 100 square miles in Scotland, |
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comprising
some of the finest shooting in the northern kingdom, and the wonderfully |
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picturesque castle of Thurso, which looks over
the stormy tides of the Pentland Firth, and |
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is so close to the sea that one can literally
fish from the spray-flecked windows. |
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'Just east of the castle, which is exceedingly
spacious, is Harold's Tower, containing the tomb |
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of Earl Harold, who was the possessor at one
time of half or Orkney, of Shetland, and of |
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Caithness, and who fell in battle against his
namesake, Earl Harold the Wicked, in 1190. |
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'Sir Archibald's mother was Mabel, the
beautiful daughter of Mahlon Sands, of New York, and |
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through
her he is connected by ties of kinsmanship with a number of New York
families, |
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including the Rutherfurds and the Vanderbilts.
Sir Archibald will be known henceforth north of |
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the
Tweed as the Laird of Ulbster, and has now become chieftain of one of the
branches of |
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that great clan of Sinclair of which the
seventeenth Earl of Caithness is the head. |
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'His
grandfather, the late Sir John, was a very eccentric character. He rarely, if
ever, dined at |
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a restaurant in vogue, never used to go to a
theater or to the opera or even to a music hall, |
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rarely dined out, and was never seen at a ball
or party. In spite of his great wealth, he had |
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neither
carriages, horse, nor automobiles; walked by preference, and when riding
was |
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imperative, made use of the democratic omnibus. |
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'He would live on herrings and hominy, cooked
in his lodgings just off St. James street by |
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himself over a spirit lamp, and then on the
following day would fuss over the merits or demerits |
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of the world-famed chef of the Travelers, the
most exclusive club in London, of which this |
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wonderful old laird, with his odd-looking wig
and his beard, his erect and spare, tall figure, and |
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his extraordinary flow of conversation was one
of the oldest members. |
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'In spite of his numerous castles, country
seats, and houses in England, Scotland, and on the |
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Continent, he lived entirely, during the last
30 years of his life, in his lodgings off St. James |
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street, the walls of which were hung with the
not particularly attractive Sinclair tartan. Its |
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hues, however, were more or less concealed by
the most heterogeneous collection of pictures, |
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some of them priceless gems, others the most
worthless daubs. In one word, his rooms, like |
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his castles and country seats, were filled with
a mixture of art treasures and art rubbish. |
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'Sir John may be said to have commenced his
public career rather early, since he was page of |
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honor to Queen Adelaide in the reign of William
IV, receiving, on his resignation of that post, |
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at the age of 17, the customary commission in
the Scots Guards. He married away back in the |
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early fifties one of the beautiful Anglo-French
Standishes of Duxbury Park, and this naturally |
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brought him into close contact with the court
of the Tuileries, and with the great world in Paris |
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during the palmy days of the empire. |
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'Indeed,
Sir John was at one time a familiar a figure in Paris as in London, and it is
no |
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exaggeration to assert that he met and was
personally acquainted more or less intimately with |
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nearly every notable personage of the Victorian
era, from Nicholas I of Russia and the great |
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Duke of Wellington to the present czar and
Emperor William, and comprising Prince Bismarck, |
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with whom he stayed at Friedrichsruhe: Count
Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi, Empress Eugenie, |
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both
prior and subsequent to her marriage: Marshal Prim, Emperor Maximilian of
Mexico, Thiers |
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etc. |
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'His
"Reminiscences" which he printed for private circulation, and of
which he sent me a copy |
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some years ago, contain many things that are
trivial, almost to the point of childishness, and |
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here and there something of real importance.
But such as they are, they all help to increase |
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the understanding of the personages with whom
they deal. |
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'To record Sir John's eccentricities would fill
a volume. Some years ago he endeavored to |
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relieve the monotony of the poorhouses all over
England and Scotland by presenting them |
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with gramophones, the records consisting,
however, not of popular tunes, but of speeches |
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which he delivered and of recitations which he
had given, either of his own works or of his |
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favorite authors. |
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'Among the latter, first and foremost, was
Byron, among the most extraordinary memorials |
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that have ever been designed to perpetuate the
name of this or any other bard is that which |
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Sir John conceived and put into execution.
Instead of taking the form of a statue, it assumed |
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the altogether utilitarian shape of an office
building, occupying the site of the old offices of |
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the London comic weekly Punch, on the south
side of Fleet street, near St. Bride's Church. |
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'Every stone of the hall pavement of this great
office building, which will bring in a large |
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income to his grandson and heir, the now
baronet, young Sir Archibald, in the way of rental, |
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is inscribed, "Byron, the Pilgrim of
Eternity," and the dates of his birth and death. Each tile is |
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adorned with the words "Crede Byron,"
while on every block of marble lining the walls are |
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verses from his poems, particularly stanzas
from "Childe Harold" and "Don Juan." |
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'And as if Byron's verses were not sufficient,
other inscriptions on the walls record the opinions |
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expressed concerning him by such men as
Schiller, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Lamartine, Tennyson, |
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Chateaubriand, Sir Walter Scott and Matthew
Arnold. Yet another inscription on the wall states |
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that the British Museum library catalogue
devotes 28 pages to Byron and only 10 to Tennyson. |
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On still another, Sir John Sinclair records the
fact that one edition for the blind has been |
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published of Byron's works, and none of
Tennyson's. Over the entrance is a beautiful medallion |
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portrait of Byron in white marble, with
Shelley's splendid epitaph, "The Pilgrim of Eternity," and I |
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need scarcely say that the office building
bears the name of Byron House. |
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'One would be apt to imagine that the
overwhelming quantity of Byronic quotations, adorning |
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as they do every vacant place, every stone and
tile, and all the walls, floors and ceilings, |
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would be apt to get on the nerves of the
occupants. But apparently this is not the case. The |
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building is full of tenants.' |
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Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th baronet |
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The following is extracted from "The
Emperor of the United States of America and Other |
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Magnificent British Eccentrics" by
Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981) |
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Although Sir George Sitwell lived in the 19th
and 20th centuries, his heart and mind were in the |
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fourteenth. He was lord of the manor of
Eckington in Derbyshire for eighty-one years, a position |
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that suited him to perfection, or would have if
the world hadn't changed so much in the last |
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500 years. A sign in his house ran: 'I must ask
anyone entering the house never to contradict |
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me
in any way, as it interferes with the functioning of the gastric juices and
prevents my |
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sleeping at night.' |
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His interests, though obscure, were
wide-ranging. Seven sitting-rooms at Renishaw Hall were |
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co-opted
to serve as his studies. All were littered with books and notes, each subject
filed in |
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its
own specially constructed box. Some of the more intriguing titles for
possible future |
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monographs were: |
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The Black
Death at Rotherham |
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The Use of the
Bed |
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Osbert's Debts |
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Acorns as an
Article of Medieval Diet |
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Sachie's
Mistakes |
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Pig Keeping in
the Thirteenth Century |
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The History of
the Fork |
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Domestic
Manners in Sheffield in the Year 1250 |
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My Advice on
Poetry |
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Lepers'
Squints [my personal favourite] |
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Wool-Gathering
in Medieval Times and Since |
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The Errors of
Modern Parents |
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The Eckington
Dump |
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The Origin of
the Word Gentleman |
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The History of
the Cold |
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My Inventions |
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Any
article on the last subject would have to include the Sitwell Egg. With a
yolk of smoked |
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meat, a white of compressed rice and a shell of
synthetic lime, this was intended to be a |
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convenient
and nourishing meal for travellers. Sir George decided to put the marketing
of his |
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egg
into the experienced hands of Mr Gordon Selfridge, founder of the famous
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shop. Wearing a silk hat and frock coat, he
appeared in Selfridge's office one morning without |
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an
appointment, and announced, 'I'm Sir George Sitwell and I've brought my egg
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no one what Selfridge said, but soon after this encounter the egg project was
quietly |
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shelved.
There were other inventions, however, including a musical toothbrush that
played |
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'Annie Laurie' and a small revolver for killing wasps. |
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Sir
George's strength of personality was matched by that of his three talented
children, or |
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nearly
so, for although they all managed successful careers of their own in the end,
his |
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disapproval
of virtually everything they did was a major factor in their development.
When |
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Osbert announced that he was thinking of
writing a novel, he was told, 'Oh I shouldn't do that |
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if I were you! My cousin, Stephen Arthington,
had a friend who utterly ruined his health writing |
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a novel!' Of Edith's literary aspirations, his
comment was: 'Edith made a great mistake by not |
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going
in for lawn tennis.' He was also an enthusiastic advocate of gymnastics: '
Nothing a |
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young man likes so much as a girl who's good at
the parallel bars.' This is at least as useful a |
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piece of advice as another of his favourite
maxims: 'Nothing makes a man so popular as singing |
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after dinner.' Sitwell's attitude towards his
children is summarised in his comment to Osbert: 'It |
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is
dangerous for you to lose touch with me for a single day. You never know when
you may |
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need the benefit of my experience and advice.' |
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Losing touch for as many days as possible
became a major preoccupation for Osbert and |
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Sacheverell who invented a mythical yacht, the
Rover, and had headed notepaper printed on |
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which they wrote to their father regretting
that as the itinerary was as yet unsettled they |
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could not give him an address where they might
be contacted. All this time they were in London |
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or Italy, but in spite of Sir George's not
infrequent excursions to both places, they were in little |
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danger of being discovered since he rarely
recognised his children outside the home. |
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Of course the temptation, one might almost say
the need, to tease such a father was great. |
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Sir George was particularly vulnerable with
regard to modern developments, say since 1650. He |
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knew nothing of modern slang. Shocked by the
bad behaviour of an acquaintance who offered |
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him a piece of jewellery and failed to deliver
it, Sir George complained to Osbert about modern |
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manners. 'Such a pity to promise people things
and then forget about them. It is most |
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inconsiderate - really inexcusable.' The cause
of this lament was the parting remark: 'I'll give |
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you a ring, Sir George, on Thursday.' |
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At one period Osbert used the word 'blotto'
frequently and deliberately until his father finally |
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rose to the bait and asked what it meant. He
seemed interested to learn that it was slang for |
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very tired. Shortly afterwards he took the
opportunity of demonstrating how au fait he was |
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with modern ways by suggesting to two guests
that they should take a rest after lunch as |
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they both seemed quite blotto. The children once got him to book a month's
holiday at a |
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lunatic asylum by representing it as a charming
retreat, affectionately nicknamed 'the bin' by a |
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core of loyal residents would could hardly bear
to tear themselves away. |
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Sir George's ignorance of, or refusal to
acknowledge, the facts of modern life was extraordinary. |
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He proposed, in the 1930s, an artist's ball, to
which he suggested inviting Degas, Renoir, Rodin |
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and Sergeant. [Degas had died in 1917, Renoir
in 1919, Rodin in 1917 and Sargent, whom I |
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presume
is meant by 'Sergeant', in 1925.] For a while farming was his passion and he
gave his |
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long-suffering
agent many valuable hints on how it was done in the fourteenth century.
During |
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this time he tried to pay, whenever possible,
in kind: offering pigs and potatoes to Eton for |
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Sacheverell's school fees. Osbert managed to
get his allowance paid in currency, but his father |
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arrived at the proper amount by studying the
allowance granted the eldest son of the Lord of |
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the Eckington Manor at the time of the Black
Death. Lady Ida, Sir George's wife, got involved |
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with an unscrupulous money-lender and, when her
husband refused on principle to bail her out, |
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became the centre of a painful and notorious
lawsuit. This dreadful experience confirmed Sir |
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George in his misanthropic views - as he said
to Osbert, 'such a
mistake to have friends.' - and |
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drove him even further into the life of a recluse. |
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Sir George was acutely conscious of his many
acts of generosity. What some misguided people |
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saw as meddling, was, he knew only too well,
self-sacrifice: the dedication of his time and |
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thought to advance the good of others. This
could be wearying and occasionally he gave vent |
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to an exhausted plea for understanding. To a
Salvation Army lass soliciting funds for Self-Denial |
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Week, he sighed, 'For some
people, self-denial week is every week.' |
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He gave Osbert the benefit of his experience
when in 1914 he wrote from Scarborough to his |
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son, who was then an officer in the trenches:
'though you will not, of course, have to |
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encounter
anywhere abroad the same weight of gunfire that your mother and I had to
face |
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here,
yet my experience may be useful to you. Directly you hear the first shell,
retire, as I did, |
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to the Undercroft, and remain there quietly
until all firing had ceased. Even then a bombardment |
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…..is
a strain upon the nervous system - but the best remedy for that, as always,
is to keep |
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warm
and have plenty of plain, nourishing food at frequent but regular intervals.
And, of course, |
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plenty
of rest, I find a nap in the afternoon most helpful…….and I advise you to try
it whenever |
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possible.' |
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Among his characteristic acts were banning
electricity from Renishaw during his lifetime; limiting |
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guests to two candles apiece; and insisting
that the family drink cold boiled water rather than |
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wine during travels in Italy. |
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On his journeys alone through Italy Sir George
stayed at very primitive inns, quite often sharing |
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a
dormitory with eight or ten other men in what was little more than a doss
house. But he had |
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with him his valet, Henry Moat, known as 'the
Great Man', whose responsibility it was to rig the |
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mosquito net each night and lay out the formal
evening dress in which Sir George insisted on |
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appearing
for dinner at these tumbledown inns. The mosquito net was basic equipment -
at |
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home and abroad - for someone with Sir George's
dread of disease and germs. He travelled with |
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an extensive supply of medicines, all
mislabelled to discourage - or at least to punish - anybody |
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wanting to sample. His inflatable air cushion,
another ever-present companion, was doughnut- |
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shaped so that Sir George could slip it over
his arm when not in using it. |
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Decorating his two houses, Renishaw in
Derbyshire and Montegufoni in Italy, and redesigning |
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their gardens were Sir George's greatest
pleasures. He spent enormous sums of money and a |
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great deal of his own and other people's time
on an endless succession of alterations and |
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improvements. As Henry Moat said, 'He never
entered any place, but he commencing pulling |
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down and building up.' |
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Sir George thought nothing of lowering lawns by
several feet, making hills, relocating vast trees, |
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creating or draining lakes. He had schemes for
constructing or importing fountains, aqueducts, |
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cascades, and statues of all descriptions. Four
thousand men were set to work on an artificial |
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lake at Renishaw. A plan was mooted to stencil
Chinese blue-willow patterns on his white cows, |
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but the cows' objections put an end to the
project. Wooden survey towers loomed out of the |
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lake to provide a vantage point for plotting
further changes to the landscape. Nothing was ever |
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completed, but that didn't prevent new projects
being planned. And each new scheme struck |
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terror into someone's heart; visiting his son
Sacheverell's home in Weston in Northamptonshire |
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in 1924, Sir George casually remarked as he
looked out across the grounds. 'I don't propose to |
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do much here; just a sheet of water and a line
of statues.' |
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Sir George's wife, Lady Ida, was the daughter
of the 1st Earl of Londesborough. She had little, |
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if any, notion of the value of money and didn't
have the first idea of any matter connected |
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with business. This led to appear in court on
several occasions over money matters, as referred |
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to
above. She appeared in court in January 1899, October 1913 and November 1914,
each |
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appearance being related to her financial
affairs. The most serious case was, however, in March |
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1915, when she was convicted on charges of
conspiracy to cheat and defraud and sentenced |
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to three months' imprisonment. |
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The Slade baronetcy case of 1867 |
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Like so many nineteenth century claims to
titles, this case revolved around the legality of an |
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earlier marriage ceremony, and the consequent
legitimacy of the children born of that marriage. |
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In
1867, General Marcus Slade challenged the legality of his brother's marriage,
and claimed |
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that the baronetcy and estates were rightfully
his, rather than his nephew's. The following |
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summary of the case appeared in the 'Newcastle
Courant' on 17 May 1867:- |
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'Celebrated
as are the superior law courts for cases of romantic interest, it is seldom
that a |
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trial occurs involving more remarkable
incidents than are to be found in that
which has just |
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been brought to a termination in the Court of
Exchequer. It is called the Slade baronetcy case, |
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by which the disposal of considerable estates
in Somersetshire is challenged, the legitimacy of |
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a
family which has unquestionably been brought up on the estates, on the
supposition of the |
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right of inheritance, is impugned, and the
question of the validity of the marriage of her who |
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has passed for many years, and still passes,
under the name of Lady Slade, is raised. |
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'To trace the affair from its source, we must
begin with the entail of the estates in 1832 by |
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General Sir John Slade. To him succeeded, in
turn, his sons Henry and Charles, but they both |
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died without issue, and the estates then
devolved upon the third son, Frederick, so well known |
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in
legal circles under the name Sir Frederick William Slade. It appears that Sir
Frederick, then |
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Mr. Slade, probably without any expectation of
succeeding to the family inheritance, whilst |
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travelling on the continent about forty years
since made the acquaintance of a Miss Mostyn, |
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who lived with her mother. She was of good
family, accomplished, and beautiful, apparently |
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wealthy, and in social position by no means
inferior to her admirer. From the evidence it would |
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seem that Miss Mostyn's appearance had created
quite a furore in Northern Italy, and Italians |
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are still living who can speak with fervour of
her beauty in 1825. This is not the only romantic |
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recollection attached to the lady's life, but
it may be passed over for the present. About 1833 |
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she
was married to Mr. Slade in England. This is beyond all question, though it
is affirmed that |
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the marriage was not made public till 1848,
when her husband succeeded to the baronetcy |
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and estates in Somersetshire [This is certainly
not correct - he did not succeed to the title |
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until 1859]. Since that period, however, Sir
Frederick and Lady Slade lived in the enjoyment |
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of social rank and distinction, their children
were called by the family name, and no cloud - |
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at
least no cloud apparent to the public - obscured their happiness till the
death of Sir |
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Frederick in 1863. |
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'Then a singular difficulty arose, which has
yet to be solved by the judges of the Exchequer |
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Court. They have heard the evidence, and it is
for them to decide what is legal or otherwise. |
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In the meanwhile, the history may be given
without prejudicing what is to follow. Miss Mostyn's |
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beauty, while some gentlemen, who cannot be
called chickens, still remember, did not alone |
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move the impressionable Italians. One Baron Von
Korber, a lieutenant in the Austrian service, |
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was struck by it. He sought her hand, and won
it. This was in 1825. But there was a difficulty |
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in
the way. The baron was a Protestant, the lady belonged to the Roman Catholic
Church. |
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Now the lovers were in Lombardy, where, as
elsewhere, mixed marriages were forbidden except |
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by express permission of the Pope, and it is
certain that in this case the permission of the Pope |
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was not obtained. Von Korber applied to the
priest of the parish in Milan in which Miss Mostyn |
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resided, but he declined to tie the conjugal
knot. He knew the law, and he obeyed it. But his |
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refusal, it seems, daunted neither Von Korber
nor Miss Mostyn, for they, or he, at least, applied |
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to a military chaplain of superior rank, and
the thing was done. |
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'But the marriage was a most unhappy one. In
six months the young couple separated never to |
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meet again. A divorce a
mensa et thoro [i.e. "from table and
bed" - it refers to a type of |
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divorce
in which a couple is legally separated, but the marriage is still considered
to be valid. |
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The
legitimacy of any children in the marriage remains intact, but the partners
may not |
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re-marry.
This type of divorce allows partners to live apart without fear of being
taken to court |
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for
desertion] was granted to them, and Von Korber's conscience permitted him to
accept an |
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annuity
from his divorced wife in lieu of her affection and household
management. |
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'The question which the Court of Exchequer must
decide is the legality or illegality of this |
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marriage. It is apparent that there was an
incompatibility of temper, but that is not the matter |
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at issue, because it is not sufficient to
establish the validity of the divorce or the invalidity of |
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the marriage. Both sides agree that, according
to the Austrian law, the only person competent |
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to
celebrate a marriage is the man who had the cure of souls over one of the
bridal persons, |
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and the military chaplain could have no
ecclesiastical authority over Miss Mostyn. Had he any |
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over Von Korber? On one side it is contended
that he had none whatever. Von Korber was a |
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Protestant, and the regimental chaplain, who
belonged to another sect, could not have had any |
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ecclesiastical
authority over him. But then, it is said, a soldier in the Austrian service
differs |
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from a civilian in this respect. It is insisted
that an Austrian soldier is under special legislation, |
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which "cures" him spiritually whether
he is willing or not, so that Von Korber in this sense was |
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performing a strictly legal act when he, a
Protestant soldier, went to a Roman Catholic priest |
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to be married. |
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'The
business of the Court of Exchequer is to clear up and decide these subtle
points; but |
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though the solution of them will decide this
important case, something still remains to be told of |
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the
interesting history. The plaintiff [General Marcus Slade], who claims the
estates and the |
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baronetcy,
is a younger [twin] brother of the late Sir Frederick. He is a general in the
army, |
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and
he holds the position of Governor of Guernsey Castle. He declares that he
challenged the |
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marriage
of his brother as illegal as soon as he heard of it in 1848, and the
correspondence is |
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extant to prove his assertion. In 1860, his
nephew, the eldest son of Sir Frederick Slade, wrote |
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to
him on the subject, and the general in reply urged him to settle the case by
law. He |
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acknowledged
him as the son of his brother, but not as his legitimate son, for Von Korber
did |
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not
die till 1854, and then he added that, whatever the legal decision might be,
his nephew |
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might
reckon upon him as a friend at all times. His letter was frank and manly in
tone, nor was |
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that
of his nephew at all deficient in these qualities. For the estates, he said,
he did not care, |
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but for his legitimacy he did, and if his uncle
would help him to procure a legal decision, he |
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would have the case cleared up as soon as
possible. |
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'In this painful romance there is, therefore,
no family bitterness or animosity. It is one of the |
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curiosities of the law of entail, one of the
pleasures the landed gentry indulge in by the rule of |
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primogeniture. It is absurd to suppose that Sir
Frederick and Lady Slade did not believe they |
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were married in 1833. It is contrary to
evidence to imagine that they did not bring up their |
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family since 1848 according to the rules of
legitimacy prevailing in their circle, and yet, though |
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Sir Frederick Slade could, and no doubt did,
dispose of his personalty by will, he must leave to |
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a law court to resolve whether those nearest to
him in blood and love could succeed to the |
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property he enjoyed in his lifetime, or whether
it must go to others over whom he had no legal |
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control or direction.' |
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When the Court of Exchequer gave its judgment
in June 1867, the four judges were locked at |
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2-all. The Chief Baron, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and
one of the other three Puisne Barons, Sir Samuel |
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Martin found in favour of Sir Alfred Slade. The
remaining two Barons, Sir George Bramwell (later |
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Baron Bramwell) and Sir Gillery Pigott, found
in favour of General Slade. In the event of a split |
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decision, it was the custom at that time for
the junior Baron (in this case, Sir Gillery Pigott) to |
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withdraw his opinion, and the case to be then
transferred to the House of Lords for judgment. |
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Before this could occur, however, the case was
settled out of court, as reported in the |
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'Aberdeen Journal' of 31 July 1867:- |
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'The Slade baronetcy case has been compromised.
General Slade, according to the terms of |
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arrangement brought about by the action of
mutual friends, abandons all claim to the title and |
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the estates, receiving from his nephew, the
present inheritor, £28,000, and the amount of |
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costs for which he had become liable in
connection with the recent litigation.' |
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Sir Benjamin Julian Alfred Slade, 7th baronet |
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Sir Benjamin is a magnificent eccentric whose
exploits have appeared in the newspapers in |
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recent years. His major goal in life appears to
be the discovery of a male heir to inherit his |
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13th century estate, variously valued at
between £7 million to £20 million. |
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In
February 2007, it was reported that Sir Benjamin "is a firm
believer in his aristocratic |
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bloodline, claiming that he can trace his
ancestry back to Alfred the Great. For this reason, |
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he hopes to use DNA testing to find his closest
genetic relative in the U.S. 'I'm hoping it won't |
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be some cowpoke or someone who lives on a
trailer park surrounded by rattlesnakes. I would |
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have a screaming fit if I found out it was some
chap like that. I want someone with a bit of |
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money and a couple of yachts.' " |
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Sir Benjamin later changed tack and began
seeking a woman to give him an heir. "I need a male |
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heir. I'm the last of the line. Father would be
appalled. It's a terrible disgrace. When you die |
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without an heir they cut your crest in half on
your coffin with a sword and some other lot go |
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and grab it. Awful. It's like losing your
rugger colours." |
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When describing the ideal woman, Sir Benjamin
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wouldn't want to be Guardian readers either. Africa's out. So is anywhere that's got
green in |
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its flag, begins with an 'I' or where they
don’t wear overcoats in the winter. Iceland, Ireland, |
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Israel, Iraq, Iran - all out. I won't go to
holidays in these places. I don't want anything to do |
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with them. Oh, and the breeders couldn't be too
eccentric because I'm eccentric, so you'd |
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get someone coming out who's utterly raving." |
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Sir
Benjamin said he has nine months supply of "little wrigglers"
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woman to carry his child. The French, drug
users, communists, and homosexuals have also |
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In keeping with Sir Benjamin's sense of civic
duty, he offered the services of his dog as a |
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best man for gay weddings at his country seat.
According to his master, the dog, a labrador- |
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Doberman cross named Jasper, is ideally suited
for this task. "Jasper is absolutely perfect for |
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the role. For one thing, he is gay himself. He
may also appeal to the more cosmopolitan among |
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potential same-sex suitors as he is
anti-hunting, a pacifist and probably supports New Labour." |
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In
October 2007, Sir Benjamin made a claim on his insurers for £4,000 after he
alleged that a |
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randy
peacock had 'sexually attacked' one of his employee's cars. He subsequently
banned |
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peacock blue Lexus cars from the estate's car
park. According to Sir Benjamin, the incident |
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proved that the peacock was gay, since peahens
are brown and only males are blue. He said |
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that the peacock had damaged the car because it
looked like "another peacock boy. He |
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attacked the panels so hard that the car needs
a total respray. The insurers are not very |
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happy about it. They've had claims for all
sorts of things like lions biting people, but never have |
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they heard of a peacock sexually attacking a car." |
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For an hilarious interview with Sir Benjamin,
cut and paste the following link into your browser:- |
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-benjamin-slade-i-am-going-to-be-a-mega-megastar-815130.html |
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A
more recent article on Sir Benjamin's efforts appeared in the "Daily
Mail" on 21 April 2017, |
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written by Jane Fryer:- |
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'Sir Benjamin Julian Alfred Slade is a
rheumy-eyed Casanova who has a most disconcerting |
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habit of pointing his crotch and talking about
'business down there'. |
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'He describes his ideal woman as 'a big strong
healthy warrior, the bigger the better - if I see |
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a tall woman coming into a room, I just fall
over backwards. My tongue hangs out. It gets |
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exciting." |
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'Last week he caused a furore when he denounced
one of his recent (extremely attractive) |
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companions, Bridget Convet, 50, as 'too old to
have children' and reminded all young, fertile |
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ladies that he is once again 'interviewing
hard' for the position of Lady Slade. |
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"I have had a few proposals," he
said. "But sometimes the women are past their sell-by date |
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and have been over the guns a few times." |
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'Sir Ben, as he likes to be addressed, is 70
years old himself. |
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'Subsequently
he announced that he wanted to 'road-test' young women, adding: "It
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be nice if they were a breeder, of an age where
they can have a couple of sons." |
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'On paper - away from the leery, pink-cheeked
flesh - Sir Ben's pedigree is impeccable. His |
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ancestors fought in the Crimean War; he had
links to Horatio Nelson; General Sir John Slade, |
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who bought the family seat, Maunsel House, in
1772, danced with Marie Antoinette; and |
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his aunt Madeleine Slade, as he indelicately
puts it, "s*****d [Mahatma] Gandhi." |
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'He is worth about £20 million and owns two
Somerset stately homes, 13th-century Maunsel |
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House and 19th-century Woodlands Castle, from
which he runs a thriving wedding business. |
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He also has thousands of acres, a handful of
farms, a grouse shoot in Scotland, a collection |
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moth-eaten stuffed animal heads, hundreds of guns and wardrobes of red
trousers. |
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'Which
presumably is why he is so desperate for an heir (plus a spare) to inherit it
all when |
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he dies. "Daughters don't count," he
says. "Wonderful things to have around, of course, but |
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they don't count." |
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'Over the years he has been relentless in his
quest, rattling through a wife, Pauline Myburgh; |
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several
long-term lovers including Fiona Aitken, now wife of the Earl of Carnarvon
and |
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chatelaine of Highclere Castle, where Downton
[Abbey] was filmed. ("absolutely impossible |
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woman; social astronaut, drove me mad!");
actress Kirsten Hughes and, by his own account, |
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more members of European 'jet-trash' society
than most gentry have had roast grouse dinners. |
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'But he can't seem to get it right. "I'm
the worst judge of women in England. I've had five mad |
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women on the trot; it's been very difficult." |
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'In 2007 he made a public appeal for an heir of
sorts, offering his entire estate to whichever |
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stranger most closely matched his DNA, so long
as they weren't Guardian readers, drug-users or |
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communists. That didn't work because the
winner, Isaac Slade, who fronts U.S. rock group The |
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Fray, was too busy with his band to deal with
sweeping driveways and the worry of dry rot. |
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'Then in 2012, after Kirsten, then 49, had,
according to him, "run off with the handyman," Sir |
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Ben wasted no time in advertising to replace
not only the handyman but Kirsten, too, offering |
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a £50,000 salary plus car, house, food and
holidays. |
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Crucially, the successful candidate would have
a shotgun certificate, be able to run two |
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castles and must be able to breed two sons (it
didn't matter if she had bred before). And when |
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that didn't bear fruit, he had his sperm frozen
("it's very good stuff") and carried on chatting up |
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'any bit of crumpet that moves' - so long as
she didn't come from a country with green in its |
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flag, beginning with an "I", or
anywhere they don't wear overcoats in the winter. |
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'So is he really an appalling man, playing for
laughs or publicity, or has desperation made him so |
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ungallant? |
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'Whatever the truth, his recent comments have
not gone down well. Bridget, unsurprisingly, |
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was hopping mad, not least because they haven't
been an item since 2014 and she is actually |
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happily engaged to a chap called Alister.
Online, thousands have denounced Sir Ben as a sexist |
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dinosaur. |
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"I'm not sexist," he says. "Men
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sure the table looks nice. It's a partnership!" |
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'But
a fair few, perhaps tempted by his surprisingly good skin as much as his
fortune, got in |
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touch this week. "I've been inundated with
offers!" he chirps happily, oblivious to the feminist |
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blood boiling around him. "I'm going to
have a party and get them all down. The more the |
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merrier!" |
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'Hugely encouraged, he has even added new
criteria to his list of required attributes. Driving |
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and shooting licences are now non-negotiable.
The former is to drive him to long boozy lunches, |
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while the latter is more pressing since police
found an unlicensed shotgun in his bedroom - he |
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liked
to shoot foxes in his pyjamas - and he nearly landed in prison. Scorpios are
also a no-no. |
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And now he is slowing down a bit, so is anyone
much under 30 or over 40. |
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'A 'terribly exotic Spanish creature' he dated
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She said: "Darling, you're too old for
me." And I said:"No darling, you'll be 40 next year - you're |
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too old for me!" |
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'Sir Ben, who made his fortune in shipping but
then put most of his money into his estate, is |
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now asset-rich but cash-poor, so life with him
will not be all butlers, polished silverware and |
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devilled kidneys. He re-uses teabags and lives
on vegetable juice, Ryvita, watery porridge and |
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the occasional gull's egg as a treat. |
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'To save £15,000 tax a year, he has moved out
of Maunsel House into a half-built farmhouse |
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where he scrimps on the heating, shares a
bedroom with his Jack Russell, Bully, and labrador, |
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Gerald, names after the late Duke of
Westminster, and has an inspirational message from |
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Donald Trump by his bed (he and Trump's first
wife, Ivana, were good pals). |
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'He rises at six, works all hours on his
wedding business and wears holey jumpers. "Most women |
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don't understand," he says. "It's a
nightmare running this place. The heating bill's £50,000 a |
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year. They don't tend to stay." |
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'He is also constantly tired tanks to a sleep
disorder, and has suffered a brief problem with his |
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prostate - or 'bicycle pump' as he calls it -
which he keeps 'fired up' with oysters. Other than |
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that
he claims to be in excellent health and even hangs upside down in a harness
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morning to reduce stress. "Stress is not
good - and it's not good for down there, either," he |
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says, stabbing at his crotch yet again.
"That's why I need a good woman to help with it all. |
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A good woman could be worth £100k to me,
minimum, and she could pop out some heirs while |
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she's at it." |
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'But, given his health problem, is he up to the
job? "Mao Tse Tung was bonking away when he |
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was 80! So was Moses. I'm slowing down a bit -
I just don't get enough practice in," he says |
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sadly. Then he tells me he isn't a fan of
Viagra, preferring a similar drug called Cialis: "It's really |
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good - lasts all weekend." There is also a
concoction that his French nephew obtains from the |
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Far East, which he puts in his tea and which
makes him go 'like greased lightning.' |
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'I wonder if all this is bluster and fantasy.
So we move back to his childhood, which went from |
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happy to unutterably miserable when he was ten
and his elder brother died (in a car crash), |
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followed by his mother the next year, then his
uncle, then his father the year after that. Young |
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Ben was shipped off to a distant relative for
his troubled teens, then packed off to Australia on |
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a one-way ticket, where he worked in the mines
and on sheep stations and slept rough. Despite |
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having to overcome the odds, his grief and
terrible dyslexia he pulled through, made a fortune |
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in shipping and bought back the family seat
from his aunt. |
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'Given the parallels, I ask about Prince
Harry's mental health charity. But he just harrumphs. |
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"They're
all nuts, really. And his mother was totally screwed up. Everyone knows there
are |
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three families you should never marry into and
the Spencers is one!" |
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'It is easy to see why he wants children -
"if I drop dead today, this place will be on the market |
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in a month" - and he is convinced he'd
make a good father. "People tell me 'you're too old. You'll |
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die.' So what? I was bloody orphaned. Anyway, a
nice young attractive widow with two castles |
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and a title is going to get snapped up pretty
quickly." |
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'What is surprising is that he never did manage
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He blames what he calls "Fallopian
complications" and claims "too many cats" were responsible |
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for his marriage failure. But what about
adoption? He looks horrified. "People don't give anything |
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away that's any good, do they?" And a baby
from overseas, he says, was completely out of |
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the question. "If you're living in the
countryside and into hunting and shooting, an Aboriginal or |
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an African probably wouldn't go down too well
round here. They might not let someone like me |
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adopt anyway." This is probably the wisest
thing he has said so far. |
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'On the flip side, though, having Sir Ben as
your dad might be a relentlessly politically incorrect |
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experience
and you'd never dare bring anyone home for tea, but it would never be dull.
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the
sort of man who throws wild parties, has 5,000 people in his address book and
is someone |
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to whom mad things inevitably happen. |
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'Who else would have a peacock called Ron
Davies (after the Labour MP whose career was |
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destroyed
by a 'moment of madness' involving a homosexual encounter on Clapham
Common) |
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which caused £4,000 damage to a peacock-blue
car in a bout of misplaced ardour? Sir Ben also |
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cited a tomcat as co-respondent in his divorce.
Then there was the time he went to court to |
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fight for custody of a rescue dog called Jasper
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He was bequeathed to Slade, along with a trust
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'Extraordinarily, Sir Ben's exes seem genuinely
fond of him. "For some reason they all want to |
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come back - even Kirsten, who behaved
disgracefully. Because I might not be the best looker |
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but
there's always something happening and I make them laugh." And then,
just as he is |
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finally starting to sound more like a naughty
uncle than a sexist oaf, he blows it by describing |
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the shape of his favourite breasts. "I do
like them pointing upwards. I once had an American |
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girlfriend who had them pointing upwards. Just
wonderful. And big, ideally, but I certainly don't |
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want some tired old flap they can throw over
the shoulder!" |
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'Oh stop it, Sir Ben! You are clearly far
brighter that you let on and work like a Trojan, but it's |
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as if you have a constant need to offend -
especially when, against all odds, someone might |
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actually be warming to you.' |
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Sir Andrew was murdered in November 1700. The
following account of his murder is taken from |
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"Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of
Criminal Jurisprudence from the earliest records to |
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the year 1825" by George Borrow
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"One evening John Cowland, with some other
bon vivants, followed
Sir Andrew Slanning, bart. |
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who had made a temporary acquaintance with an
orange-woman while in the pit at the Drury |
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Lane
play-house, and retired with her as soon as the play was ended. They had gone
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few yards before Mr. Cowland put his arm round
the woman's neck; on which Sir Andrew |
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desired he would desist, as she was his wife. |
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"Cowland, knowing Sir Andrew was married
to a woman of honour, gave him the lie, and swords |
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were drawn on both sides; but some gentlemen
coming up at this juncture, no immediate ill |
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consequence happened. They all now agreed to
adjourn to the Rose tavern; and Capt. Wagget |
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having there used his utmost endeavours to
reconcile the offended parties, it appeared that his |
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mediation was attended with success; but, as
they were going upstairs to drink a glass of wine, |
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Mr. Cowland drew his sword, and stabbed Sir
Andrew in the belly, who finding himself wounded, |
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cried
out "murder." One of Lord Warwick's servants, and two other persons
who were within |
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the
house, ran up immediately, and disarmed Cowland of his sword, which was
bloody to the |
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depth of five inches, and took him into
custody. Cowland was instantly conducted before a |
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justice of the peace, who committed him; and on
Dec. the 5th, 1700, he was tried at the Old |
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Bailey
on three indictments - the first at the common law, the second on the statute
of |
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stabbing,
and the third on the coroner's inquest for the murder. Every fact was fully
proved |
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on the trial; and among other things, it was
deposed, that the deceased possessed an estate |
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of £20,000 a year, and that his family became
extinct by his death; and that he had been a |
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gentleman of great good-nature, and by no means
disposed to animosity. On Cowland's being |
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found guilty, sentence of death was passed on
him; and though great interest was made to |
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obtain a pardon, he was executed at Tyburn the
20th Dec. 1700." |
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Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st baronet |
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Sir Henry was executed in June 1658 due to his
loyalty to the Royalist cause during the English |
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Civil War. Following a planned Royalist
insurrection in 1655, Slingsby was arrested and impris- |
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oned at Hull, and later at York, where he
remained until 1658, but following a further royal plot |
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against the Commonwealth in that year, he was
brought before the High Court and charged |
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with treason. He was initially sentenced to be
hanged, drawn and quartered, but the sentence |
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was later commuted to beheading, the sentence
being carried out on Tower Hill on 8 June 1658. |
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The following account of his execution is taken
from "The characters of the several noblemen |
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and gentlemen that have died in the defence of
their respective princes...." by Thomas Salmon |
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[London 1724]:- |
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'About Eleven of the Clock, Sir Henry Slingsby
was brought from the Tower to the Scaffold on |
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Tower-Hill; whither being come, he fell upon
his Knees, and for a short Space pray'd privately. |
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Then standing up, he did in a short Speech, and
with a very low Voice, address himself to Mr. |
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Sheriff Robinson, telling him, that what he had
to say he would speak to him; which was to this |
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"That
he had receiv'd a Sentence to die, upon account of his endeavouring to betray
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Garrison of Hull: But said, All that he did in
that Business he was drawn into by others. |
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"That the Officers of that Garrison did
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fore
they would needs pump him to the bottom: But what he spoke to them in private
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brought
into Evidence against him. He likewise said, That he did no more than any
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have done that was so brought on. |
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"That
he had made many Applications (by his Friends) for a Reprieve, but found his
Highness |
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was inexorable. |
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"He
did confess, that he did deliver a Commission (as it was charged against
him:) But said, |
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it was an old Commission, and what he meant was well known to himself; but
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Constructions others had made of it might
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'He discover'd little Sense of Sorrow, or Fear
of Death; but said, He was ready to submit, or |
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Words to like purpose. |
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'Then he addressed himself to private Prayer
again; and kneeling down to the Block, he pray'd |
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privately for a short space: Then he laid his
Head upon the Block, and at the Sign given, the |
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Executioner sever'd his Head from his Body at
one Blow: And his Friends put his Body into a |
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Coffin, and remov'd it into a close Coach
prepared near the Place.' |
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Sir Charles Slingsby, 10th baronet |
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Sir
Charles, along with five others, was drowned in 1869 when the boat upon which
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crossing a river capsized. The following edited
account of the accident appeared in the Dublin |
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'[After describing at length the names of the
persons who had met for a fox-hunt]…..no fox |
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was found until the hounds reached Monckton
Whin; but a good run of about an hour's duration |
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was had towards Copgrove and Newby Hall, and
near the latter the fox and the pack crossed |
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the river Ure. Several of the gentlemen who
were in pursuit attempted to cross the river at a |
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ford some distance up the stream, but Sir
Charles Slingsby and a majority of those who were |
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close up made for the ferry, which is almost
directly opposite Newby-hall, and signalled for the |
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boat to be sent across. Swollen by the late
rains, and to a great extent diverted from its |
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natural channel, the river, at this point some
fifty or sixty yards broad, swept along with a |
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strong deep current. |
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'With little or no hesitation the master of the
hounds [Sir Charles] sprang into the boat, to be |
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piloted across by the Newby-hall gardener and
his son, and this example was so largely |
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followed
that in a very short time some twelve or fourteen gentlemen with their
horses, |
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crowded into a vessel intended to accommodate
only half that number….[a number of others] |
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who were either unable to find room in the boat
or had their doubts as to its safety, remained |
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on the banks awaiting its return. No warning
voice cautioned them when they started on what |
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proved to some of them a fatal journey; indeed,
their apparent luck in having gained the start |
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of the others was looked on many envious eyes.
Any such feeling was, however, of short |
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duration. |
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'Seizing the chain by which the flat-bottomed
boat is propelled, Captain Vyner and his brother |
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pushed it off from the river side, and sent the
vessel right into the stream. Before one-third of |
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the distance had been traversed, Sir Charles
Slingsby's horse became restive, and kicked the |
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animal
belonging to Sir George Wombwell. The latter - a high-mettled chestnut -
returned the |
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kick,
and something very like a panic arose among the horses. The boat was swayed
first to |
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one side and then to the other, and finally it
was fairly turned bottom upwards. |
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'The scene which then ensued was of a very
painful character. For a moment the slimy bottom |
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of the boat, rocked to and fro by the
struggling of the men and horses, was all that could be |
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seen by the spectators on the bank; then here
and there in different parts of the stream heads |
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began to appear only to sink again amid
agonised cries, and hands and arms were flung up in |
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despair. Horses were seen to battle with the
current, striking out regardless of the injuries |
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they
inflicted on their masters, who were also swept by the current out of the
reach of those |
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anxious
to afford relief. In some cases,
however, the prompt measures taken by the |
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spectators
were effectual. Those who could swim cast off their coats and plunged to save
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friends,
while others, not so happily gifted, took less vigorous, though not less
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Lines formed of whips tied together, and thrown
within reach of the drowning men, and several |
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beams
of wood which fortunately lay scattered about, were quickly launched on the
stream. |
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'Captain Vyner was one of the first to get his
head out of water, and to save himself from the |
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current by clinging to the upturned vessel.
After a vigorous struggle he reached the top of the |
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boat and was able to assist first Sir George
Wombwell and afterwards one of the York officers |
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to the same position. Mr. White got on shore by
means of the chain stretched across the ferry, |
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while others were rescued by means adopted for
their safety from the banks. In a very few |
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minutes,
however, it was found that six men and 11 horses had been drowned. Two
horses |
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were rescued. |
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'Sir Charles Slingsby was seen by the
spectators on the bank to strike out for the opposite |
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shore,
but when nearing it he threw up his hands, and the last seen of him was his
body |
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floating down the river with his head and legs
under water…….The body of Sir Charles Slingsby |
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was discovered 300 yards below the scene of the
accident.' |
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Copyright @ 2003-2018
Leigh Rayment |
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