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Last updated 12/02/2025 |
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Names of baronets shown in blue |
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result, their name has not yet been placed on |
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the Official Roll of the Baronetage. |
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Type |
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Name |
Born |
Died |
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baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died"
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that the baronet was buried on that date |
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ANSTRUTHER of Balcaskie,Fife |
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| 28 Nov 1694 |
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1 |
Robert Anstruther |
24 Sep 1658 |
Mar 1737 |
78 |
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MP for Fifeshire 1710 |
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Philip Anstruther |
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27 May 1763 |
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Robert Anstruther |
19 Apr 1733 |
2 Aug 1818 |
85 |
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Ralph Abercromby Anstruther |
1 Mar 1804 |
18 Oct 1863 |
59 |
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| 18 Oct 1863 |
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Robert Anstruther |
28 Aug 1834 |
21 Jul 1886 |
51 |
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MP for Fifeshire 1864-1880 and |
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St.Andrews 1885-1886. Lord Lieutenant |
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Fife 1864-1886 |
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Ralph William Anstruther |
5 Jul 1858 |
30 Sep 1934 |
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Lord Lieutenant Fife 1923-1934 |
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| 30 Sep 1934 |
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Ralph Hugo Anstruther |
13 Jun 1921 |
19 May 2002 |
80 |
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He succeeded his kinsman Sir Windham |
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Eric Francis Carmichael-Anstruther as 12th |
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baronet of the creation of 1700 (qv) in 1980 |
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| 19 May 2002 |
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Ian Fife Campbell Anstruther |
11 May 1922 |
29 Jul 2007 |
85 |
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| 29 Jul 2007 |
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Sebastian Paten Campbell Anstruther |
13 Sep 1962 |
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ANSTRUTHER of Anstruther,Lanark |
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| 6 Jan 1700 |
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John Anstruther |
c 1678 |
27 Sep 1753 |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs 1708- |
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1712 and 1713-1715 and Fifeshire |
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1715-1741 |
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| 27 Sep 1753 |
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John Anstruther |
27 Dec 1718 |
4 Jul 1799 |
80 |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs 1766-1774, |
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1780-1783 and 1790-1793. |
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| 4 Jul 1799 |
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Philip Anstruther-Paterson |
13 Jan 1752 |
5 Jan 1808 |
55 |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs 1774-1778 |
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| 5 Jan 1808 |
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John Anstruther |
27 Mar 1753 |
26 Jan 1811 |
57 |
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He had previously been created a baronet |
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18 May 1798 (qv) |
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| 26 Jan 1811 |
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John Anstruther (Carmichael-Anstruther |
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from 1817) |
1 Jun 1785 |
28 Jan 1818 |
32 |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs |
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1806-1818 |
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| 6 Feb 1818 |
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John Carmichael-Anstruther |
6 Feb 1818 |
31 Oct 1831 |
13 |
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| 31 Oct 1831 |
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Windham Carmichael-Anstruther |
9 Mar 1793 |
15 Sep 1869 |
76 |
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Windham Charles James Carmichael- |
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Anstruther |
1825 |
29 Jan 1898 |
72 |
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MP for Lanarkshire South 1874-1880 |
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| 29 Jan 1898 |
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Windham Robert Carmichael-Anstruther |
26 Mar 1877 |
28 Oct 1903 |
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William Frederick Carmichael-Anstruther |
30 Apr 1902 |
29 Nov 1928 |
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| 29 Nov 1928 |
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Windham Eric Francis Carmichael- |
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Anstruther |
29 May 1900 |
9 Apr 1980 |
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On his death the creation of 1798 became |
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extinct, while the creation of 1700 passed to |
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his kinsman, Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther, 7th |
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baronet of the 1694 creation (qv) |
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| 9 Apr 1980 |
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Ralph Hugo Anstruther |
13 Jun 1921 |
19 May 2002 |
80 |
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| 19 May 2002 |
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Ian Fife Campbell Anstruther |
11 May 1922 |
29 Jul 2007 |
85 |
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| 29 Jul 2007 |
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Sebastian Paten Campbell Anstruther |
13 Sep 1962 |
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ANSTRUTHER of Anstruther,Lanark |
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| 18 May 1798 |
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John Anstruther |
27 Mar 1753 |
26 Jan 1811 |
57 |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs 1783- |
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1790,1796-1797 and 1806-1811 and |
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Cockermouth 1790-1796.
PC 1806 |
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He succeeded to the creation of 1700 in |
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| 26 Jan 1811 |
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John Anstruther (Carmichael-Anstruther |
1 Jun 1785 |
28 Jan 1818 |
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from 1817) |
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MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs |
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1811-1818 |
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| 6 Feb 1818 |
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John Carmichael-Anstruther |
6 Feb 1818 |
31 Oct 1831 |
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| 31 Oct 1831 |
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Windham Carmichael-Anstruther |
9 Mar 1793 |
15 Sep 1869 |
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| 15 Sep 1869 |
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Windham Charles James Carmichael- |
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Anstruther |
1825 |
29 Jan 1898 |
72 |
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MP for Lanarkshire South 1874-1880 |
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| 29 Jan 1898 |
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Windham Robert Carmichael-Anstruther |
26 Mar 1877 |
28 Oct 1903 |
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| 28 Oct 1903 |
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William Frederick Carmichael-Anstruther |
30 Apr 1902 |
29 Nov 1928 |
26 |
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| 29 Nov 1928 |
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Windham Eric Francis Carmichael- |
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Anstruther |
29 May 1900 |
9 Apr 1980 |
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Extinct on his death |
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ANSTRUTHER-GOUGH-CALTHORPE |
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of Elvetham Hall,Hants |
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| 1 Jul 1929 |
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Fitzroy Hamilton Anstruther-Gough- |
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Calthorpe |
5 Jul 1872 |
29 Sep 1957 |
85 |
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| 29 Sep 1957 |
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Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough- |
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Calthorpe |
28 Mar 1908 |
7 Feb 1985 |
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Euan Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe |
22 Jun 1966 |
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ANSTRUTHER-GRAY of Kilmany,Fife |
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| 4 Jul 1956 |
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William John St.Clair Anstruther-Gray |
5 Mar 1905 |
6 Aug 1985 |
80 |
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He was subsequently created Baron |
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Kilmany (qv) in 1966 with which title the |
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baronetcy then merged until its |
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extinction in 1985 |
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ANTROBUS of Antrobus,Cheshire |
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and Rutherford,Roxburgh |
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| 22 May 1815 |
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Edmund Antrobus |
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6 Feb 1826 |
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| 6 Feb 1826 |
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Edmund Antrobus |
17 May 1792 |
4 May 1870 |
77 |
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| 4 May 1870 |
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Edmund Antrobus |
3 Sep 1818 |
1 Apr 1899 |
80 |
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MP for Surrey East 1841-1847 and Wilton |
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1855-1877 |
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| 1 Apr 1899 |
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Edmund Antrobus |
25 Dec 1848 |
11 Feb 1915 |
66 |
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| 11 Feb 1915 |
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Cosmo Gordon Antrobus |
22 Oct 1859 |
29 Jun 1939 |
79 |
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| 29 Jun 1939 |
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Philip Humphrey Antrobus |
22 Jul 1876 |
11 Jul 1968 |
91 |
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| 11 Jul 1968 |
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Philip Coutts Antrobus |
10 Apr 1908 |
1 Aug 1995 |
87 |
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| 1 Aug 1995 |
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Edward Philip Antrobus |
28 Sep 1938 |
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APPLETON of South Benfleet,Suffolk |
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Roger Appleton |
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16 Jan 1613 |
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Henry Appleton |
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Henry Appleton |
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Jan 1670 |
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Henry Appleton |
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Feb 1679 |
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William Appleton |
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15 Nov 1705 |
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| 15 Nov 1705 |
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Henry Appleton |
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APREECE of Washingley,Hunts |
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| 12 Jul 1782 |
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Thomas Hussey Apreece |
15 Nov 1744 |
27 May 1833 |
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| 27 May 1833 |
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Thomas George Apreece |
19 Aug 1791 |
30 Dec 1842 |
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| 30 Dec 1842 |
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ARBUTHNOT of Edinburgh |
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| 2 Apr 1823 |
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1 |
William Arbuthnot |
24 Dec 1766 |
18 Sep 1829 |
62 |
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| 18 Sep 1829 |
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Robert Keith Arbuthnot |
9 Sep 1801 |
4 Mar 1873 |
71 |
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| 4 Mar 1873 |
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William Wedderburn Arbuthnot |
22 Aug 1831 |
5 Jun 1889 |
57 |
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| 5 Jun 1889 |
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Robert Keith Arbuthnot |
23 Mar 1864 |
31 May 1916 |
52 |
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| 31 May 1916 |
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Dalrymple Arbuthnot |
1 Apr 1867 |
31 Mar 1941 |
73 |
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| 31 Mar 1941 |
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Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot |
4 Jul 1919 |
30 Jun 1944 |
24 |
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| 30 Jun 1944 |
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Hugh FitzGerald Arbuthnot |
2 Jan 1922 |
3 Jul 1983 |
61 |
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| 3 Jul 1983 |
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Keith Robert Charles Arbuthnot |
23 Sep 1951 |
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ARBUTHNOT of Kittybrewster,Aberdeen |
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| 26 Feb 1964 |
UK |
1 |
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot |
11 Feb 1912 |
13 Jun 1992 |
80 |
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MP for Dover 1950-1964 |
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| 13 Jun 1992 |
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William Reierson Arbuthnot |
2 Sep 1950 |
7 Oct 2021 |
71 |
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| 7 Oct 2021 |
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Henry William Arbuthnot |
21 Mar 2011 |
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ARCHDALE of Riversdale,co.Fermanagh |
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| 25 Jun 1928 |
UK |
1 |
Edward Mervyn Archdale |
26 Jan 1853 |
2 Nov 1943 |
90 |
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MP for Fermanagh North 1898-1903 and |
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1916-1921. PC [I]
1921 PC [NI] 1922 |
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| 2 Nov 1943 |
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Nicholas Edward Archdale |
11 Jun 1881 |
28 Jul 1955 |
74 |
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| 28 Jul 1955 |
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Edward Folmer Archdale |
8 Sep 1921 |
31 Jul 2009 |
87 |
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| 31 Jul 2009 |
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Nicholas Edward Archdale |
2 Dec 1965 |
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| 18 Sep 1841 |
UK |
1 |
Andrew Armstrong |
19 Oct 1786 |
27 Jan 1863 |
76 |
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| 27 Jan 1863 |
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Edmund Frederick Armstrong |
27 May 1836 |
24 Apr 1899 |
62 |
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| 24 Apr 1899 |
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Andrew Harvey Armstrong |
23 May 1866 |
3 Jun 1922 |
56 |
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| 3 Jun 1922 |
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Nesbitt William Armstrong |
3 Jul 1875 |
23 Sep 1953 |
78 |
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| 23 Sep 1953 |
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Andrew St.Clare Armstrong |
20 Dec 1912 |
27 Jan 1987 |
74 |
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Andrew Clarence Francis Armstrong |
1 May 1907 |
21 Dec 1997 |
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Christopher John Edmund Stuart Armstrong |
15 Jan 1940 |
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ARMSTRONG of Ashburn Place,London |
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George Carlyon Hughes Armstrong |
20 Jul 1836 |
20 Apr 1907 |
70 |
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George Elliot Armstrong |
19 Jan 1866 |
30 Mar 1940 |
74 |
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Francis Philip Armstrong |
16 Oct 1871 |
7 Jan 1944 |
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ARMYTAGE of Kirklees,Yorks |
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Francis Armytage |
c 1600 |
12 Jun 1644 |
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John Armytage |
15 Dec 1629 |
9 Mar 1677 |
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Thomas Armytage |
10 May 1652 |
early 1694 |
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John Armytage |
14 Apr 1653 |
2 Dec 1732 |
79 |
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George Armytage |
23 Aug 1660 |
24 Apr 1736 |
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Thomas Armytage |
31 Jul 1673 |
12 Oct 1737 |
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ARMYTAGE of Kirklees,Yorks |
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Samuel Armytage |
5 May 1695 |
19 Aug 1747 |
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John Armytage |
13 Jul 1732 |
10 Sep 1758 |
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George Armytage |
25 Dec 1734 |
21 Jan 1783 |
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George Armytage |
11 Jun 1761 |
14 Jul 1836 |
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George Armytage |
3 May 1819 |
9 Mar 1899 |
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George John Armytage |
26 Apr 1842 |
8 Nov 1918 |
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George Ayscough Armytage |
2 Mar 1872 |
15 Aug 1953 |
81 |
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John Lionel Armytage |
23 Nov 1901 |
21 Jun 1983 |
81 |
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John Martin Armytage |
26 Feb 1933 |
2 Feb 2025 |
91 |
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Hugh Anthony Armytage |
6 Aug 1955 |
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ARNOT of Arnot,Fife |
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David Arnot |
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John Arnot |
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John Arnot |
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John Arnot |
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Robert Arnot |
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William Arnot |
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Matthew Robert Arnot |
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William Arnot |
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ARNOTT of Woodlands.co.Cork |
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| 12 Feb 1896 |
UK |
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John Arnott |
26 Jul 1814 |
28 Mar 1898 |
83 |
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MP for Kinsale 1859-1863 |
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John Alexander Arnott |
16 Nov 1853 |
26 Jul 1940 |
86 |
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Lauriston John Arnott |
27 Nov 1890 |
2 Jul 1958 |
67 |
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Robert John Arnott |
19 Aug 1896 |
25 Jul 1966 |
70 |
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John Robert Alexander Arnott |
9 Apr 1927 |
14 Feb 1981 |
53 |
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Alexander John Maxwell Armytage Arnott |
18 Sep 1975 |
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ARRAGH of Arragh,Tipperary |
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Terence MacBrian Arragh |
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28 Mar 1626 |
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ARTHUR of Upper Canada |
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| 5 Jun 1841 |
UK |
1 |
George Arthur |
21 Jun 1784 |
19 Sep 1854 |
70 |
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Governor of British Honduras 1814-1822, |
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Van Diemens Land 1824-1837,Upper Canada |
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1837-1841 and Bombay 1842-1846. PC 1846 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 19 Sep 1854 |
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Frederick Leopold Arthur |
20 Dec 1816 |
1 Jun 1878 |
61 |
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George Compton Archibald Arthur |
30 Apr 1860 |
14 Jan 1946 |
85 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 14 Jan 1946 |
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George Malcolm Arthur |
26 Mar 1908 |
27 Jul 1949 |
41 |
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Basil Malcolm Arthur |
18 Sep 1928 |
1 May 1985 |
56 |
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| 1 May 1985 |
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Stephen John Arthur |
1 Jul 1953 |
15 May 2010 |
56 |
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Benjamin Nathan Arthur |
27 Mar 1979 |
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ARTHUR of Carlung,Ayr |
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| 10 Jan 1903 |
UK |
1 |
Matthew Arthur |
9 Mar 1852 |
23 Sep 1928 |
76 |
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Glenarthur (qv) in 1918 with which title |
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ASGILL of London |
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| 17 Apr 1761 |
GB |
1 |
Charles Asgill |
c 1713 |
15 Sep 1788 |
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Charles Asgill |
6 Apr 1762 |
23 Jul 1823 |
61 |
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| 23 Jul 1823 |
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ASHBURNHAM of Broomham,Sussex |
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| 15 May 1661 |
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Denny Ashburnham |
c 1628 |
11 Dec 1697 |
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MP for Hastings 1660,1661-1679 and |
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William Ashburnham |
1 Apr 1678 |
7 Nov 1755 |
77 |
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and Seaford 1715-1717 |
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Charles Ashburnham |
c 1680 |
3 Oct 1762 |
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William Ashburnham |
16 Jan 1710 |
4 Sep 1797 |
87 |
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William Ashburnham |
5 Mar 1739 |
21 Aug 1823 |
84 |
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William Ashburnham |
21 Jun 1769 |
23 Mar 1843 |
73 |
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John Ashburnham |
26 Dec 1770 |
1 Sep 1854 |
83 |
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Anchitel Ashburnham |
8 Feb 1828 |
2 Dec 1899 |
71 |
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Anchitel Piers Ashburnham-Clement |
22 Aug 1861 |
5 Aug 1935 |
73 |
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Reginald Ashburnham |
26 Aug 1865 |
29 Jan 1944 |
78 |
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Fleetwood Ashburnham |
2 Mar 1869 |
5 Mar 1953 |
84 |
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Denny Reginald Ashburnham |
24 Mar 1916 |
21 Jun 1999 |
83 |
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James Fleetwood Ashburnham |
17 Dec 1979 |
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ASHBY of Harefield,Middlesex |
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Francis Ashby |
10 Oct 1595 |
23 Dec 1623 |
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ASHE of Twickenham,Middlesex |
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Joseph Ashe |
16 Feb 1617 |
15 Apr 1686 |
69 |
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MP for Downton 1670-1685 |
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James Ashe |
27 Jul 1674 |
8 Nov 1733 |
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ASHFIELD of Netherhall,Suffolk |
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John Ashfield |
c 1597 |
1635 |
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Richard Ashfield |
c 1630 |
c 1684 |
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John Ashfield |
8 Dec 1654 |
9 Mar 1714 |
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ASHLEY of Wimborne St Giles,Dorset |
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c 1541 |
13 Jan 1628 |
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Sarum 1593-1594 |
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ASHMAN of Stoke Bishop, Bristol |
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| 23 Nov 1907 |
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1 |
Sir Herbert Ashman |
11 Jun 1854 |
26 Sep 1914 |
60 |
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Frederick Herbert Ashman |
16 Jan 1875 |
22 Dec 1916 |
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ASHURST of Waterstock,Oxon |
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| 21 Jul 1688 |
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1 |
Henry Ashurst |
8 Sep 1645 |
13 Apr 1711 |
65 |
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MP for Truro 1681-1685 and 1689-1695 |
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and Wilton 1698-1701 and 1701-1702 |
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Henry Ashurst |
after 1670 |
17 May 1732 |
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ASKE of Aughton,Yorks |
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| 21 Jan 1922 |
UK |
1 |
Robert William Aske |
29 Dec 1872 |
10 Mar 1954 |
81 |
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MP for Newcastle East 1923-1924 and |
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1929-1945 |
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| 10 Mar 1954 |
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Conan Aske |
22 Apr 1912 |
7 May 2001 |
89 |
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| 7 May 2001 |
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Robert John Bingham Aske |
12 Mar 1941 |
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ASSHETON of Lever,Lancs |
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Ralph Assheton |
c 1581 |
18 Oct 1644 |
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Ralph Assheton |
c 1605 |
30 Jan 1680 |
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MP for Clitheroe 1625.1626,Apr 1640,Nov 1640, |
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1660,1661-1662,Mar 1679 and Oct 1679 |
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Edmund Assheton |
1620 |
31 Oct 1695 |
75 |
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John Assheton |
1624 |
9 Jun 1696 |
71 |
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ASSHETON of Middleton,Lancs |
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Ralph Assheton |
9 Jul 1626 |
28 Apr 1665 |
38 |
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2 |
Ralph Assheton |
11 Feb 1652 |
4 May 1716 |
64 |
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MP for Liverpool 1677-1679 and |
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Lancashire 1694-1698 |
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Ralph Assheton |
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31 Dec 1765 |
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ASSHETON of Downham,Lancs |
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| 4 Sep 1945 |
UK |
1 |
Ralph Cockayne Assheton |
13 Sep 1860 |
21 Sep 1955 |
95 |
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2 |
Ralph Assheton |
24 Feb 1901 |
18 Sep 1984 |
83 |
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He was had previously been created Baron |
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Clitheroe (qv) in June 1955 with which title |
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the baronetcy remains merged |
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ASSHETON-SMITH of Vaynol Park,Carnarvon |
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| 1 Aug 1911 |
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See "Duff" |
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ASTLEY of Melton Constable,Norfolk |
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| 21 Jan 1642 |
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1 |
Isaac Astley |
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7 Dec 1659 |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 7 Dec 1659 |
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ASTLEY of Hill Morton,Warwicks |
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| 25 Jun 1660 |
E |
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Jacob Astley |
1640 |
17 Aug 1729 |
89 |
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MP for Norfolk 1685-1687,1690-1701 |
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1702-1705 and 1710-1722. |
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Philip Astley |
20 Jul 1667 |
7 Jul 1739 |
71 |
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| 7 Jul 1739 |
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3 |
Jacob Astley |
3 Jan 1692 |
5 Jan 1760 |
68 |
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| 5 Jan 1760 |
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4 |
Edward Astley |
26 Dec 1729 |
27 Mar 1802 |
72 |
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MP for Norfolk 1768-1790 |
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| 27 Mar 1802 |
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5 |
Jacob Henry Astley |
12 Sep 1756 |
28 Apr 1817 |
60 |
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MP for Norfolk 1797-1806 and 1807-1817 |
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| 28 Apr 1817 |
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6 |
Jacob Astley |
13 Nov 1797 |
27 Dec 1859 |
62 |
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The abeyance of the Barony of Hastings |
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(qv) was terminated in his favour in |
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1841 at which time the baronetcy merged |
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with this title and continues to do so,although |
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as at 30/06/2014,the baronetcy does not |
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appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage |
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ASTLEY of Pateshull,Staffs |
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| 13 Aug 1662 |
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1 |
Richard Astley |
c 1625 |
24 Feb 1688 |
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| 24 Feb 1688 |
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2 |
John Astley |
24 Jan 1687 |
29 Dec 1771 |
84 |
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MP for Shrewsbury 1727-1734 and |
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| 29 Dec 1771 |
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Shropshire 1734-1772 |
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Extinct on his death |
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ASTLEY of Everley,Wilts |
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| 15 Aug 1821 |
UK |
1 |
John Dugdale Astley |
27 Jun 1778 |
19 Jan 1842 |
63 |
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MP for Wiltshire 1820-1832 and Wiltshire |
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North 1832-1835 |
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| 19 Jan 1842 |
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2 |
Francis Dugdale Astley |
5 Nov 1805 |
23 Jul 1873 |
67 |
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| 23 Jul 1873 |
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3 |
John Dugdale Astley |
19 Feb 1828 |
10 Oct 1894 |
66 |
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MP for Lincolnshire North 1874-1880 |
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| 10 Oct 1894 |
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4 |
Francis Edmund George Astley-Corbett |
6 Feb 1859 |
5 Feb 1939 |
79 |
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| 5 Feb 1939 |
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5 |
Francis Henry Rivers Astley-Corbett |
29 Dec 1915 |
10 Sep 1943 |
27 |
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| 10 Sep 1943 |
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6 |
Francis Jacob Dugdale Astley |
26 Oct 1908 |
25 Mar 1994 |
85 |
| to |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 25 Mar 1994 |
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ASTLEY-COOPER of Gadebridge,Herts |
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| 31 Aug 1821 |
UK |
1 |
See "Cooper" |
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ASTON of Tixhall,Staffs |
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| 22 May 1611 |
E |
1 |
Walter Aston |
9 Jul 1584 |
13 Aug 1639 |
55 |
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He was later created Baron Aston (qv) in |
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1627 with which peerage the baronetcy |
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merged until its extinction in 1751 |
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ASTON of Aston,Cheshire |
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| 25 Jul 1628 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Aston |
29 Sep 1600 |
24 Mar 1646 |
45 |
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MP for Cheshire 1640 |
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| 24 Mar 1646 |
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2 |
Willoughby Aston |
5 Jul 1640 |
14 Dec 1702 |
62 |
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| 14 Dec 1702 |
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3 |
Thomas Aston |
17 Jan 1656 |
16 Jan 1725 |
68 |
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| 16 Jan 1725 |
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4 |
Thomas Aston |
c 1705 |
17 Feb 1744 |
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MP for Liverpool 1729-1734 and St.Albans |
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1734-1741 |
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| Feb 1744 |
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5 |
Willoughby Aston |
c 1715 |
24 Aug 1772 |
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MP for Nottingham 1754-1761 |
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| 24 Aug 1772 |
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6 |
Willoughby Aston |
c 1748 |
22 Mar 1815 |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 22 Mar 1815 |
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ATKINS of Clapham,Surrey |
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| 13 Jun 1660 |
E |
1 |
Richard Atkins |
c 1615 |
19 Aug 1689 |
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| 19 Aug 1689 |
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2 |
Richard Atkins |
27 Aug 1654 |
28 Nov 1696 |
42 |
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MP for Buckinghamshire 1695-1696 |
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| 28 Nov 1696 |
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3 |
Henry Atkins |
c 1684 |
6 Aug 1712 |
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| Aug 1712 |
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4 |
Henry Atkins |
c 1707 |
29 Mar 1728 |
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| 29 Mar 1728 |
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5 |
Henry Atkins |
c 1726 |
1 Sep 1742 |
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| 1 Sep 1742 |
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6 |
Richard Atkins |
c 1728 |
10 Jun 1756 |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 10 Jun 1756 |
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AUBREY of Llantrithyd,Glamorgan |
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| 23 Jul 1660 |
E |
1 |
John Aubrey |
c 1606 |
25 Mar 1679 |
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| Mar 1679 |
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2 |
John Aubrey |
c 1650 |
15 Sep 1700 |
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MP for Brackley 1698-1700 |
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| 15 Sep 1700 |
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3 |
John Aubrey |
20 Jun 1680 |
16 Apr 1743 |
62 |
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MP for Cardiff 1706-1710 |
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| 16 Apr 1743 |
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4 |
John Aubrey |
c 1707 |
14 Oct 1767 |
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| 14 Oct 1767 |
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5 |
Thomas Aubrey |
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4 Sep 1786 |
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| 4 Sep 1786 |
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6 |
John Aubrey |
4 Jun 1739 |
14 Mar 1826 |
86 |
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MP for Wallingford 1768-1774, Aylesbury |
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1774-1780, Wallingford 1780-1784, |
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Buckinghamshire 1784-1790, Clitheroe |
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1790-1796, Aldborough 1796-1812, Steyning |
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1812-1820 and Horsham 1820-1826 |
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| 14 Mar 1826 |
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7 |
Thomas Digby Aubrey |
2 Dec 1782 |
5 Sep 1856 |
73 |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 5 Sep 1856 |
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AUBREY-FLETCHER of Clea Hall,Cumberland |
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| 20 May 1782 |
GB |
1 |
Henry Fletcher |
c 1727 |
29 Mar 1807 |
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For details of the special remainder included |
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in this creation, see the note at the foot of |
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this page |
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MP for Cumberland 1768-1806 |
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| 29 Mar 1807 |
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2 |
Henry Fletcher |
4 Feb 1772 |
10 Aug 1821 |
49 |
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| 10 Aug 1821 |
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3 |
Henry Fletcher |
18 Sep 1807 |
6 Sep 1851 |
43 |
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| 6 Sep 1851 |
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4 |
Henry Fletcher (Aubrey-Fletcher from 1903) |
24 Sep 1835 |
19 May 1910 |
74 |
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MP for Horsham 1880-1885 and Lewes |
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1885-1910. PC 1901 |
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| 19 May 1910 |
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5 |
Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher |
13 Mar 1846 |
5 Jan 1937 |
90 |
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| 5 Jan 1937 |
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6 |
Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher |
10 Sep 1887 |
30 May 1969 |
81 |
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Lord Lieutenant Buckinghamshire |
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1954-1961 |
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| 30 May 1969 |
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7 |
John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher |
22 Aug 1912 |
19 Jun 1992 |
79 |
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| 19 Jun 1992 |
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8 |
Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher |
27 Nov 1945 |
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Lord Lieutenant Buckinghamshire 2006- |
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AUCHER of Bishopsbourne,Kent |
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| 4 Jul 1666 |
E |
1 |
Anthony Aucher |
1614 |
31 May 1692 |
77 |
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MP for Canterbury 1660 |
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| 31 May 1692 |
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2 |
Anthony Aucher |
c 1685 |
14 Mar 1695 |
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| Mar 1695 |
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3 |
Hewitt Aucher |
c 1687 |
26 May 1726 |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 26 May 1726 |
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AUSTEN of Bexley,Kent |
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| 10 Jul 1660 |
E |
1 |
Robert Austen |
c 1580 |
30 Oct 1666 |
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| 30 Oct 1666 |
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2 |
John Austen |
1 Apr 1641 |
5 Jan 1699 |
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MP for Rye 1667-1679 and 1689-1699 |
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| 5 Jan 1699 |
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3 |
Robert Austen |
19 Mar 1664 |
5 Jul 1706 |
42 |
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MP for Rye 1699-1701 |
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| Jul 1706 |
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4 |
Robert Austen |
6 Oct 1697 |
7 Oct 1743 |
46 |
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MP for New Romney 1728-1734 and 1736-1741 |
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| 7 Oct 1743 |
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5 |
Sheffield Austen |
c 1700 |
c 1758 |
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| c 1758 |
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6 |
Edward Austen |
c 1705 |
10 Dec 1760 |
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| 10 Dec 1760 |
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7 |
Robert Austen |
c 1708 |
13 Feb 1772 |
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Extinct on his death |
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| 13 Feb 1772 |
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AUSTEN of Derehams,Middlesex |
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| 16 Nov 1714 |
GB |
1 |
John Austen |
after 1673 |
22 Mar 1742 |
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MP for Middlesex 1701-1702,1709-1710 |
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| 22 Mar 1742 |
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and 1722-1727 |
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Extinct on his death |
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AUSTIN of Red Hill,Yorks |
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| 16 Jul 1894 |
UK |
1 |
John Austin |
9 Mar 1824 |
30 Mar 1906 |
82 |
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MP for Osgoldcross 1886-1906 |
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| 30 Mar 1906 |
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2 |
William Michael Byron Austin |
27 Nov 1871 |
13 Nov 1940 |
68 |
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John Byron Fraser Austin |
14 Jul 1897 |
23 Sep 1981 |
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William Ronald Austin |
20 Jul 1900 |
16 Mar 1989 |
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Michael Trescawen Austin |
27 Aug 1927 |
3 Aug 1995 |
67 |
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Anthony Leonard Austin |
30 Sep 1930 |
2 Feb 2017 |
86 |
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Peter John Austin |
29 Jul 1958 |
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AVERY of Oakley Court,Berks |
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1 |
William Beilby Avery |
26 Apr 1854 |
28 Oct 1908 |
54 |
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William Eric Thomas Avery |
16 Mar 1890 |
20 Nov 1918 |
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AYKROYD of Lightcliffe,Yorks |
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1 |
William Henry Aykroyd |
8 May 1865 |
3 Apr 1947 |
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Alfred Hammond Aykroyd |
3 Jun 1894 |
29 Apr 1965 |
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William Miles Aykroyd |
24 Aug 1923 |
18 Jul 2007 |
83 |
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Michael David Aykroyd |
14 Jun 1928 |
21 Mar 2010 |
81 |
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Henry Robert George Aykroyd |
4 Apr 1954 |
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AYKROYD of Birstwith Hall,Yorks |
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1 |
Frederic Alfred Aykroyd |
25 Jun 1873 |
31 Dec 1949 |
76 |
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2 |
Cecil William Aykroyd |
23 Apr 1905 |
23 Jun 1993 |
88 |
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3 |
James Alexander Frederic Aykroyd |
6 Sep 1943 |
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AYLESBURY of London |
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| 19 Apr 1627 |
E |
1 |
Thomas Aylesbury |
1576 |
1657 |
81 |
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| 1657 |
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AYLMER of Donadea,co.Kildare |
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1 |
Gerald Aylmer |
c 1573 |
19 Aug 1634 |
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Andrew Aylmer |
c 1614 |
c 1681 |
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3 |
FitzGerald Aylmer |
1663 |
9 Jun 1685 |
21 |
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4 |
Justin Aylmer |
24 Feb 1681 |
1711 |
30 |
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5 |
Gerald Aylmer |
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6 Jan 1737 |
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6 |
FitzGerald Aylmer |
14 Sep 1736 |
Feb 1794 |
57 |
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7 |
Fenton Aylmer |
Nov 1770 |
23 May 1816 |
45 |
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8 |
Gerald George Aylmer |
15 Sep 1798 |
8 Feb 1878 |
79 |
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9 |
Gerald George Aylmer |
26 May 1830 |
25 Jun 1883 |
53 |
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Justin Gerald Aylmer |
17 Nov 1863 |
15 Mar 1885 |
21 |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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11 |
Arthur Percy Aylmer |
31 Aug 1801 |
7 May 1885 |
83 |
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12 |
Arthur Percy FitzGerald Aylmer |
2 Mar 1858 |
5 Dec 1928 |
70 |
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13 |
Fenton John Aylmer VC |
5 Apr 1862 |
3 Sep 1935 |
73 |
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winner, see the note at the foot of this page |
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| 3 Sep 1935 |
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14 |
Gerald Arthur Evans Freke Aylmer |
15 Oct 1869 |
3 Apr 1939 |
69 |
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15 |
Fenton Gerald Aylmer |
12 Mar 1901 |
16 Oct 1987 |
86 |
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Richard John Aylmer |
23 Apr 1937 |
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AYLMER of Balrath,Meath |
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| 6 Nov 1662 |
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1 |
Christopher Aylmer |
c 1620 |
Sep 1671 |
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2 |
Gerald Aylmer |
c 1640 |
Jun 1702 |
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3 |
John Aylmer |
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2 Apr 1714 |
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4 |
Andrew Aylmer |
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5 Nov 1740 |
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5 |
Gerald Aylmer |
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12 Jul 1745 |
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6 |
Matthew Aylmer |
10 Apr 1724 |
Apr 1776 |
52 |
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Henry Aylmer |
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22 Oct 1785 |
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He had previously succeeded to the |
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Barony of Aylmer (qv) in 1766 with |
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which title the baronetcy remains |
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merged |
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AYLOFFE of Braxted Magna,Essex |
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E |
1 |
William Ayloffe |
1563 |
5 Aug 1627 |
64 |
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MP for Stockbridge 1621-1622 |
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2 |
Benjamin Ayloffe |
29 Aug 1592 |
Mar 1662 |
69 |
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MP for Essex 1661-1662 |
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3 |
William Ayloffe |
3 Dec 1618 |
1675 |
56 |
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| 1675 |
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4 |
Benjamin Ayloffe |
c 1630 |
5 Mar 1722 |
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5 |
John Ayloffe |
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10 Dec 1730 |
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6 |
Joseph Ayloffe |
1709 |
19 Apr 1781 |
71 |
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AYLWEN of St Bartholomews,London |
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| 25 Nov 1949 |
UK |
1 |
Sir George Aylwen |
12 Nov 1880 |
27 Sep 1967 |
86 |
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| 27 Sep 1967 |
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AYSHCOMBE of Lyford,Berks |
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1 |
Oliver Ayshcombe |
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Sir John Carmichael-Anstruther, 6th
baronet [NS 1700] |
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Sir John, who was aged only 13, was
accidentally shot and killed by a fellow Eton student in |
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October 1831. The following account of the
subsequent inquest appeared in 'Jackson's Oxford |
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Journal' on 5 November 1833:- |
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'An inquest was held on Tuesday evening, at the
Swan public-house, Clewer, Windsor, Berks, |
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before J. Hall, Esq., coroner for Berks, on the
body of Sir John Carmichael Anstruther, a young |
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gentleman, about thirteen years of age, a
student of Eton College, who was accidentally shot |
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by a fellow-collegian as they were shooting in
the Goswells [a park in Windsor]. The
whole |
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charge of the gun entered immediately below the
right eye of the unfortunate youth, and |
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penetrated the brain. The following are the
particulars as detailed in the inquisition:- |
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'Joseph Hack sworn - Was going along a path
about a quarter of a mile from hence on Monday |
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last, about 20 minutes before two o'clock.
Heard the report of a gun about 20 yards distant. |
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Afterwards saw a young gentleman, named Smyth,
running in the direction from whence the |
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report came. As I proceeded along the path
still farther the young gentleman ran up to me, |
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and said, "This gentleman has shot
himself." I immediately went to deceased, and took hold |
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of his left hand as he lay on the ground; his
pulse had ceased to beat, and I exclaimed, "He |
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is quite dead." The gun was lying on
deceased's left arm, with the butt-end towards his feet; |
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the leather shot or powder case laid close by
the butt-end of the gun. The accident occurred |
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at the bottom of a barley-field. When I first
saw Master Smyth, he was running from the path |
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towards deceased. I could not see deceased at
the time I heard the report of the, as I was |
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behind some trees at the corner of the field.
There were no other persons near the deceased |
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at the time. A Mrs. Stevens was the first
person who came to us after the accident. As I was |
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looking at deceased Master Smyth ran up, when
his hands and trousers were very bloody; he |
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was much agitated, and would not believe the
gentleman was dead. |
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'James Dutton Smyth sworn - I reside at Windsor
Castle, and was acquainted with deceased. |
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I saw him yesterday morning, and took him to my
father's; we afterwards bought powder and |
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shot, and went to Eton and hired a gun of Mrs.
Powell, for the purpose of shooting small birds. |
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After we had got the gun, Powell, whom we found
near the Brocas, put as across the Thames, |
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towards Clewer. Deceased and myself took it in
turns to fire off the gun. We had shot about |
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five times; it was my turn to shoot when we
arrived at a triangular field. I had the gun resting |
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upon my left arm; deceased was very close to
me, and advancing on my left side. I was |
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standing sideways toward the deceased, with my
hand upon the trigger, when the gun went |
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off, but I cannot say whether it went off from
pulling the trigger with my finger, or whether |
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the cuff of my coat caught it. Immediately the
gun went off, I ran up to the deceased, threw |
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down the gun by his side, and fell down by him.
I put my handkerchief around the wound; the |
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shot belt lay by him, which I threw down at the
same time; the powder flask was in deceased's |
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coat pocket. We had had no dispute as to whose
turn it was to shoot, and I never quarrelled |
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with him. He was the best of tempers.
Immediately after the gun went off, a man came up. I |
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was so frightened at the time that I scarcely
knew what I was about. We paid one shilling for |
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two hours' hire of the gun. I hired it, and
deceased paid for it. The gun now produced I believe |
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to be the one we hired. About ten minutes after
the accident Powell came up, and I went |
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home with him. He brought away the gun, and I
believe he took the powder flask from |
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deceased's pocket. He put me across the river.
We had engaged him to meet us at a quarter |
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before two o'clock. |
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'James Powell sworn - I am a labourer, and live
at Eton. I keep guns to let out to hire to the |
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Eton gentlemen and others. Was not at home when
Master Smyth and deceased came to hire |
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the gun. Saw him at the back of my house
yesterday with a gun. Master Smyth and deceased |
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gave me sixpence each to be put across the
water from the Brocas to the Goswells; after |
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which they went off by themselves shooting. I
was desired to fetch them back at a quarter |
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before two o'clock, and I returned, and cleaned
out my punt. As I was crossing the water to |
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fetch them at the time appointed, Hall the
boatman was coming down the water, and said a |
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gentleman had been shot. I went to where
deceased was lying, and was much frightened. |
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I took up the gun and the shot pouch, and
Master Smyth gave me the powder horn as he |
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returned home with me. I made all haste I could
back, and sent for medical aid. When I had |
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put Master Smyth across the water, I desired
him to go and inform his tutor of the accident. |
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I consider the gun perfectly safe; and I also
consider Smyth capable of taking care of a gun, |
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or should not let him go off with it. I
returned the gun immediately I was told it was necessary |
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I should do so. |
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'Verdict - Accidental death. Deodand of 40s. on
the gun.' [In law, a deodand is an object or an |
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instrument which becomes forfeited because it
has caused a person's death. In theory, |
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deodands were forfeit to the Crown, which was
supposed to sell the object in question and |
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then devote the profits to some pious cause. In
reality, a jury which found that an object was |
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a deodand would also appraise its value, and
the owner of the deodand would be fined an |
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equivalent amount. The rapid development of
railways after 1830, and the deaths caused by |
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train accidents where locomotives were held to
be deodands with consequent large fines, led to |
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the abolition of deodands in 1846.] |
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The special remainder to the baronetcy of
Antrobus created in 1815 |
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From the "London Gazette" of 27
December 1814 (issue 16969, page 2535):- |
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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 Edmund Antrobus, of Antrobus, in the county
of Chester, and of Rutherford, in the county |
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of Roxburgh, Esq. with remainder to his nephew,
Edmund Antrobus, jun. Esq. and his heirs male, |
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and in default of such issue, to his nephew,
Gibbs Crawford Antrobus Esq. and his heirs male, |
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both sons of his late brother, John Antrobus,
Esq. deceased.' |
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Sir Thomas George Apreece, 2nd baronet |
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When Sir Thomas died by his own hand in
December 1842, he left a will in which his entire |
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estate was left to St. George's Hospital at
Hyde Park Corner. No relatives were mentioned in |
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the will. Not surprisingly, the will was
challenged in the Courts, on the grounds of the late |
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baronet's alleged insanity. |
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There seems to be little doubt that Sir Thomas
was insane. One death notice, which |
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appeared in the 'Kentish Observer' after his
suicide, reads as follows:- |
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'Sir Thomas Apreece had for many years laboured
under the delusion that he should live to |
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an extreme old age, and be the subject of
imbecility and decrepitude, of which he had a |
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great dread and horror. A disappointment in
love is said to have been the original cause of |
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Sir Thomas Apreece's aberration of intellect;
hence he was usually called the "mad baronet," |
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and the "woman-hater"; and yet he
required his housekeeper, a very handsome woman, to |
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sleep in his bed-room, with five or six wax
candles burning. It appears that the deceased |
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had many peculiarities; that his pulse was only
45, his circulation very languid, his head very |
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hot, his lower extremities very cold. Also,
that he delighted in talking upon surgical subjects; |
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in demonstrating the brain of rabbits etc. Sir
Thomas generally dined at 11 a.m., and was |
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often in the habit of riding on horseback, with
his secretary and groom, half the night. He |
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never permitted a man-servant to sleep under
his roof. It is also said that he had the |
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largest collection of reports of suicides in
the world. The unfortunate deceased had literally |
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blown his head to pieces - his teeth and
portions of the brain being scattered about the |
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room.' |
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The following edited report is taken from the
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'One of the most prolonged arguments with
respect to the will of a deceased wealthy |
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baronet has been in progress the greater part
of the last week. The deceased was Sir |
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G.R. De Apreece, Bart. [sic], and though most
wealthy, it appears that he lived in a style |
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infinitely inferior to the position in which
such wealth placed him. He had large landed |
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property in Essex, in Hampshire, and other
counties. His freehold property is worth from |
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£180,000 to £190,000, and he left a personal
estate of something short of £25,000. From |
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the pleas it appeared that the baronet from his
youth up was exceedingly eccentric. The |
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will in dispute, and which is opposed by a
sister (Mrs. Peacock) was executed at a |
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fishmonger's shop in the neighbourhood of
Fleet-street, the parties who were witnesses to |
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it being entire strangers. The document, it is
true, was duly attested, but it gave the |
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property, real and personal, to St. George's
Hospital, excepting two legacies to the |
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executors. In bar of the validity of the will
insanity is alleged. |
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'The number of witnesses examined, and
documentary evidence brought forward, is |
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unparalleled, not less than 74 witnesses having
been produced and examined upon one plea. |
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If reliance is to be placed upon the immense
mass of letters which have been brought |
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forward in support of the will, unquestionably
St. George's Hospital will reap a rich harvest |
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by the distribution. But the deceased baronet,
it appears, for years contemplated self- |
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destruction, and ultimately died by his own
hand. He had carefully collected for years what |
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he called a "Fact Book," in which
were pasted all the accounts of murders, suicides, and |
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dreadful accidents. From the proof that
monomania upon such subjects existed in the |
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testator's mind, the sister of the deceased has
proceeded to oppose the will. |
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'Among the arguments brought forward to prove
insanity were a constant fluctuation of |
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intention, a degree of wilfulness in character
and irritable temperament, wholly inconsistent |
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with what may be considered a sound state of
mind, eccentricities the most remarkable, |
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and incoherency of conduct. Take, for instance,
his fury at meals, swearing at the cook |
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and the servants for viands prepared for him
and subsequently eating them. On one |
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occasion he threw a hare on the fire, took it
off again, and forced the leg down the |
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servant's back, saying it was a mouse. A vast
variety of similar eccentricities were brought |
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forward. But on the other side, the documentary
evidence is produced to show capacity.' |
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The matter was eventually decided in the
Prerogative Court on 14 August 1846. This report |
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appeared in the 'Ipswich Journal' of 15 August
1846:- |
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'…..judgment was given by Sir Herbert Jenner
Fust in the case of the will of Sir Thomas |
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Apreece. The testator, who succeeded to the
title in 1831 [sic - 1833], had acted as high |
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sheriff for the county of Cambridge, and was 51
years of age, on the 30th of December, |
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1842, when he committed suicide. He died
possessed of large freehold estates in the |
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counties of Huntingdon, Leicestershire, Essex etc., of the value of
from £200,000 to |
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£300,000, and of personal property to the
amount of £24,000, of which from £12,000 to |
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£13,000 was in the hands of his bankers. By his
will the whole of this great property was |
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bequeathed to St. George's Hospital, at
Hyde-park corner, with legacies of £100 to each of |
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the executors, one of whom had released in
order to be examined in the suit. The executors |
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were directed by the will to sell the whole of
the estates, and the proceeds, with the |
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personal property, to be paid over as stated. |
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'Mrs. Peacock, the sister of the deceased, and
only next of kin, opposed the will. The Court |
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was asked to decide that the testator was
insane from early youth, more especially in |
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consequence of propensities, the nature of
which need not be stated. Mr. Foster, who |
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prepared the will, had constant intercourse
with the deceased upon matters of business, |
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and in his evidence, stated that when the
subject of the will was under consideration, he |
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never thought of testing his capacity - that he
considered him eccentric and sly, but never |
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questioned his capacity. That the deceased was
most eccentric and extravagant was |
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certain. |
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'The Court could not hold that moral insanity
alone would be sufficient to invalidate a will. |
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Upon this point, Dr. Conolly and Mr. Lawrence
had been examined in this case, and to their |
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opinion the Court was bound to pay deference.
They were of opinion that tendency of blood |
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to the head predisposed the subject to
insanity. Moral insanity [i.e. where intellectual |
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faculties were unaffected, but where the moral
principles of the mind were "depraved or |
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perverted"] was not yet received in these
courts as a reason for invalidating a will |
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regularly made [one, albeit American, legal
dictionary published in 1856 states that it has |
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been judicially declared a 'groundless
theory']. Therefore probate must be granted to the |
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executors, and the costs on both sides be paid
out of the estate.' |
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Sir Andrew Clarence Francis Armstrong, 6th
baronet |
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Sir Andrew appears to have led an interesting
life, as is shown by his obituary which appeared |
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in 'The Times' of 21 January 1998:- |
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'When Andrew Armstrong was interviewed for his
first post in the Western Pacific, he was |
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warned that one of his precursors had been
killed and probably eaten by the natives. Was that |
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likely to deter him? |
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"Oh, no, sir," he insisted, fresh
from driving a London bus during the General Strike. He had read |
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a feature about the South Seas in the Boy's Own
Paper when he was 11 and it had captured |
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his imagination ever afterwards. He was soon on
his way to the Gilbert Islands [now Kiribati] to |
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serve under Sir Arthur Grimble. |
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'Tragedy of a different kind was, however, to
befall Armstrong within a year of his arrival on |
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Ocean Island [now named Banaba Island] in 1930.
His bride, Phyllis, a colonel's daughter, was |
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lighting a stove to cook their supper when it
exploded. Many miles from a modern hospital, she |
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died that night. Armstrong was himself badly
burnt while trying to extinguish the flames and he |
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bore the scars on his hands for many years. |
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'He became a district officer on the island of
Beru, and married for the second time in 1932 |
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after meeting the New Zealand-born Laurel
Stuart while on leave at Suva in Fiji, where she |
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worked as a secretary in Government House.
Boats from Australia rarely visited the islands and |
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they lived for much of the time on tinned meat
and beetroot, supplemented by fish caught by |
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his personal fisherman. Armstrong also had to
learn to sail an outrigger canoe, the only regular |
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means of travelling between the islands. |
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'In 1940, after more than 12 years in the
Pacific, he successfully applied for a post in Nigeria, |
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with its better career prospects, after first
taking some home leave. He almost lost his life on |
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his way there. He was sailing from Britain in a
fast unescorted convoy of four passenger ships |
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in 1941, when his ship was bombed and sunk off
Sierra Leone. Armstrong was rescued by the |
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Royal Navy and landed at Lagos, with only a
shirt and shorts (given him by a member of the |
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crew). |
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''He
went on to serve in northern Nigeria as a district officer in Bida, Zaria and
Ajuba, before |
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moving as a senior district officer to the
secretariat in Kaduna. He had become an authority on |
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mining while working in the districts, however,
and was transferred to Lagos as Permanent |
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Secretary in the Ministry of Mines and Power.
He retired in 1961, at only 54, when Nigeria |
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became independent. |
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'Andrew Clarence Francis Armstrong had been
born in Dublin where his father was Keeper of |
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Irish Antiquities at the National Museum. He
was nearly involved in a nasty accident at a tender |
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age when on his way to sing in a concert in the
city, dressed up as a soldier, at the start of |
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Easter Rising. A friend travelling on the same
train realised that he might be in some danger on |
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such a day and, hiring a cab, spirited him away
to an aunt's house, where he hid for several |
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days. |
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'At 16 he had to face the death of his father,
who was Bluemantle Pursuivant in the College of |
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Heralds. By then he had already started at St.
Edmund's College, Ware, a Roman Catholic public |
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school which he detested, though from there he
won a place at Christ's College, Cambridge, to |
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read economics. |
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'On returning from Nigeria more than 30 years
later, he found it hard to settle to a second |
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career. He tried managing a building society,
accountancy and teaching, without deriving much |
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satisfaction from any of them. He had then to
endure a further tragedy in 1969, when his elder |
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son died during a heart by-pass operation, a
technique then still in its infancy. Greatly |
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distressed, Armstrong retired finally in order
to support his wife. |
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He was a serious croquet player who became
secretary of the Phyllis Court Club at Henley-on- |
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Thames and regularly took part in the national
croquet championships at Eastbourne. |
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'He had a gentle rather than a forceful
personality, with perfect manners and great integrity, |
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and could reflect with satisfaction upon a life
in which he never tried to do anyone down. He |
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often remarked rather wistfully that
comradeship in Nigeria was never the same after the |
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development of Paludrine, which kept malaria at
bay. Until then they all behaved towards |
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each other with great kindness because none
knew when he might be struck down - and be in |
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desperate need of a helping hand. |
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'In 1987 he succeeded a cousin as 6th baronet
of Gallen Priory, a title bestowed in 1841. His |
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wife Laurel died in 1988, and Andrew Armstrong
is survived by his younger son, a retired |
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lieutenant-colonel, who now becomes the 7th
baronet.' |
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Sir George Arthur, 1st baronet |
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The following biography of Sir George Arthur is
taken from the October 1953 issue of the |
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Australian monthly magazine "Parade":- |
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'Whatever else could be said of George Arthur -
and plenty was said during his regime as |
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Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania in the 1820s -
even his many enemies had to admit that he |
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had courage. With his courage he united great
administrative ability, tireless energy and a |
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stern and unyielding sense of duty; but his
inability to temper justice with mercy, stiff-backed |
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dignity, and his resentment of advice and
criticism, oft-times confounded his good intentions. |
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Arthur is mostly remembered for his service in
Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) in the harsh |
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days of the convict system - his name being identified with that place
of sorrow, Port Arthur, |
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which confounded his good intentions by
becoming the most infamous penal settlement in the |
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whole colony. He had, however, a notable - and,
indeed, in many respects, distinguished - |
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career, in the years both before and after that. |
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Arthur was an autocrat by nature, and both in
Van Diemen's Land and later in Canada he |
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strongly resisted all movements towards
representative government. His attitude generally |
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was that it was less important that men should
be free than that they should be orderly and |
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well-behaved. To the great majority of the free
settlers in Van Diemen's Land his regime |
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represented the worst kind of despotism, and it
is recorded that when he left for England at |
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the end of his 12-year term of office bonfires
blazed in joyous celebration from one end of the |
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island to the other. |
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'Yet during those 12 years many material
benefits had accrued to the colony, and although |
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cruelty and injustice had been perpetrated and
the island was still far from being a paradise of |
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peace and prosperity, it had become a safer,
more moral and more civilised community in |
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in several respects that it had been before.
The population had trebled, revenue had increased |
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sixfold and the annual volume of trade had
grown from £75,000 to £900,000. Progress had been |
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made in educational and religious institutions, the worst of the
convicts had been relegated |
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to Port Arthur, and the bushranging nuisance,
while not exterminated, had been largely brought |
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under control. |
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'Arthur, a native of Plymouth, was moulded in
the pattern of a martinet in the British Army |
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which he entered at the age of 20 in 1804. He
joined the 91st Highland Regiment as an ensign, |
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and the following year was promoted lieutenant
and transferred to the 35th Regiment of Foot. |
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He accompanied that unit when it formed part of
Sir James Craig's expedition against the French |
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in Calabria, southern Italy, and fought with it
in the operations which led up to the Battle of |
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Maida in 1806 in the Napoleonic Wars. Early in
1807 the 35th was ordered to Egypt to take part |
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in the campaign against French-held Alexandria.
Shortly after the capture of that city - during |
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the second of two unsuccessful assaults on
Rosetta - Arthur made a gallant ride under fire with |
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despatches in which he was wounded. |
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'He was awarded his captaincy in May, 1808, and
the following year led a company of his |
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regiment engaged in the disastrous expedition
against Walcheren, a large island off the coast of |
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Holland. During the siege of Flushing he and 76
of his men distinguished themselves by beating |
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off a sortie by 300 men of the enemy garrison
and capturing 63 of them. His fine leadership on |
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that occasion brought him to the notice of his
superior officers, and he was appointed to the |
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staff of Sir Eyre Coote, the commanding general. |
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'He was thanked in general orders for his
services and honoured with the freedom of London |
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and Plymouth. General Coote was relieved by
General Sir George Don, in civil life the Governor |
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of Jersey, who came to regard Arthur as such an
"intrepid, excellent and intelligent Officer" that |
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when he returned to Jersey he took him with him
as aide-de-camp and military secretary, a |
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post the young man held until 1812. In November
of that year he bought his majority and left |
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England to join the 7th West India Regiment in
Jamaica. He was appointed assistant quarter- |
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master general of the Jamaica forces, and in
May, 1814, married the daughter of an artillery |
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general [Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith]
stationed in the West Indies. |
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'Within a month or two of his marriage he
received his first civil administrative appointment - |
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that of Superintendent of Honduras. In that
post, which he held for eight years, he found |
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himself in a curiously anomalous position by
reason of the fact that although Honduras was |
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occupied and administered by Britain it was
actually owned by Spain, and no laws could be |
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passed which had not first received the
approval of the King of Spain. |
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'Although there, as elsewhere, Arthur was
ruthless in his dealings with wrongdoers, he devel- |
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oped an unexpected solicitude for the welfare
of the negro slaves on the plantations. He |
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punished a number of plantation owners who were
cruel to their slaves, and in his reports to |
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the Colonial Office in London there were
constant references to the relatively low incidences |
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of such cruelty. It is said that the famous
emancipist William Wilberforce studied his views on |
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the treatment and ultimate emancipation of slaves. |
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When in August, 1823, he was appointed
Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, he was |
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given a mandate by the British Government to
inaugurate reforms in the system of transport- |
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ation to Australia, into which there had
entered many abuses. When the new Lieutenant- |
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Governor stepped ashore at Hobart Town on May
12, 1824, with his wife, two sons and three |
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daughters, he found his domain in a sorry
state, largely through the drunken carelessness and |
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and amiable weakness respectively of Colonel
Thomas Davey [c 1758-1823, Lieutenant- |
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Governor 1813-1817] and Colonel William Sorell
[1775-1848. Lieutenant-Governor 1817-1824], |
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his predecessors in office. |
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'Drunkenness and immorality were rife;
smuggling, black-marketing and a confused currency |
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situation had reduced commercial life to a
condition bordering on the chaotic; agriculture was |
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languishing; and murder and robbery were daily
occurrences. Ruffianly sealers and whalers |
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around the coasts killed aborigines and each
other, and escaped convicts "gone bush" preyed |
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on settlers virtually at will. Sorell, who had
discarded efficiency to walk the easy road to |
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popularity, had set an example in loose living
by taking a mistress, the wife of an army officer, |
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to live openly with him at Government House,
and many other men in Hobart had similar irregular |
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domestic arrangements. |
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'Arthur, the adherent of a rigid moral code,
quickly made himself unpopular with them by |
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depriving them, by official edict, of all
privileges which it was within his power to grant. His |
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ideas on the subject of business probity were
just as strict, and his war on corruption and |
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and slackness, his insistence on the payment of
import duties and the strong action he took to |
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clean up land scandals soon had other sections
of the community up in arms against him. |
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'After December, 1825, when Van Diemen's Land
was proclaimed a separate colony and Arthur |
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was no longer subordinate to the Governor of
N.S.W., he ruled virtually as a dictator. He had a |
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Legislative Council and an Executive Council
nominally to assist and advise him, but, supremely |
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confident that his aims were right, he altered
or annulled laws as he saw fit. He became |
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involved in a number of clashes with
influential men, notably a famous affair with his own |
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Attorney-General, Joseph Tice Gellibrand
[1786-1837], whom Arthur was instrumental in having |
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impeached on charges of unprofessional conduct.
The charges arose from Gellibrand's assoc- |
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iation with an emancipated convict named
[Robert] Lathrop Murray [1777-1850], whom Arthur |
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bitterly described as "the ablest and most
wicked man in the colony." Murray and Andrew Bent |
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[1790-1851], editor of the Hobart Town Gazette,
combined in a prolonged series of bitter |
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attacks on the lieutenant-governor through the
columns of that newspaper, and it was alleged |
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that Gellibrand had expressed himself in
sympathy with Murray's views and had helped him to |
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keep within the libel laws. The outcome, after
protracted legal proceedings - in which the |
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prosecution was conducted by [Sir] Alfred
Stephen [1802-1894], who crowned a distinguished |
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career in later years as Chief Justice of
N.S.W. - was that Gellibrand was at first temporarily |
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suspended and finally removed from the office
of Attorney-General. |
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'It is small wonder, in view of these and other
incidents during his lieutenant-governorship, |
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that Arthur was moved on one occasion to write
to Lord Bathurst, the Colonial Secretary, that: |
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"No man can do his duty to the Crown in
this colony and be popular." His attitude to the |
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wretched aborigines, who were treated with the
utmost brutality by the great majority of the |
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white men and who naturally retaliated, was
motivated by the same good intentions as lay |
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behind his establishment of the grim convict
fortress of Port Arthur. |
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'It culminated in the farcical "Black
War" of 1830, when an army of soldiers, police and armed |
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settlers formed a cordon from the Great Lake to
St. Patrick's Head on the east coast and made |
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a drive south with the object of segregating
the blacks in Tasman Peninsula. It cost £30,000 |
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and resulted in the capture of one old
aboriginal man and a boy. In 1835, largely through the |
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humanitarian efforts of George [Augustus]
Robinson [1788-1866], the survivors of the almost |
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exterminated aboriginal race were gathered
together on Flinders Island in Bass Strait. |
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'Arthur took vigorous measures against the
bushrangers, prominent among whom were Matthew |
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Brady [1799-1826], the famous Macquarie Harbour
escapee, and the bestial Michael Howe [who |
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was long since dead when Arthur first arrived].
Scores of similar predatory ruffians roamed the |
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island, robbing and killing settlers, soldiers
and constables. Arthur passed a law empowering |
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settlers to shoot at sight any armed convict,
and personally conducted a drive against bush- |
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rangers with such success that 37 of them were
captured and sentenced to death at one |
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sitting of the court in Hobart. More than 100
were hanged in all during 1825-26. |
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'After his return to England in 1837 Arthur's
toryism and anti-democratic leanings emerged |
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strongly during his lieutenant-governorship of
Upper Canada from March 1838, until the passing |
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of the Act of Union which united Canada in
1841. Nevertheless, Arthur's services in Canada |
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were rewarded with a baronetcy when he returned
to England, and in 1842 with promotion to |
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the governorship of Bombay. He was responsible
for the introduction of some excellent reforms |
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in the Bombay province in such matters as
sanitation, irrigation, land taxation, railway |
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construction and the reclamation of foreshores. |
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'Soon after his return to England in 1846 he
was made a Privy Councillor, and thereafter he |
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lived in retirement until his death in London
in 1854. His determination sometimes led him into |
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the commission of acts of injustice and it
certainly earned him a large measure of execration |
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and hatred. Nevertheless George Arthur must be
ranked as one of Britain's notable servants |
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in a period when the British Empire was rising
to the apex of its wealth and power' |
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Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, 3rd
baronet |
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Although one of my special areas of interest is
the murders perpetrated by 'Jack the |
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Ripper,' I was surprised to find, in an obscure
New Zealand newspaper, the report which |
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is shown below. I can find no mention of this
incident in any contemporary English papers, |
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nor does it appear in any of the large range of
books in my library that deal with the |
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Ripper murders. I therefore recommend that it
should be read with a certain degree of |
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scepticism. The report, which appeared in the
'Tuapeka Times' of 27 March 1889 reads as |
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follows:- |
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'The most intense amusement has been caused
among all classes of the London world by |
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the arrest last week of little Sir George
Arthur on suspicion of being the Whitechapel |
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murderer. Sir George is a young baronet,
holding a captaincy in the Royal House [Horse?] |
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Guards, and is a member of most of the leading
clubs in town. He is also a well-known |
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amateur actor, and was a great friend of the
late Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Since |
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the past few weeks, the old mania for
'slumming' in Whitechapel has become fashionable |
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again. Every night scores of young men who have
never been to the East End before in |
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their lives prowl round the neighbourhood in
which the murders were committed, talking |
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with the frightened women and pushing their way
into overcrowded lodging-houses. So |
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long as any two men keep together, and do not
make a nuisance of themselves, the police |
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do not interfere with them. But if a man goes
alone and tries to lure a woman off the |
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street into a secluded corner to talk with her,
he is pretty sure to get into trouble. That |
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was the case with Sir George Arthur. He put on
an old shooting coat, a slouch hat, and |
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went down to Whitechapel for a little fun. He
got it. It occurred to two policemen that |
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Sir George answered very much the description
of Jack the Ripper. They watched him, and |
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when they saw him talking with women they
proceeded to collar him. He protested, |
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expostulated, and threatened them with the
vengeance of Royal wrath, but in vain. Finally, |
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a chance was given him to send to a fashionable
western club to prove his identity, and |
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he was released with profuse apologies for the
mistake. The affair was kept out of the |
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newspapers. But the jolly young Baronet's
friends at Brook's Club considered the joke too |
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good to be kept quiet. |
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'Sir George is quite a figure in his way in
London. He is a son of the late Sir Frederick Arthur, |
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who was an influential man in his day. Sir
George was conspicuous on the turf a few years |
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ago, and was intimately associated with the
Dowager Duchess of Montrose. He then turned |
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his attention to theatricals, and when the
Bancrofts produced 'Fedora' they allowed Sir |
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George to appear as the corpse.' |
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Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd baronet |
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Asgill was sentenced to death during the
American Revolutionary War as a reprisal for the |
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execution of an American officer, and was only
reprieved due to the intercession of the King |
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and Queen of France. The following article,
written by Maurice Ross, appeared in 'The Chicago |
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Daily Tribune' of 18 February 1962. For a full
length book on the case, see "General |
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Washington's Dilemma" by Katherine Mayo
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'On an April day in 1782, a small vessel which
had been sailing south along the New Jersey |
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coast turned shoreward and made a landing on a
Monmouth county beach. The captain barked |
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a command, and the crew hustled a resisting man
ashore. |
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'There was a tree not far from the water. The
man was forced to stand under it. A rope was |
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put around his neck. |
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'A few minutes later the crew embarked again -
but not before they had placed a placard to |
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the dangling body. |
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"Having long with grief beheld the cruel
murders of our brethren.....we determine not to suffer |
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without taking vengeance......Up goes Huddy for
Philip White." |
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'The men who did this deed were loyalists -
Americans friendly to the British. The dead man |
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was Capt. Joshua Huddy of the American
Revolutionary army, who had been captured by a |
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loyalist-British force a fortnight before and
imprisoned in a British compound in New York. The |
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loyalists had then tricked the British General
Clinton into turning the prisoner over to them, on |
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the pretext that he was to be exchanged for a
loyalist officer captured by the patriots. |
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'But Huddy's real destination was death, for
the loyalists were convinced that he had executed |
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or permitted the execution of two Americans
friendly to the King - one of them, White, a |
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surrendered prisoner of war. |
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'Three days after Huddy's hanging, a band of
patriots found the body. They issued what has |
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come to be known as the Monmouth manifesto - a
demand to American army headquarters to |
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retaliate by hanging some British prisoner of
war of Huddy's rank. |
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'It was forwarded to General Washington in
Philadelphia, who called a council of war. His |
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officers decided unanimously to execute a
British captain who would be chosen by lot. Congress |
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quickly approved. |
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Washington accepted the decision reluctantly,
but nevertheless notified General Clinton that |
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unless the captain who had been in charge of
Huddy's execution was surrendered, some British |
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officer in American hands would die. |
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'Those who had failed to give up Benedict
Arnold for the popular Major Andre two years before |
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were hardly likely to deliver a loyalist
captain to the patriots. Furthermore, this captain had |
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acted under orders from the New York Board of
Associated Loyalists, which the British regarded |
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as a legitimate organization. Nothing came of
Washington's efforts. |
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'Meanwhile, in a prisoner of war compound in
Philadelphia, officers of Cornwallis' defeated army |
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were awaiting the slow process of exchange to
liberate them. According to article XIV of the |
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Yorktown capitulation, they were insured
against any form of retaliation or reprisal. |
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'One day in May, the senior officer among the
British prisoners - a Major Gordon - announced |
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to his men the American decree that one of the
13 captive captains would have to die. |
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'The commandant of the camp ordered that lots
be drawn. Thirteen slips of paper were |
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prepared.
The name of one of the British captains was written on each. One of
the slips bore |
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an additional word - "UNFORTUNATE." |
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'While the British prisoners stood close by,
the 13 slips were placed in a hat. An American |
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drummer boy stepped forward and withdrew one.
There was the silence of death in the room as |
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captors and captives alike waited for the
additional word. It did not come. |
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'Nine times more the boy plunged his hand into
the hat. Nine times more he read off a name - |
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and nothing else. |
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'Now the 11th slip is drawn out. "Charles
Asgill," the boy reads. There is a faint tremor in his |
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voice. He masters himself, reads out one more
word - "UNFORTUNATE." |
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'A young officer in the British rank pales,
wavers a little. Major Gordon, standing at his side, |
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whispers: "For God's sake, don't disgrace
your colours." The young captain brings himself under |
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control and returns to his quarters. |
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'The man who thus emerged into the spotlight of
history was only 19. Son of a baronet of the |
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same name who had once been lord mayor of
London, young Asgill had won his captaincy at |
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18 and soon thereafter had sailed to join the
British army in America. Well liked by his comrades |
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and described by them as "lively, brave
and handsome," he had never dreamed that the rank |
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in which he gloried would one day be his death
warrant. |
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'Asgill's predicament captured the imagination
of the masses and attracted attention throughout |
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the colonies and Europe. Portraits of the
officer were sold all over Paris and the provinces. |
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"Does Asgill still live?" was the
first question asked of anyone arriving from North America. |
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'In the meantime, Washington wrote to Congress
about the coming execution. "How far is it |
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justifiable under the faith of a
capitulation?" No answer. |
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'As the summer days grew shorter, Washington's
anxiety increased. He asked Congress to |
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review Asgill's case. No answer. |
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'Autumn came with Congress still wearing the
cloak of silence. "If I were called on to give an |
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opinion, I would advise that he be
released," Washington wrote on Oct 7; however, Congress |
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was not asking anyone's opinion. |
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'Even Huddy's widow wrote to the army asking
mercy. "Let that English lad go free - let him go |
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away home to his mother, poor soul!" |
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'This was more than Washington could stand. He
protested: "I cannot forbear complaining of |
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the cruel situation, which I now am and
oftentimes have been placed in by the silence of |
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Congress." |
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'A letter from the French court was the
intervention of Providence he had been seeking. Was |
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not France the colonies' great ally? Had not
she sent over 47,000 officers and men and 62 |
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vessels, made loans and gifts that exceeded 9
million dollars? |
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'Co-ordinator of this vast program was the
Comte de Vergennes, minister of foreign affairs. In |
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his usual personal and interested fashion, he
revealed the court's wishes to Washington. His |
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letter and one from Asgill's mother,
transmitted to Washington by him, were dispatched to |
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Congress. Its generally boisterous members
listened attentively. Vergennes had written: |
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"It is as a Man of sensibility and as a
tender father who feels all the force of Paternal Love, |
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that I have the liberty to address to your
Excellency my earnest solicitations in favour of a |
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Mother and a family in Tears.....The goodness
of their Majesties' Hearts induces them to desire |
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that the inquietudes of an unfortunate Mother
may be calmed." |
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'Lady Asgill's plea to the French court that
"in behalf of innocence - in the cause of justice - of |
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humanity - you would dispatch a letter to
General Washington from France," was heard |
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sympathetically by a Congress that had refused
to answer Washington's entreaties for 52 |
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consecutive days. A motion "that the life
of Captain Asgill should be given as a compliment to |
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the king of France" was made on Nov. 7.
Congress directed Washington to free Asgill. Never |
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had the commander-in-chief obeyed an order with
more joy. He wrote to Asgill: |
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"I cannot take leave of you, Sir, without
assuring you, that, in whatever light my agency in |
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this unpleasing affair may be viewed, I was
never influenced, thru the whole of it, by sanguinary |
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motives, but by what I conceived a sense of
duty, which loudly called upon me to take |
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measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a
repetition of those enormities which have been |
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the subject of discussion. And that this
important end is likely to be answered, without the |
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effusion of blood of an innocent person, is not
a greater relief to you, than it is to, Sir, your |
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most obedient and humble servant." |
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'Asgill took ship at New York right after his
release and was reunited with his father, mother and |
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sisters two days before Christmas. Not long
afterward, he and his mother visited Versailles to |
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thank the king and queen (Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette) for taking an interest in his fate. |
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'Six years after his departure from America,
young Asgill inherited his father's baronetcy and a |
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handsome fortune. He married Sophia Ogle, the
daughter of an admiral. His rise in his profession |
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was steady. By 1797 he was a brigadier, and by
1814, a full general. He served on the |
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continent and in Ireland. |
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'Asgill died in 1823, leaving one son [this
seems to be incorrect, since the baronetcy became |
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extinct on Asgill's death]. There are at least
five descendants living today - all in the neighbour- |
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The special remainder to the baronetcy of
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created in 1821 |
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From the "London Gazette" of 23 April
1782 (issue 12290, page 1):- |
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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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Henry Fletcher, of Clea Hall in the County of
Cumberland, and of Ashley Park in the County of |
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Surry, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body
lawfully begotten, and in Default of such Issue to the |
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Heirs Male of the Body, lawfully begotten, of
his Grandfather Philip Fletcher, Esq.' |
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Sir Justin Gerald Aylmer, 10th baronet |
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Sir Justin, who was only 21 at the time, died
following a severe fall from the bicycle he was |
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riding in the neighbourhood of Cambridge
University. At the subsequent inquest into his death, |
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evidence was given that Sir Justin was
suffering from chronic diabetes. The jury thereupon |
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returned the verdict that Sir Justin had died
from diabetes, accelerated by an accident. |
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Sir Fenton John Aylmer VC, 13th baronet |
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Aylmer was a Captain in the Royal Corps of
Engineers in the Indian Army when he was |
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awarded the Victoria Cross in 1891 during the
Hunza-Naga Campaign in what is today |
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northern Pakistan. |
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On 2 December 1891, during the assault on Nilt
Fort, Aylmer blew open the inner gate of |
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the fort by placing gun-cotton next to it and
then igniting the gun-cotton. Although |
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severely wounded, he killed several of the
enemy with his revolver and remained fighting |
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until, collapsing through loss of blood, he was
carried to safety. |
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