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DAMER, Hon. George Lionel Dawson (1788-1856), of Came Abbey, Dorchester, Dorset and 6 Tilney Street, Park Lane, London, Midx.
Family and Education
b. 28 Oct. 1788, 3rd s. of John Dawson, 1st earl of Portarlington (d. 30 Nov. 1798), and Lady Caroline Stuart, yst. da. of John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute. m. 20 Aug. 1825, Mary Georgiana Emma (‘Minnie’), 2nd daughter of Adm. Lord Hugh Seymour, 1s. 4da. Assumed surname Damer by r. lic. 14 Mar. 1829. CB 26 Nov. 1816. d. 14 Apr. 1856.
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PC 14 Sept. 1841; comptroller of the royal household Sept. 1841 – July 1846.
Cornet 1st drg. gds 1806; lt. 1807; capt. 1812; maj. 1814; lt. col. 1815; capt. 22nd light drgs. 1818; h.p. 1820; ret. 1833.
Member Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland.
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Main residences: Came Abbey, Dorchester, Dorset; 6 Tilney Street, Park Lane, London, Midx.
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MARJORIBANKS, Sir Dudley Coutts (1820-1894), of 29 Upper Brook Street, London, Mdx.
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b. 29 Dec. 1820, 2nd s. of Edward Marjoribanks, of Greenlands, Bucks., and Georgina, da. of Joseph Francis Louis Lautour, of Madras, and Heaton Park, Beds. educ. Harrow 1833; Christ Church, Oxf., matric. 1838; M. Temple, adm. 1845, called 1848. m. 19 Oct. 1848, Isabella, da. of Sir James Weir Hogg, of Berwickshire. 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 1868. cr. bt. 25 July 1866; cr. 1st bar. Tweedmouth of Edington 12 Oct. 1881. d. 4 Mar. 1894.
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Dir. E. India Co. 1853
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JP, Dep. Lt. Mdx.; Westminster; Inverness-shire.
Main residence: 29 Upper Brook Street, London, Mdx.
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BLAKE, Sir Francis (1774-1860), of Tilmouth Park, co. Durham. and 15 Sloane Street, London, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 18 Aug. 1774, 1st. s. of Sir Francis Blake, 2nd bt., of Tilmouth Park, and Elizabeth, da. and event. h. of Alexander Douglas, head of the British settlement at Bussorah, Persia. educ. Westminster 1787; St. John’s, Camb. 1792. m. bef. 3 Apr. 1827, Jane, da. of William Neale, s.p. had 2s. 1da. illegit. with Mary Anne Cook of Waltham, Mdx. and a further 3s. 2da. illegit. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 22 May 1818. d. 3 Aug. 1860.
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Col. Northumb. fencibles 1795 – 1802.
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Main residences: Tilmouth Park, co. Durham; 15 Sloane Street, London, Mdx.
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RIPPON, Cuthbert (1797-1867), of Stanhope Castle, co. Durham.
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b. 19 Apr. 1797, 1st s. of Cuthbert Rippon, of Stanhope, co. Durham, and w. Martha Webster. m. 16 May 1820, Eleanor, da. of Thomas Moxon, of Mincing Lane, London, 3s. suc. fa. 3 Mar. 1802. d. 14 Aug. 1867.
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Main residence: Stanhope Castle, co. Durham.
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WILLIAMSON, Sir Hedworth II, 8th bt. (1827-1900), of Whitburn Hall, nr. Sunderland, co. Durham.
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b. 25 Mar. 1827, 1st s. of Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th bt., of Whitburn, co. Durham, and Ann Elizabeth Liddell, da. of Lord Ravensworth. educ. Eton 1841; Christ church, Oxf., matric. 1845. m. 3 Feb. 1863, his cos. Elizabeth Jane Liddell, da. of 2nd Lord Ravensworth, Earl Ravensworth, 3s. 2da. suc. fa. as 8th bt. 24 Apr. 1861. d. 26 Aug. 1900.
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Attaché at St Petersburg 1848; Paris 1850–54.
JP, Dep. Lt. co. Durham; high sheriff Durham 1877.
Capt. commt. 1st Durham artillery volunteers 1860; hon col. 1868 – d.
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Main residence: Whitburn Hall, nr. Sunderland, co. Durham.
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