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DILLWYN, Lewis Weston (1778-1855), of Penllergare, Glamorgan; later of Sketty Hall, Swansea, Glamorgan

Family and Education
b. 21 Aug. 1778, 1st s. of William Dillwyn, of Higham Lodge, Walthamstow, Essex, and 2nd w. Sarah, da. and h. of Lewis Weston, of Highall, Essex. educ. Friends’ School, Tottenham. m. 13 July 1807, Mary Adams, illegit. da. and h. of Col. John Llewelyn, of Penllergare, Glamorgan. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.) suc. fa. 28 Sept. 1824. d. 31 Aug. 1855.
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JP Glamorgan; Dep. Lt. Glamorgan; high sheriff Glamorgan 1818.

Paving commr. Swansea 1809; freeman Swansea 1834; ald. Swansea 1835 – 41; mayor Swansea 1839 – 40.

Fell. Linnean Society 1800; F.R.S. 1804; Fell. Geological Society; Pres. Royal Institution of South Wales 1835 – d.

Main residences: Penllergare, Glamorgan; Sketty Hall, Swansea, Glamorgan.
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BAGNALL, Charles (1827-1884), of Sneaton Castle, nr. Whitby, Yorks.

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b. 11 July 1827, 2nd s. of Thomas Bagnall (d. 11 Oct. 1885), of Red House, Great Barr, Staffs., and later of Newberries Park, nr. Watford, Herts., and 1st w. Mary Keen, o. da. of John Nock, of West Bromwich, Staffs. educ. King’s Coll. London. m. 1 Nov. 1860, Harriet Curtis, 2nd da. of John Chapman, of Whitby, Yorks. 5s. 3da. d. 25 Feb. 1884.
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JP Staffs, N. Riding Yorks.

Cornet Staffs. yeomanry cavalry 1864; lt. 1871; ret. 1876.

Improvement commissioner West Bromwich; chairman Whitby district highway board; chairman Whitby school attendance committee; Whitby harbour trustee; member of board of conservators Esk fishery district.

Main residence: Sneaton Castle, nr. Whitby, Yorks.
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Commons 1832-1868
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DE GREY, Hon. Thomas (1843-1919), of Merton Hall, Norf. and 23 Arlington Street, London

Family and Education
b. 29 July 1843, eld. s. of Thomas de Grey, 5th Bar. Walsingham, of Merton Hall, Norf., and 1st w. Augusta Louisa, eld. da. and coh. of Sir Robert Frankland Russell MP, of Thirkleby Park, Thirsk, Yorks. educ. priv. sch., Southborough, nr. Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Eton 1856-60; Trinity Coll., Camb. matric. 1861, BA 1865, MA 1870. m. (1) 19 Mar. 1877, Augusta Selina Elizabeth (d. 4 Nov. 1906), o. surv. da. of Capt. William Locke, of Norbury Park, Surr., wid. of Ernest Fitzroy Neville Fane, Lord Burghersh, and; div. w. of Luigi Caracciolo, duca di Sant’ Arpino and San Teodoro; (2) 1908, Marion Gwytherne-Williams (d. 31 Oct. 1913), da. of Thomas Rhys Withers; (3) 12 Nov. 1914, Agnes Baird, da. of Frederick Shand Hemming, of Merrywood Hall, Som. and wid. of Richard Dawson. suc. fa. as 6th Bar. Walsingham 31 Dec. 1870. d. s.p. 3 Dec. 1919.
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Lord in waiting to Queen 1874 – 75.

Dep. Lieut. Norf. 1863; JP Norf. 1865.

FRS 1887; Fell. Linnean Society 1882; Fell. Zoological Society of London 1867; memb. Royal Agricultural Society; American Entomological Society; British Ornithological Union; trustee, British Museum 1876; trustee Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum; president Entomological Society 1889 – 90; high steward University of Cambridge 1891 – d.; high steward King’s Lynn 1894 – d.

Main residences: Merton Hall, Norf.; 23 Arlington Street, London.
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FINCH, Heneage, Lord Guernsey (1824-1871), of Packington Hall , near Coventry, Warwickshire

Family and Education
b. 24 Dec. 1824, o.s. of Heneage Finch MP, 5th earl of Aylesford, and Augusta Sophia, 4th da. of George Greville, 2nd earl of Warwick. educ. Eton; Christ Ch., Oxf., matric. 9 June 1843. m. 7 May 1846, Jane Wrightwick, o. da. and heir of John Wrightwick Knightley, of Offchurch, Warws. 2s. styled. bar. Guernsey 1824-59. suc. fa. as 6th earl of Aylesford 3 Jan. 1859. d. 10 Jan. 1871.
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J.P. Warws. Deputy Lieut. Warws.

Main residence: Packington Hall, near Coventry, Warwickshire.
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COPELAND, William Taylor (1797-1868), of 37 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Middlesex of ; The Poplars, Leyton, Essex

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b. 24 Mar. 1797, o.s. of William Copeland, of 5 Portugal Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and w. Mary Fowler. m. 29 Apr. 1826, Sarah, da. of John Yates, of Shelton, Staffs., 8s. (4 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1826. d. 12 Apr. 1868.
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Sheriff, London 1828 – 29, alderman 1829 – d., ld. mayor 1835–6.

J.P. Staffs., Mdx., Ess., Herts.; Deputy lieut. Staffs.

Prime warden, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1837 – 38, 1851 – 52; pres. Bridewell and Bethlehem Hosps. 1861 – d.

Main residences: 37 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex and The Poplars, Leyton, Essex.
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