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TALBOT, Christopher Rice Mansel (1803-1890), of Penrice Castle, Glam.; Margam Park, Glam.; and 3 Cavendish Square, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. 10 May 1803, o.s. of Thomas Mansel Talbot, of Margam and Penrice Castle, and Lady Mary Lucy Fox Strangways, da. of Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2nd earl of Ilchester. educ. priv. at home by Agnes Porter; priv. sch., Wimborne, Dorset; Harrow 1814-17; priv. by Mr. Lipscomb, Fulham, London; Oriel, Oxf. adm. 16 Dec. 1819, BA 1824; m. 28 Dec. 1835, Lady Charlotte Jane Butler (d. 23 Mar. 1846), da. of Richard, 1st earl of Glengall [I], 1s. (d.v.p). 3da. suc. fa. 4 May 1813. d. 17 Jan. 1890.
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‘Father of the House’, 1874 – d.

Dep. Lt. Glam. 1832; Lord Lt. Glam. 1848 – d. cus. rot. Glam. 1848 – d.

2nd lt. central Glam. gent. & yeomanry cavalry 1822; capt. 1st Glam. rifle vols. 1859; lt.-col. 1st administrative battalion Glam. rifle vols. 1861; hon. lt.-col. 1864; hon. col. 1872.

F.R.S. 1831; Fell. Linnean Society; president Royal Institution of South Wales 1856 – 57.

Memb. royal yacht sqdn. 1823; v.-commodore 1851 – 61.

Chairman South Wales railway 1849 – 63; dir. Great Western railway 1863; dir. Eastern Steam Navigation Company; dir. Anglo-Luso Brazilian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company.

Main residences: Penrice Castle, Glam. and Margam Park, Glam. and 3 Cavendish Square, London, Mdx.
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Commons 1832-1868
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LAWLEY, Hon. Francis Charles (1825-1901), of Escrick Park, Yorks. and 29 Berkeley Square, London, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. 24 May 1825, 4th s. of Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson MP, 1st Bar. Wenlock (d. 9 May 1852), and Hon. Caroline Neville, 3rd da. of Richard Aldworth Griffin MP (formerly Neville), 2nd Bar. Braybrooke; bro. of Beilby Richard Lawley MP. educ. sch. at Hatfield; Rugby 1837; Balliol, Oxf. matric. 1844, BA 1848, BCL 1851; I. Temple adm. 1847. m. 18 Dec. 1869, Henrietta Louisa Amelia, da. of Rev. Frederick Augustus Zaiser, former chaplain to the king of Saxony, s.p. d. 18 Sept. 1901.
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Priv. sec. to W.E. Gladstone as chancellor of the exchequer Dec. 1852 – Aug. 1854.

Fellow All Souls, Oxf. 1848–53.

Cornet Yorks. hussar regt. W. Riding yeomanry cavalry 1849, lt. 1852.

Main residences: Escrick Park, Yorks.; 29 Berkeley Square, London, Mdx.
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DUFF, George Skene (1816-1889), of Milton Duff, Elginshire; Delgaty Castle, near Turrif, Aberdeenshire

Family and Education
b. 13 Sept. 1816, 2nd s. of Sir Alexander Duff MP (d. 21 Mar. 1851), of Delgaty Castle, Aberdeenshire, and Anne, yst. da. of James Stein, of Killbogie, Kincardineshire; bro. of James Duff MP. unm. d. s.p. 15 Mar. 1889.
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Ld. lt. Elgin 1856 – 72; J.P. Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine.

Cornet royal horse guards 1836; sold out 8 Dec. 1837.

Attaché British embassy, Paris 1837, Vienna 1839.

Main residences: Milton Duff, Elginshire and Delgaty Castle, near Turrif, Aberdeenshire.
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LESLIE, William (1814-1880), of Warthill, Aberdeenshire

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b. 16 Mar. 1814, 1st s. of William Leslie, of Warthill, Aberdeen, and Jane, da. of Rev. Patrick Davidson, D.D. educ. Marischal coll., Aberdeen, MA 1832. m. 16 Nov. 1848, Matilda Rose, 2nd da. of William Rose Robinson, of Clermiston, co. Edinburgh. 2s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1857. d. 4 Mar. 1880.
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J.P., Deputy Lieut. Aberdeenshire.

Main residence: Warthill, Aberdeenshire.
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THOMPSON (II), George (1804-1895), of 5 Golden Square, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

Family and Education
b. 1804, s. of Andrew Thompson (d. 1807), and da. of Andrew Stephen, of Rubislaw, Aberdeen. educ. Aberdeen grammar sch.; Marischal coll., Aberdeen. m. 1830, Christiana, da. of Dr. Kidd, D.D., prof. of oriental languages, Marischal coll., Aberdeen. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. (4 d.v.p.); d. 11 Apr. 1895.
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Dean of guild Aberdeen 1840 – 42; cllr. Aberdeen 1842 – 45, 1847 – 51, ld. provost, 1847–50.

Dir. North of Scotland Bank, Great North of Scotland Railway.

Main residence: 5 Golden Square, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.
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