Family and Education
b. 10 Aug. 1718, 1st s. of Claudius Amyand, serjeant-surgeon to George II, by Marie, da. of Daniel Rabache. educ. Westminster 1726; Ch Ch. Oxf. 1736; L. Inn 1734, called 1742. m. 26 Nov. 1761, Frances, da. of Rev. Thomas Payne, wid. of George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton, ‘a very amiable woman with a jointure of £2,500 per annum’,Geo. Amyand to Sir Jas. Porter, 8 Dec. 1761, Egmont mss. s.p. suc. fa. 1740.
Offices Held
Keeper of the King’s library 1745; under-sec. of state 1750 – 56; commr. of customs 1756 – 65; receiver of the land tax, Mdx. and London 1765 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Langleybury, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
AMYAND, Claudius (1718-74)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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