1739 - 1782 (~ 43 years)
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Name |
Robert (of Osterly Park) Child |
Suffix |
MP |
Birth |
Feb 1739 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
28 Jul 1782 |
Person ID |
I124621 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
14 Apr 2020 |
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Notes |
- MP for Wells, 15 Jan. 1766 - 28 July 1782
Child died 28 July 1782, aged 43. The Gentleman's Magazine (1782, p. 406), wrote in its obituary of him: 'He has died worth ?15,000 per annum in landed property, exclusive of his seat at Osterley Park, which is deemed the most superb and elegant thing of its kind in England. His share of the profits in the banking business has never been estimated at less, for some years, than ?30,000 per annum.' He was in addition a considerable holder of Government stock
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