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Catalog of Portraits, 1909-1911, 1929 [page 38]
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heading in green ink: - Sir George Beaumont - 1753-1827
George Howland Beaumont, VII Bart, D.C.L. - F.R.S. and F.S.A. Only child of Sir George VII Bart, was born at Dunmow, Essex. year in green ink: 1762 Succeeded to the title. Was educated at Eton and at New College, in Oxford. year in green ink: 1778 Married Margaret Willes Travelled with his wife, quite extensively in Italy, shortly after his marriage. Was a distinguished amateur landscape painter, and a liberal patron of art. year in green ink: 1790 Visited Paris where he escaped destruction from a Revolutionary mob through the kindness of someone who fixes a tri-coloured cockade on his hat. year in green ink: {1819/1822 Visited the continent again. Had the principal share in the establishment year in green ink: 1826 of the National Gallery, to which
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