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Only child of Sir George, 6th Bart. Born at Dunmow Essex, 1755. Succeeded to the title 1762; Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. Married May 6th, 1778, Margaret Willes, daughter of John Willes, of Astrop, Co. of Northampton, and granddaughter of Lord Chief Justice Willes; M. P. for Bier Alton 1790. Distinguished as an amateur artist and liberal parton of art. Promoted the formation of the National Gallery, to which he presented sixteen pictures. Died at Coleorton Hill, in 1827. Black coat, White necktie, Crimson Curtain in background.

Exhibited Royal Academy 1788, No. 97. " British Institutions. 1813, " 108. " " " 1816, " 189. " Nat. Port. Exhibit. 1867, " 547. " Grosvenor Gallery. 1884, " 8. Engraved, unknown, oval, 10 x 7 7/8, probably by Meyer, J. Hodges, 1850, 13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. S. W. Reynolds, (S. cousin R.A.) 3 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. Tom Taylor's "Life of Reynolds," vol.2, pages 512 and 516. Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, F.S.A. pages, 26 and 78. Sir Walter Armstrong's "Gainsborough", page 160. Sir Walter Armstrong's "Reynolds," pages, 144 and 193.