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Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.Edwards, Edward

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Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.

Name: Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.
Author: Edwards, Edward

Edwards, Edward

Book collectors -- Great Britain; British Museum

|                    | succy. M.P. for | Eyworth and of                       |
 |                    | Borough and     | Stratton [First                      |
 |                    | County of       | Wife].                               |
 |                    | Huntingdon.     |                                      |
 |                    |                [Y]                                     |
 |                    |                                                        |
 |          +---------+-----------------------------+------------+             |
 |          |                                       |            |             |
 |     Sir Robert COTTON    = Elizabeth WIGSTON.  Elizabeth.   Mary.           |
 |   of Gedding, in Hunts,  |                                                  |
 | succeeded, as 5th Bart., |                                                  |
 |  on the death, in 1731,  |                                                  |
 |    of Sir John COTTON.   |                                                  |
 |                          |                                                  |
 |           +--------------+                                                  |
 |           |                                                                 |
 |      Sir John COTTON = Jane BURDETT.                                        |
 |    Succ. as 6th Bart |                                                      |
 |      in 1749. Died,  |                                                      |
 |    without surviving |                                                      |
 |        male issue,   |                                                      |
 |      27 March, 1752. |                                                      |
 |           +----------+                                                      |
 |           |          |                                                      |
 |         John,      Jane = Thomas HART,                                      |
 |  died in infancy.         of Warfield,                                      |
 |                           Berkshire. First                                  |
 |                           Parliamentary                                     |
 |                           Trustee of the                                    |
 |                           COTTONIAN LIBRARY.                                |
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |                                                                             |
 |         [Y]                                                                 |
 |          |                                                                  |
 |   John COTTON     =    Frances DOWNING,                                     |
 |   Died in 1681    | daughter of Sir George                                  |
 |  in his Father’s  |    DOWNING, of East                                     |

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Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.Edwards, Edward

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Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.

Edwards, Edward

Book collectors -- Great Britain; British Museum

|                    | succy. M.P. for | Eyworth and of                       |
 |                    | Borough and     | Stratton [First                      |
 |                    | County of       | Wife].                               |
 |                    | Huntingdon.     |                                      |
 |                    |                [Y]                                     |
 |                    |                                                        |
 |          +---------+-----------------------------+------------+             |
 |          |                                       |            |             |
 |     Sir Robert COTTON    = Elizabeth WIGSTON.  Elizabeth.   Mary.           |
 |   of Gedding, in Hunts,  |                                                  |
 | succeeded, as 5th Bart., |                                                  |
 |  on the death, in 1731,  |                                                  |
 |    of Sir John COTTON.   |                                                  |
 |                          |                                                  |
 |           +--------------+                                                  |
 |           |                                                                 |
 |      Sir John COTTON = Jane BURDETT.                                        |
 |    Succ. as 6th Bart |                                                      |
 |      in 1749. Died,  |                                                      |
 |    without surviving |                                                      |
 |        male issue,   |                                                      |
 |      27 March, 1752. |                                                      |
 |           +----------+                                                      |
 |           |          |                                                      |
 |         John,      Jane = Thomas HART,                                      |
 |  died in infancy.         of Warfield,                                      |
 |                           Berkshire. First                                  |
 |                           Parliamentary                                     |
 |                           Trustee of the                                    |
 |                           COTTONIAN LIBRARY.                                |
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |                                                                             |
 |         [Y]                                                                 |
 |          |                                                                  |
 |   John COTTON     =    Frances DOWNING,                                     |
 |   Died in 1681    | daughter of Sir George                                  |
 |  in his Father’s  |    DOWNING, of East                                     |

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Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.

Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870.

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