Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.
Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. Politician, poet.
Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.
Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. Politician, poet.
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Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton
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