lieutenant colonel april september british landowner businessman member parliament born family lincolnshire landed gentry involved local politics lincolnshire owing mainly marriage artistic circles london chairman oversaw reopening expansion dock friend artist sir proprietor lincolnshire constructed country seat investment received support lord main investors principal land owner owing largely lord patronage returned member parliament borough election frequent voter position interests corporation nonetheless company met financial difficulties opened harbour resigned seat favour heir pursued political life died carriage accident early life family connections born april son lincolnshire wife elder high sheriff lincolnshire landed gentleman lincolnshire family descended merchants married family inherited estate marriage elder daughter mary married army officer member parliament younger admitted cambridge aged degree married march daughter merchant london wife married widowed insurance broker art union helped younger garner london merchant circles died february aged son daughters august november died unmarried september high sheriff lincolnshire married daughter kent wife née high sheriff lincolnshire noted women rights born october married august middlesex child conservative politician member parliament april died unmarried paid construction new family seat larger mansion family previous seat closer constructed style likely miles west earlier house friendship sir family connection art led acquainted certain artistic circles late eighteenth century notably established close friendship portrait painter sir president visited family country home composing number studies young children beginning family painted times lawrence painted group portrait eldest children alongside half sister group portrait children depicting children wife painted held described lawrence celebrated group portraits separate study daughters maria sold auction house member parliament public service began rise lincolnshire civic circles especially north county family seat helped involved group businessmen planning reopen expand harbour rise charted appointments civic posts high steward remained death succeeding high sheriff lincolnshire plans harbour came fruition appointed chairman company tasked performing required work created act parliament express purpose building dock repairing haven secured friendship patronage 1st baron prominent local land owner involved returned member parliament owing friendship patron opponent administration younger supported duke portland voter told vote tended younger later disgusted fox style opposition known voted expedition seat allow interests proposing bill grant funds found funds financial success company decline elected following year resigned favour lord eldest son heir later 1st earl 2nd baron later life opened cost new harbour failed attract levels trade company projected caused largely lack inland transport networks financial problems facing led factions difficulty running strain relations having invested money time failing company found draining financially aside parliamentary business commitments served deputy lieutenant lincolnshire justice peace officer volunteers captain market lieutenant colonel commandant north lincolnshire death died carriage accident september death assets barely covered debts lifetime succeeded second son lord
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