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James Ochoncar Forbes 17th Lord Forbes 1765-1843

James Ochoncar, the 17th Lord Forbes, regarded by the family as perhaps the most “relevant” ancestor for the building of the present Castle Forbes and planting many of the trees that still stand on Forbes Estate, was an officer in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards for 26 years, rising to the rank of General. He served as second in command of the British Mediterranean forces in Sicily in 1808 before commanding the Cork and Eastern Districts in Ireland. It was during his time in Ireland that the present Castle Forbes was built near Alford on the site of the old family home of Putachie.

Engraved by J.Brown
Drawn by B.Faulkner
Published 1846
Size 13 x 9 inches with margins

Price £16.00

Ref:3677

Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Bt 1786-1855

Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Bt  1786-1855

After studying at Oxford, Inglis travelled extensively, and cultivated literary, historical, and scientific interests, becoming a fellow of the Royal Society and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was involved with numerous philanthropic, religious and educational societies, and over his lifetime published many devotional works and parliamentary speeches. He was elected as an MP in 1824 and the defence of Protestantism and the Anglican Church dominated his parliamentary life. He was opposed to measures that he thought weakened the Church and strenuously opposed the Catholic Relief Bill of 1829. He also strongly identified himself with Irish Protestant interests and with the cause of the Church of Ireland.

Engraved by Jenkins
Drawn by Richmond
Published 1846
Size 13 x 9 inches with margins

Price £16.00

Ref:3676

Sir William Webb Follett 1796-1845


Sir William Webb Follett 1796-1845
Attorney-General
He was called to the Bar in 1824, and joined the western circuit in the following year. When Sir Robert Peel formed his administration in 1834, Follett was appointed solicitor general, and at the same time he was made a king’s counsel and received a knighthood. The following year Follett was elected as MP for Exeter. He continued his private practice and was reputed to be the greatest advocate of his generation. In 1844 he was appointed as Attorney General.

Engraved by Ryall
Drawn by Chalon
Published 1846
Size 13 x 9 inches with margins

Price £16.00

Ref:3675

Mark Ker c.1522-1584 Abbot of Newbattle

The second son of a wealthy Borders family, the Kers of Cessford, Mark Ker was appointed the abbot of Newbattle Abbey. He was able to take advantage of the Reformation, quickly embracing the new Protestant religion and taking ownership of the abbey and its sizeable estates when the Roman Catholic Church was outlawed. Ker’s son, also named Mark, was created the Earl of Lothian, and the line has subsequently become the Marquesses of Lothian.

Total size approximatley 12 x 9.1/2 inches

Engraved by R.Roberts

Price £22.00

Ref:3674

Amelia Edwards 1831-1892

Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards , also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story “The Phantom Coach” (1864), the novels Barbara’s History (1864) and Lord Brackenbury (1880), and the travelogue of Egypt A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877). She also edited a poetry anthology published in 1878.
In 1882, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund. She gained the nickname “Godmother of Egyptology” for her contribution.

Artist/Engraver A.Weger
Size 29 x 20 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3633

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel 1797-1889

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (Duchess of Cambridge)  was the wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The longest-lived daughter-in-law of George III, she was the maternal grandmother of Mary of Teck, wife of George V.

Artist/Engraver
Size 29 x 23 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3630

Queen Mary I of England 1516-1558

Mary I , also known as Mary Tudor, and as “Bloody Mary” by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII. Her attempt to restore to the Church the property confiscated in the previous two reigns was largely thwarted by Parliament, but during her five-year reign, Mary had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions.

Artist/Engraver Francis Delaram, published by Compton Holland 19th cent
Size 30 x 23 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3616

Martha Hatfield (née Nesbit) 1652


‘the wise virgin,’ the daughter of Anthony Hatfield, by his wife Faith Westley, was born at Leighton, Yorkshire, 27 Sept. 1640. The Hatfields were puritans. In April 1652 Martha was seized with an illness which the physicians were unable to define, but which seems to have been a form of catalepsy. For seventeen days she lay stiff and was unable to speak, and it was said that she could neither see nor hear. When she recovered her voice she uttered rambling recollections of pious discourses abounding in quotations of Scripture.

Artist: James Caulfield 1794
Size 24 x 19 cm

Price £18.00

Ref:3592

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