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Robert Fellowes (politician)
Robert Fellowes (1742–1829) was an English politician, Member of Parliament for from 1802 to 1807. Life He was the second son of William Fellowes of Shotesham Park, William Fellowes of Shotesham Park, Norfolk and his wife Elizabeth. He was educated in Acton, London, Acton, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1759, graduating B.A. in 1764. William Fellowes (1740–1778) was his elder brother, and his son Robert Fellowes (philanthropist), Robert Fellowes (1770–1847) his nephew. In 1769 Fellowes was travelling in Italy. He arrived at Venice in September of that year with Sir Thomas Durrant, 1st Baronet, Thomas Durrant, of Scottow, Member of Parliament for . Fellowes succeeded to the position of treasurer to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on his father's death in 1775, and held it to 1803. Shotesham was enclosed in 1781. The Fellowes family grew the estate over the years, using non-agricultural income to purchase land. In 1872 it was as originally pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fellowes Of Shotesham Park
William Fellowes (1706–1775) of Shotesham Park was an English landowner, a founder of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1731. Life He was the third son of the barrister William Fellowes (barrister), William Fellowes. He acquired Shotesham Park and associated land in 1731; or was given property there amounting to in the early 1720s by his father. It has been suggested that William Fellowes the elder was at the point using profit from South Sea Company investment to acquire land. When his father died in 1724, under his will his son William received only investments, the bulk of the estate going to his elder brother Coulson Fellowes. The three brothers Coulson, Martin and William Fellowes all appear on the subscription list for ''Miscellanea Analytica de Seriebus et Quadraturis'' (1730), a mathematical work by Abraham de Moivre. Bellhouse, Renouf, Raut and Bauer deduce that, probably, their father had engaged de Moivre as a tutor to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
