Andrew Fountaine (c. 1637 – 7 February 1707), of

Narford Narford is situated in the Breckland (district), Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 970 hectares (3.75 square miles). Narford village has all but List of lost settlements in the United Kingdom, disappeared, with a population of o ...

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and

Bell Bar Bell Bar is a hamlet located in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of North Mymms. Thought to be named after the ancient Bell Inn which stood nearby, Bell Bar (often spelt as "Bell Barr" on old maps, such as that of ...

North Mymms North Mymms is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. At the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 8,921. The village itself is an enclosure. North Mymms Park and Brookmans Park enclose large areas of the parish. Even t ...

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, was an English

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. He represented Newtown in March 1679, October 1679 and 1681. His son, also

Andrew Fountaine Andrew Fountaine (7 December 1918 – 14 September 1997) was an activist involved in the British far right. After military service in a number of conflicts Fountaine joined the Conservative Party and was selected as a parliamentary candidate un ...

, was an important

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1637 births 1707 deaths 17th-century English people English MPs 1679 English MPs 1681 Members of Parliament for the Isle of Wight People from Breckland District People from Welwyn Hatfield (district) {{17thC-England-MP-stub