Edward Bellasis (14 October 1800 – 24 January 1873) was an English lawyer, a follower of the

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who converted to Roman Catholicism. He was a close friend and associate of other

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lawyers Edward Lowth Badeley and James Hope-Scott. His son, also named Edward Bellasis became an eminent genealogist.

References

*Matthew, H. C. G. (2006)
Bellasis, Edward (1800–1873)
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