Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet (December 1775 – 16 January 1852), of

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, was an English landowner, banker, painter, and occasional author. Most of Paul’s works as a painter were landscapes and paintings of horses. In 1821 he was created a

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, a revival of an honour previously held by another branch of the Paul family.Paul, John Dean (1775-1852), First Baronet of Rodborough (M)

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, accessed 25 July 2021 Paul was the father of

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(1802–1868), banker and fraudster. A typical mausoleum, Kensal Green Cemetery

He died in 1852 and was buried in

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, where his mausoleum was designed by John Griffith, the architect of the main cemetery buildings.Tomb of Sir John Dean Paul
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Publications

*''Journal of a party of pleasure to Paris in the month of August, 1802: by which any person intending to take such a journey may form an accurate idea of the expence that would attend it, and the amusement he would probably receive: together with thirteen views from nature, illustrative of French scenery'' (London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, 1802) **''Journal d'un voyage à Paris au mois d'août 1802'' (Paris, A. Picard et fils, 1913) *''The Man of Ton: a satire'' (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) *''ABC of Fox Hunting'', with 26 coloured illustrations (London: J. Mitchell Royal Library, c. 1870)

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