Sir Michael D'Anvers (29 September 1738 – 20 August 1776) was the 5th and last baronet of the
D'Anvers baronets, of Culworth.
Education
D'Anvers of
Culworth
Culworth is a village and civil parish about north of Brackley in West Northamptonshire, England. Culworth is also about northeast of the north Oxfordshire town of Banbury.
The village stands on the brow of a hill about above sea level. The ...
was educated at
John Roysse
John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Personal life
John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertaining ...
's
Free School in
Abingdon, (now
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...
).
Career
He was
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire.
The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the respon ...
from 1763–64.
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Peerage
He succeeded his brother Sir Henry D'Anvers, 4th Baronet to the title in 1753 and is commemorated with a memorial on the north wall of the chancel at Culworth Church. He was unmarried and on his death left the estate to his sister Meriel D'Anvers.
See also
* List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...
References
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1738 births
1776 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
People educated at Abingdon School
High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire