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 By his wife, Frances Eleanor Simpson, daughter of John Simpson, of Bradley Hall, Co. Durham, and Lady Anne Lyon, Paul was the father of Sir John Dean Paul, 2nd Baronet (1802–1868), banker and fraudster. Frances, Lady Paul was the sister of the Baroness Ravensworth, as well as the niece of the Baroness Bradford and also a cousin of

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Sir Frederick Lester. 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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English landscape artists