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Sir Thomas Burch Western, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Essex

Francis Grant (1803–1878)

Hylands House

Sir Thomas Burch Western, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Essex

Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

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Sir Thomas owned estates around his home at Felix Hall, Rivenhall (no longer standing). He inherited the title of baronet in 1864, was from 1865 the first Liberal MP for North Essex, and Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1869. This portrait was presented to him by his Essex and Suffolk tenants.

Sir Francis Grant was a fashionable portrait painter, and was later President of the Royal Academy (PRA).

Hylands House

Chelmsford

Title

Sir Thomas Burch Western, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Essex

Date

1864

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127.2 x W 103 cm

Accession number

M28244

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Elizabeth Ellen, Lady Western, 1939

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed, dated and on frame plaque, 'Presented to S

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Francis Grant

1803–1878

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