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    Businesses (20)

    Organisations (43)

    Persons (764)

    Families (9)

    • Barker family of Pontefract Pontefract, Yorkshire
    • Browne family of Twickenham and Whitton Twickenham, Middlesex
    • Le Marchant family of Chobham Chobham, Surrey
    • Montagu family, Dukes of Manchester Pertonhall, Bedfordshire;Swineshead, Bedfordshire;Doddington, Cambridgeshire;March, Cambridgeshire;Thorney, Cambridgeshire;Wimblington, Cambridgeshire;Kelvedon, Essex;Little Leighs, Essex;Mucking, Essex;Hertfordshire;Brampton, Huntingdonshire;Ellington, Huntingdonshire;Grafham, Huntingdonshire;Houghton, Huntingdonshire;Keyston, Huntingdonshire;Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire;Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire;Little Stukeley, Huntingdonshire;St Ives, Huntingdonshire;Wyton, Huntingdonshire;Cornhill, London;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;West Dereham, Norfolk;Dogsthorpe, Northamptonshire;Longthorpe, Northamptonshire;Thorpe Hall, Northamptonshire;Bloxwich, Staffordshire;Shenstone, Staffordshire;Walsall, Staffordshire;Stoke by Clare, Suffolk;Knowle, Warwickshire;Ballymore, County Armagh;Portadown, County Armagh;Tanderagee, County Armagh;Tanderagee Castle, County Armagh;Bermuda;New Zealand;Virginia
    • Orde-Powlett family, Barons Bolton Basing, Hampshire;Hackwood, Hampshire;Kingsclere, Hampshire;Nether Wallop, Hampshire;Bolton Hall, Yorkshire;Castle Bolton, Yorkshire;Leyburn, Yorkshire;Wensley, Yorkshire
    • Shaw-Lefevre family, Barons Eversley Heckfield, Hampshire;Burley, Hampshire;Putham, Hampshire
    • Spencer family, Earls Spencer Biggleswade, Bedfordshire;Millow, Bedfordshire;Shellingford, Berkshire;Cippenham, Buckinghamshire;Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire;Wolverton, Buckinghamshire;Mappowder, Dorset;Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset;Holywell, Hertfordshire;St Albans, Hertfordshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Theddingworth, Leicestershire;Marlborough House, London;Spencer House, London;Westminster, Middlesex;North Creake, Norfolk;Althorp, Northamptonshire;Brington, Northamptonshire;Harlestone, Northamptonshire;Nobottle, Northamptonshire;Pytchley, Northamptonshire;Steane, Northamptonshire;Mattersey, Nottinghamshire;Wiseton, Nottinghamshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;St Thomas, Staffordshire;Sow, Staffordshire;Battersea, Surrey;Coombe, Surrey;Croydon, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Wimbledon, Surrey;Lurgashall, Sussex;Verdley, Sussex;Priors Marston, Warwickshire;Wormleighton, Warwickshire;Queens Ferry, Flintshire
    • Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
    • Verney family, Barons Willoughby de Broke Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire;Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire;Poyntington, Dorset;East Leach Turville, Gloucestershire;Tytherington, Gloucestershire;Cottered, Hertfordshire;Brasted, Kent;Northbourne, Kent;Otford, Kent;Allexton, Leicestershire;Horninghold, Leicestershire;Kimcote and Walton, Leicestershire;Frampton, Lincolnshire;Helpringham, Lincolnshire;North Ingelby, Lincolnshire;Scredington, Lincolnshire;London;Hackney, Middlesex;Stepney, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Collyweston, Northamptonshire;Coton, Northamptonshire;Long Buckby, Northamptonshire;Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire;Sulby, Northamptonshire;Cottesmore, Rutland;Bramshall, Staffordshire;Penkridge, Staffordshire;Tutbury, Staffordshire;East Sheen, Surrey;Richmond, Surrey;Burton Dassett, Warwickshire;Chadshunt, Warwickshire;Chesterton, Warwickshire;Combrook, Warwickshire;Compton Verney, Warwickshire;Drayton, Warwickshire;Kineton, Warwickshire;Lighthorne, Warwickshire;Walsgrave On Sowe, Warwickshire

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