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Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with Sir James Wright (8 May 1716 – 20 November 1785), the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia.

Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (baptised 1730 – 1804), of Ray House, Essex,[1] was a British diplomat and art collector. He was the ambassador to Venice for Great Britain from 1766 to 1774.

Background edit

He was the son of James Wright of Warwick (d. 1754[2][3]) and Mary Huband[4][5] (1700[6][7] – 1768).[8][9] He is usually referred to as gentleman,[10][11] but may have been an attorney at law by training or profession.[12]

Wright's parents were married on 20 May 1728 in Ipsley, Worcester, England.[13] He was baptised on 8 April 1730 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England.[14] He had a brother, John (1729[15] – probably died young), and two sisters, Mary[16] (1734[17] – about 1807[18]) and Jane[16] (1736[19] – about 1765[20][21]). His sister Mary Wright married Rice Charleton, an English physician, medical researcher, and Fellow of the Royal Society[22][23][24] on 11 November 1759 at Walcot St. Swithin, Somerset, England.[25] His sister Jane Wright married John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (26 April 1730 – 18 January 1805)[26][27][20][21] on 29 April 1763 at Walcot St. Swithin, Somerset, England.[28]

His father, James Wright of Warwick, purchased his wife's sisters' shares of the manor Hurstborne,[29][30] and owned lands on Cubbington[31][32] and Butlers Marston.[22][27][33]

Huband family edit

Further information: Huband baronets

His maternal grandparents were Sir John Huband, 2nd Baronet of Ipsley Court in Warwickshire[34] and Rhoda, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Broughton, Baronet of Broughton in the county of Stafford[35] by Rhoda, daughter of John Amcotts of Aisthorpe in Lincolnshire, Esq.[36] by Rhoda,[37] daughter of Thomas Hussey of Caythorpe,[38] eldest son of Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Anton, daughter of George Anton of Lincoln,[39] and Member of Parliament for Grantham, by Rhoda[40] (d. 11 Oct. 1686), daughter and coheiress of Thomas Chapman, Draper of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Hertfordshire,[41] who married secondly as his second wife Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron.[42]

His mother also had a sister named Rhoda, Dame Rhoda Delves alias Cotes.[43]

First period in Italy, courtier edit

Wright and his wife Catherine first visited Venice in December 1758.[44] An encounter there with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu led to an introduction to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and his wife Mary, daughter of Lady Mary.[45]

The couple apparently had a close marriage. It was observed by Lady Mary, during the time in Venice the two of them comforted each other over the loss of their stillborn child. It put her in mind of the Butes, friends whose company she enjoyed: and Catherine Wright became her correspondent.[46]

Wright was from that time on good terms with Lord Bute, who became Prime Minister in 1762, the relationship being described by William Bodham Donne as "private friend".[47] Wright was a Groom of the Bedchamber to George III from 21 December 1762[48] to 30 May 1801. He was knighted on 3 July 1766.[49][50][51]

Second period in Italy edit

Sir James Wright reached Venice as Resident in mid-September 1766. Shortly, by March 1767, Lord Northington, Lord Chancellor under successive Prime Ministers, showed a wish to exert nepotism on Wright's behalf:[44] through his mother's sister Jane Huband, Wright was a nephew-by-marriage to Northington.[52] Northington's demand, of priority for a move to Florence or Naples, disconcerted Horace Mann, Wright's friend who was settled at Florence. Wright tried to smooth matters over.[44] Horace Walpole, Mann's correspondent, at the beginning of April was assuring Mann that he need not fear the intrigues of the "old drunken uncle" (Northington), given the influence of Mann's patron Henry Seymour Conway.[53]

Both the Wrights were afflicted by illness while in Venice: and they spent a period in England, of around two years, from August 1769 to August 1771, during which Robert Richie deputised for Sir James.[44]

Wright was created a baronet on 12 October 1772[54][55] for his services as His Majesty's Resident at Venice.[56] The Wrights left Venice in 1773, and the posting officially terminated in 1774.[44] John Udny (1727–1800), brother of Robert Udny, filled in for Wright, until his successor John Strange arrived.[57]

Later life in politics edit

In 1778, Wright became involved in a political furore when he and Dr. Addington, his own and Chatham's physician, engaged in a futile attempt to bring about a political alliance between Bute and Chatham.[49][58][59][60] This incident terminated the friendship with Bute.[45]

Residence, collection and estates edit

In about 1770 Wright bought Ray House in Woodford from Bennet Hannot. He later took up residence in the two-storey five-bay brick mansion.[61] Around 1773–6 Robert Adam worked on Ray House for Wright.[62][63] Here Wright housed a collection of paintings acquired in his time in Venice. He was an art dealer, and made exaggerated claims for the works: a painting now attributed to Palma Vecchio was described by him as a Giorgione.[64][65][66][67] He purchased amongst other works The Finding of Moses by Giambattista Tiepolo (as a Benedetto Caliari) in 1769, on behalf of Lord Bute. The painting of the biblical story is now in the National Gallery of Scotland.[68]

His time in Venice had allowed Wright some opportunity to develop as a connoisseur of painting, and he became a patron. He commissioned portraits: from Robert Fagan, Matthew William Peters, Joshua Reynolds, and Johann Zoffany.[45] In the heated crayon debate of British art in the late 18th century, he contributed an opinion. Joseph Farington recorded in 1796 that at a Royal Academy committee meeting:

A letter was read from Sir James Wright stating that 'having observed how much Crayon painting is fallen off in what he sees at the Exhibitions'. He offers the Academy a portrait by F. Cotes of Bromfield, the surgeon, as a lesson to the Students.[69]

 
Allegory by Palma Vecchio, owned by Sir James Wright, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Wright founded an artificial slate business on his estate in Woodford, noticed in Environs of London by Daniel Lysons, and mentioned by John Hassell as in a building using such slates.[70][71] The product was publicised in an anonymous pamphlet of the 1780s, particularly directed towards export to the West Indies.[72] In 1776 Wright went into the business as proprietor by purchasing a patent, from Henry Cook of Norfolk. He refined on the manufacturing process by importing ideas from Italy.[73] Wright also acquired several adjacent estates, including Monkham house and farm.[74][61]

Family edit

James Wright, then of Warwick, was married to Catherine Stapleton (1732–1802),[75][76][77] only daughter[78] of Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet,[79][80] on 9 December 1754[81] at St George's Hanover Square Church, London.[82] The wedding was officiated by Abraham Joseph Rudd,[83] Curate of St. George, Hanover. The witnesses were Sir James Wright's maternal aunt Rhoda Cotes and her third husband William Maddott.[84][85][86]

The Stapletons were slave-owning proprietors of West Indian sugar plantations, and Sir William had died in 1740. A complex legal situation arose after the death in 1746 of his mother, Lady Frances. It was resolved in 1760–1, with Wright receiving a one-eighth share in West Indian property.[87] A corresponding share in the Fountain (Stapletons) estate on St Kitts remained in the Wright family until 1840, when it was sold to Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere.[75] In the period from 1776, the Fountains estate was in practice managed, from England, by Catherine Stapleton (1733–1815), first cousin to Catherine Wright, and close friend of Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham.[88][89]

In 1788 Wright gave away the bride at the second marriage of Thomas Haweis. She was Jennett Payne Orton, otherwise known as Miss Orton and Janet Payne Orton, a close associate of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. She is described as the niece of Sir Gillies Payne, 2nd Baronet, of Tempsford Hall, a connection to St Kitts where Payne owned two estates.[90][91][92] The acquaintance with Haweis in 1791 drew Wright into unsuccessful negotiations on episcopal ordination of some missionaries hoping to sail on the Second Breadfruit Voyage of William Bligh to Tahiti, with John Moore, now Archbishop of Canterbury.[93]

Third period in Italy edit

The Wrights spent further time in Italy during the 1790s. Their son George, an invalid, was there with his tutor, John Ireland, before the latter took up the living of Croydon in 1793.[94]

Lady Wright travelled to Italy in 1790, with her son, and Maria Cosway with her brother George Hadfield. Later Sir James came out, with Ireland; and bought more pictures on the trip.[73]

Sir George Wright, 2nd Baronet edit

 
George Wright

Their son George Ernest James Wright was baptised on 8 April 1770 at Walcot St. Swithin, Somerset, England.[95] Sir James's sister Mary Charleton was his godmother.[96] He married Rebecca Maclane (1772[97] – 10 January 1819[98][97]) of Ham, Surrey,[1] on 3 June 1796[99][55] at St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England. Officiating at the ceremony was his uncle-by-marriage, John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, the widower of his aunt, Jane.[100]

At the time of the wedding, the papers reported that Rebecca Maclane was the 'only daughter and heiress to Charles Maclane of Okingham in Berkshire'[101][99] (Wokingham, in Victorian times the name became corrupted to Oakingham). Far more likely, as other sources note, she was the daughter of Duncan Maclane (d.1773) of the East India Company, gentleman, of Saint John, Hackney, Middlesex,[102][103] and his wife Rebecca Brandey (d.1792) of Clapham, Surrey[104] at the time she wrote her will. That would make her the Rebecca Maclane that was registered 2 September 1772 in a non-conformist and non-parochial register, born 3 August 1772, the daughter of Duncan Maclane and Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Bradney. A John Bradney was a witness at the wedding of George Wright and Rebecca Maclane.[100]

The couple first had one child, Ruperta Maria Wright, born on 21 August 1798, baptised on 1 September 1798 at Saint Mary, St. Marylebone in London, and died on 8 September 1798, buried at St. Marylebone, Westminster, England. Their only surviving child, Ruperta Catherine,[105] married Edward Murray (5 November 1798 – 1 July 1852), Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, the second son of the Reverend Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. David's, and nephew of the Duke of Atholl,[106] on 14 February 1822.[107]

Ray Lodge edit

Wright built Ray Lodge, near Ray House, for George, employing from 1793 as architect John Buonarotti Papworth.[74]

Aftermath edit

Lady Wright died at Bath on 6 January 1802.[55][78] The Wrights had then been living in Bath for some time.[108][109] Sir James died at Bathford on 8 March 1804.[45][110][109] His will was proven on 17 March 1804.[4]

In 1807, Sir George Wright sold his Ray House estate to Benjamin Hanson Inglish.[74] On Sir George's death, in or before 1812,[111] the baronetcy became extinct (or technically dormant), and the slate business closed down c. 1811, while a stone-cutting business for pipes in Dublin managed by George Papworth for Sir George, from 1806, lasted to 1812.[55][4][112] Ray House was destroyed by fire in 1838.[63]

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  1. ^ a b Marriage settlement: 1 Sir James Wright of Ray House, Essex, esq, and Dame Catherine, his wife, 2 George Wright of Ray House, Essex, esq (only child of 1), 3 Rebecca Maclane of Ham, Surrey, spinster. 1796.
  2. ^ James Wright Esq. buried on 12 Jul 1754 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England
  3. ^ The Last Will and Testament of James Wright, Residence: Warwick, Warwickshire, England, Probate Date: 19/07/1754, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills. 19 July 1754.
  4. ^ a b c "Summary of Individual, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2020. Will of Sir James Wright of [Ray House Woodford but now residing at] Bath proved 17/03/1804. In the will he requested his son George take the name Huband (which he did not do) after Sir James Wright's mother's maiden name.
  5. ^ Bundle containing documents relating to tithes, pedigrees, marriage settlements, footpaths, etc. CR 1908/199/11 Pedigree of the Huband family, the early information being copied from Dugdale, the later taken from deeds and showing the marriage of Mary Huband to James Wright, c. 1100 - c. 1750), c. 1750.
  6. ^ "House of Lords Journal Volume 21: March 1720, 1-10 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  7. ^ Mary Huband, daughter of John Huband and Rhoda, baptised on 5 November 1700 at Saint Anne, Soho, Westminster, London, England
  8. ^ Catalogue description: Cotes v Dawson. Document type: Bill and two answers. Plaintiffs: John Cotes, esq of Dodington, Cheshire and Dame Rhoda Delves his wife, James Wright, gent of Warwick, Warwickshire and Mary Wright his wife, Jane Huband, spinster aged 14 years, infant (by Mary Broughton, spinster; said Dame Rhoda Delves, Mary Wright and Jane Hubard are the sisters and co-heirs of Sir John Huband bart, deceased, late of Ipsley Court, Warwickshire). Defendants: Dame Elizabeth Dawson, widow, Elianor Hutton, spinster and Dame Rhoda Huband, widow. Date of bill (or first document): 1731. Date: 1731. 1731.
  9. ^ Catalogue description: Short title: Hollister v Broughton. Document type: Two bills and nine answers. Plaintiffs: John Hollister, citizen and merchant tailor of London, James Wright, gent of Warwick and Mary Wright his wife (late Mary Huband). Defendants: Dame Elizabeth Broughton, widow (only child and heir at law of Sir Thomas Delves bart, deceased late of Doddington, Cheshire), Sir Bryan Broughton bart of Broughton, Staffordshire and Jane Broughton infants (by said Dame Elizabeth Broughton, their mother) John Broughton esq, Robert Goode, churchwarden, Thomas Higgison, late churchwarden, William Fox junior, John Eedes, late overseers of the Poor of St Nicholas, Warwickshire, Thomas Knight, Abraham Lea, churchwardens of Wibunbury, Cheshire, William Greenwood, vicar of St Mary and St Nicholas in Warwick, James Fish, John Seaton, George Field, Thomas Cowper, William Smith and Richard Bullock, churchwardens and overseers of the poor of St Mary, aforesaid Jane Huband, an infant (by William Greenwood DD) John Dolben, clerk, John Cotes, esq and Dame Rhoda Cotes his wife (late Dame Rhoda Delves, widow of Sir Thomas Delves, bart deceased). Date of bill (or first document): 1734. Date: 1734. 1734.
  10. ^ Catalogue description: Huddesford v Bettinson. Document type: Depositions. Plaintiffs: William Huddesford, clerk and James Wright, gent. Defendants: William Bettenson, gent an infant (by Michael Chappleman). Depositions taken at Warwick, Warwickshire. Date of bill (or first document): 1725. Date: 1725. 1725.
  11. ^ Draft abstract of title to an estate at Mappleborough Green in the parish of Studley, commencing with a conveyance, dated 30 March 1728, from James Wright of Warwick, gent., to Court Dewes of Mappleboro' Green, esq., and ending with a conveyance, dated 26 December 1825, from Charles Adams to George Moore. Date: 30 March 1728 to 26 December 1825. 30 March 1728.
  12. ^ Accounts of John Hamilton and Thomas Mason to James Wright of Warwick, attorney at law, for legal services rendered. 1726-1730. 1726.
  13. ^ James Wright and Mary Huband, daughter of John Huband and Rhoda, married on 20 of May 1728 at Ipsley, Worcester, England
  14. ^ James, son of Mr. James Wright and Mary his wife baptised on 8 April 1730 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England
  15. ^ John Son of Mr James Wright & Mary his Wife baptised on 7 March 1729 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England
  16. ^ a b "Search | Archive | Cubbington, Warwickshire, 1646-1812 | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Copy of the probate (19 July 1754) of the will of James Wright, Warwick, esq. reciting settlement of 1751 (/24-5) devising, after death of widow Mary, to son James. Now bequeaths lands and personal estate towife subject to payment of debts and legacies by sale if necessary. Income of residue to wife for life with remainder to daughters Mary and Jane, charged with payment of £100 to son James. Wife sole executrix". collections.shakespeare.org.uk.
  17. ^ Mary, daughter of James Wright Esqr. and Mary baptised on 23 January 1734 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England
  18. ^ Will of Mary Charleton, Probate Date: 7 April 1807, Residence: Bristol, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills
  19. ^ Jane, daughter of James Wright Esqr. & Mary baptised on 15 September 1736 at Warwick, St. Mary, Warwickshire, England
  20. ^ a b Deeds relating to Cubbington, Warwickshire, 1646-1812. Description: Bargain & sale, with lease and release from Edward Croft of Warwick, gent.; Mary Wright of Bath, widow and executrix of James Wright late of Warwick; James Wright of Berkeley Square, Middlesex, only son and heir of James and Mary; William Adams, Bath, esq., trustee of the marriage settlement of Rice Charlton and Mary Wright, George Lucy, of Charlecote, esq., a trustee of the marriage settlement of John Moore of Christ Church College, DD, and Jane Wright, since deceased to Edward, Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, for £3750 of the Rectory of Cubbington with tithes and appurtentnat premises. Signed and sealed. Date: 30 & 31 May 1765. 31 May 1765.
  21. ^ a b Item to my son in law Doctor Moore for his [...] to me since the death of his dear wife I give fifty Guineas and to his sister miss Elizabeth Moore five pounds – Will of Mary Wright, Widow of Bath, Somerset. 13 December 1768.
  22. ^ a b Deeds relating to Cubbington, Warwickshire, 1646-1812. Description: [Copy] Pre-nuptial settlement being conveyance by lease and release by Mary Wright, one of the daughter of James Wright, Warwick, esq., deceased to James Wright, her brother and William Adams, Bath, Somerset, esq. of her moiety in the manor of Butlers Marston and of the Rectory and lands on Cubbingtonn bequeathed to her under the will of her late father, in consideration of her intended marriage to Rice Charleton, Bath, Doctor in Physick, in trust to the use of Rice and Mary for life and then in tail male. Date: 7 & 8 November 1759. 8 November 1759.
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  25. ^ Rice Charleton and Mary Wright were married on 11 November 1759 at Walcot St. Swithin, Somerset, England. Rice Charleton of this Parish a Widower and Mary Wright of this Parish Spinster Married in this Chapel by Licence this eleventh Day of November in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty nine by me James Sparrow Minister This Marriage was solemnized between Us Rice Charleton Mary Wright In the Presence of Mary Wright Sen.r Jane Wright
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  27. ^ a b Deeds relating to Cubbington, Warwickshire, 1646-1812. Description: [Copy] Marriage articles between Jane Wright, daughter of Mary, widow of James of Warwick, esq., deceased and Rev. John Moore, Overton, Wiltshire. Recites grant of annuity by Duke of Marlborough of £350 to James Wright, brother of Jane, in Trust to provide a jointure for Jane. Reciprocally the moiety of the estates at Butlers Marston and Cubbington bequeathed to Jane by her father, are settled on trustees in trust for Jane and her husband and their issue. Date: 28 April 1763. 28 April 1763.
  28. ^ The Reverend Mr. John Moore of Christ Church in the University of Oxford and Jane Wright were married on 29 April 1763 at Walcot St. Swithin, Somerset, England. The Revd Mr John Moore of Christ Church in the University of Oxford a Batchelor and Jane Wright of the Parish of Walcot a Spinster were Married in this Chapel by Licence this twenty nineth Day of April in the Year One Thousand and Seven Hundred and sixty three by me W Davenport Rector of Bredon Worcestershire. This Marriage was solemnised between Us John Moore Jane Wright In the presence of Mary Wright Cathe: Wright
  29. ^ "Parishes: Ipsley, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020. the 2nd baronet, managed to set aside his will in 1712 and entered on the Ipsley estates and set about selling the property, being deeply in debt. But as he died in 1717 before he could accomplish his sale the estates passed to his son John, 3rd baronet, who died, aged 17, at Eton in November 1730. The baronetcy thus became extinct and the property passed to the second baronet's wife, Rhoda daughter of Sir Thomas Broughton, and her three daughters, Rhoda, Lady Delves, who subsequently married William Mabbot, Mary wife of James Wright, and Jane wife of the Earl of Northington. James Wright gradually purchased his wife's sisters' Hampshire estates, (fn. 44) after they had sold Ipsley manor in 1740 to Samuel Savage, (fn. 45) who left the estate to his nephew Walter Savage Landor, (fn. 46) whose descendants (fn. 47) put it up to auction in 1918 and 1922.
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  32. ^ Deeds relating to Cubbington, Warwickshire, 1646-1812. Description: Bargain and sale by Thomas Collins of Greenwich, gent., son and heir of Alice, widow of William Collins of St Saviours, Southwark, gent., and Mary and Martha his sisters, with Crispe Grainge of St Bartholomew the Great, surviving trustee of William Collins to James Wright of Warwick, for £1500 of the Rectory of Cubbington with associated lands and premises. Signed and sealed. Date: 4 May 1725. 4 May 1725.
  33. ^ "Search Archive Cubbington, Warwickshire, 1646-1812, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Description: Lease and Mortgage in fee of the manor of Butlers Marston and Rectory of Cubbington by Mary, widow of James Wright, one of the sisters and coheirs of Sir John Hubaud of Ipsley, bart., children of Sir John Ipsley, bart. by Rhoda his wife to William Mabbot, St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq. and Robert Henley, The Grainge, Hampshire,esq. (trustees of James Wright, Dowles Lodge, Hampshire, esq., only son and heir of Mary and James) to secure £2000 [Robert Henley was married to Jane, sister of Mary Wright]. Date: 12 July 1756". collections.shakespeare.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  34. ^ "Conveyance from James Wright of Warwick esq. and Mary his wife to John, Earl of Westmorland, of two-thirds of the manor of Hursborne Tarrant and two-thirds of woods called Dowles in Hursborne and Andover, Hants. and the other property late of Sir John Huband, late father of Mary Wright in Hursborne Tarrant, Andover, Ibdrop, Upton, Kings Enham, Knights Enham, Charlton and the forest chase Hants., one-third of which Wright purchased from Dame Rhoda Delves alias Cotes widow (nee Huband) and the other from Jane Huband, spinster, and of the messuage called Pemmers and the appurtenances in Hursbane Tarrant and Ibdrop, the property being of the same yearly value as are the messuage called Weston Hall in Cheshire and the rectory impropriate of Cubbington, Warks., which are now to be freed of all incumbrances placed on them by the marriage settlement of the Wrights in 1728, the Hampshire lands being by this deed conveyed to the Earl of Westmorland in their stead and for the same purposes. Conveyance from James Wright to Peter Somerfeild of Weston Hall, Cheshire, gent., in consideration of £6,150, of Weston Hall and the premises therewith. Conveyance from James Wright to the trustees of the rectory impropriate of Cubbington, all tithes, a plot of ground whereon a barn of 6 bays of building formerly stood in the yard of the dwelling house late of Thomas Greswold esq. deceased next to Mabbs Lane and a plot of ground lying at the upper end of the last mentioned plot, 30th May 1751". 9 June 1751 – via National Archive of the UK.
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Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Venice)
1772–1804 		Succeeded by
George Wright

January 01, 1970
james, wright, baronet, confused, with, james, wright, 1716, november, 1785, last, british, royal, governor, province, georgia, baptised, 1730, 1804, house, essex, british, diplomat, collector, ambassador, venice, great, britain, from, 1766, 1774, contents, ba. Not to be confused with Sir James Wright 8 May 1716 20 November 1785 the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia Sir James Wright 1st Baronet baptised 1730 1804 of Ray House Essex 1 was a British diplomat and art collector He was the ambassador to Venice for Great Britain from 1766 to 1774 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Huband family 2 First period in Italy courtier 3 Second period in Italy 4 Later life in politics 5 Residence collection and estates 6 Family 6 1 Third period in Italy 6 2 Sir George Wright 2nd Baronet 6 3 Ray Lodge 6 4 Aftermath 7 ReferencesBackground editHe was the son of James Wright of Warwick d 1754 2 3 and Mary Huband 4 5 1700 6 7 1768 8 9 He is usually referred to as gentleman 10 11 but may have been an attorney at law by training or profession 12 Wright s parents were married on 20 May 1728 in Ipsley Worcester England 13 He was baptised on 8 April 1730 at Warwick St Mary Warwickshire England 14 He had a brother John 1729 15 probably died young and two sisters Mary 16 1734 17 about 1807 18 and Jane 16 1736 19 about 1765 20 21 His sister Mary Wright married Rice Charleton an English physician medical researcher and Fellow of the Royal Society 22 23 24 on 11 November 1759 at Walcot St Swithin Somerset England 25 His sister Jane Wright married John Moore Archbishop of Canterbury 26 April 1730 18 January 1805 26 27 20 21 on 29 April 1763 at Walcot St Swithin Somerset England 28 His father James Wright of Warwick purchased his wife s sisters shares of the manor Hurstborne 29 30 and owned lands on Cubbington 31 32 and Butlers Marston 22 27 33 Huband family edit Further information Huband baronets His maternal grandparents were Sir John Huband 2nd Baronet of Ipsley Court in Warwickshire 34 and Rhoda eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Broughton Baronet of Broughton in the county of Stafford 35 by Rhoda daughter of John Amcotts of Aisthorpe in Lincolnshire Esq 36 by Rhoda 37 daughter of Thomas Hussey of Caythorpe 38 eldest son of Sir Edward Hussey 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Anton daughter of George Anton of Lincoln 39 and Member of Parliament for Grantham by Rhoda 40 d 11 Oct 1686 daughter and coheiress of Thomas Chapman Draper of Soper Lane London and Wormley Hertfordshire 41 who married secondly as his second wife Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron 42 His mother also had a sister named Rhoda Dame Rhoda Delves alias Cotes 43 First period in Italy courtier editWright and his wife Catherine first visited Venice in December 1758 44 An encounter there with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu led to an introduction to John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute and his wife Mary daughter of Lady Mary 45 The couple apparently had a close marriage It was observed by Lady Mary during the time in Venice the two of them comforted each other over the loss of their stillborn child It put her in mind of the Butes friends whose company she enjoyed and Catherine Wright became her correspondent 46 Wright was from that time on good terms with Lord Bute who became Prime Minister in 1762 the relationship being described by William Bodham Donne as private friend 47 Wright was a Groom of the Bedchamber to George III from 21 December 1762 48 to 30 May 1801 He was knighted on 3 July 1766 49 50 51 Second period in Italy editSir James Wright reached Venice as Resident in mid September 1766 Shortly by March 1767 Lord Northington Lord Chancellor under successive Prime Ministers showed a wish to exert nepotism on Wright s behalf 44 through his mother s sister Jane Huband Wright was a nephew by marriage to Northington 52 Northington s demand of priority for a move to Florence or Naples disconcerted Horace Mann Wright s friend who was settled at Florence Wright tried to smooth matters over 44 Horace Walpole Mann s correspondent at the beginning of April was assuring Mann that he need not fear the intrigues of the old drunken uncle Northington given the influence of Mann s patron Henry Seymour Conway 53 Both the Wrights were afflicted by illness while in Venice and they spent a period in England of around two years from August 1769 to August 1771 during which Robert Richie deputised for Sir James 44 Wright was created a baronet on 12 October 1772 54 55 for his services as His Majesty s Resident at Venice 56 The Wrights left Venice in 1773 and the posting officially terminated in 1774 44 John Udny 1727 1800 brother of Robert Udny filled in for Wright until his successor John Strange arrived 57 Later life in politics editIn 1778 Wright became involved in a political furore when he and Dr Addington his own and Chatham s physician engaged in a futile attempt to bring about a political alliance between Bute and Chatham 49 58 59 60 This incident terminated the friendship with Bute 45 Residence collection and estates editIn about 1770 Wright bought Ray House in Woodford from Bennet Hannot He later took up residence in the two storey five bay brick mansion 61 Around 1773 6 Robert Adam worked on Ray House for Wright 62 63 Here Wright housed a collection of paintings acquired in his time in Venice He was an art dealer and made exaggerated claims for the works a painting now attributed to Palma Vecchio was described by him as a Giorgione 64 65 66 67 He purchased amongst other works The Finding of Moses by Giambattista Tiepolo as a Benedetto Caliari in 1769 on behalf of Lord Bute The painting of the biblical story is now in the National Gallery of Scotland 68 His time in Venice had allowed Wright some opportunity to develop as a connoisseur of painting and he became a patron He commissioned portraits from Robert Fagan Matthew William Peters Joshua Reynolds and Johann Zoffany 45 In the heated crayon debate of British art in the late 18th century he contributed an opinion Joseph Farington recorded in 1796 that at a Royal Academy committee meeting A letter was read from Sir James Wright stating that having observed how much Crayon painting is fallen off in what he sees at the Exhibitions He offers the Academy a portrait by F Cotes of Bromfield the surgeon as a lesson to the Students 69 nbsp Allegory by Palma Vecchio owned by Sir James Wright now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Wright founded an artificial slate business on his estate in Woodford noticed in Environs of London by Daniel Lysons and mentioned by John Hassell as in a building using such slates 70 71 The product was publicised in an anonymous pamphlet of the 1780s particularly directed towards export to the West Indies 72 In 1776 Wright went into the business as proprietor by purchasing a patent from Henry Cook of Norfolk He refined on the manufacturing process by importing ideas from Italy 73 Wright also acquired several adjacent estates including Monkham house and farm 74 61 Family editJames Wright then of Warwick was married to Catherine Stapleton 1732 1802 75 76 77 only daughter 78 of Sir William Stapleton 4th Baronet 79 80 on 9 December 1754 81 at St George s Hanover Square Church London 82 The wedding was officiated by Abraham Joseph Rudd 83 Curate of St George Hanover The witnesses were Sir James Wright s maternal aunt Rhoda Cotes and her third husband William Maddott 84 85 86 The Stapletons were slave owning proprietors of West Indian sugar plantations and Sir William had died in 1740 A complex legal situation arose after the death in 1746 of his mother Lady Frances It was resolved in 1760 1 with Wright receiving a one eighth share in West Indian property 87 A corresponding share in the Fountain Stapletons estate on St Kitts remained in the Wright family until 1840 when it was sold to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere 75 In the period from 1776 the Fountains estate was in practice managed from England by Catherine Stapleton 1733 1815 first cousin to Catherine Wright and close friend of Hester Pitt Countess of Chatham 88 89 In 1788 Wright gave away the bride at the second marriage of Thomas Haweis She was Jennett Payne Orton otherwise known as Miss Orton and Janet Payne Orton a close associate of Selina Countess of Huntingdon She is described as the niece of Sir Gillies Payne 2nd Baronet of Tempsford Hall a connection to St Kitts where Payne owned two estates 90 91 92 The acquaintance with Haweis in 1791 drew Wright into unsuccessful negotiations on episcopal ordination of some missionaries hoping to sail on the Second Breadfruit Voyage of William Bligh to Tahiti with John Moore now Archbishop of Canterbury 93 Third period in Italy edit The Wrights spent further time in Italy during the 1790s Their son George an invalid was there with his tutor John Ireland before the latter took up the living of Croydon in 1793 94 Lady Wright travelled to Italy in 1790 with her son and Maria Cosway with her brother George Hadfield Later Sir James came out with Ireland and bought more pictures on the trip 73 Sir George Wright 2nd Baronet edit nbsp George Wright Their son George Ernest James Wright was baptised on 8 April 1770 at Walcot St Swithin Somerset England 95 Sir James s sister Mary Charleton was his godmother 96 He married Rebecca Maclane 1772 97 10 January 1819 98 97 of Ham Surrey 1 on 3 June 1796 99 55 at St Mary Lambeth Surrey England Officiating at the ceremony was his uncle by marriage John Moore Archbishop of Canterbury the widower of his aunt Jane 100 At the time of the wedding the papers reported that Rebecca Maclane was the only daughter and heiress to Charles Maclane of Okingham in Berkshire 101 99 Wokingham in Victorian times the name became corrupted to Oakingham Far more likely as other sources note she was the daughter of Duncan Maclane d 1773 of the East India Company gentleman of Saint John Hackney Middlesex 102 103 and his wife Rebecca Brandey d 1792 of Clapham Surrey 104 at the time she wrote her will That would make her the Rebecca Maclane that was registered 2 September 1772 in a non conformist and non parochial register born 3 August 1772 the daughter of Duncan Maclane and Rebecca daughter of Joseph Bradney A John Bradney was a witness at the wedding of George Wright and Rebecca Maclane 100 The couple first had one child Ruperta Maria Wright born on 21 August 1798 baptised on 1 September 1798 at Saint Mary St Marylebone in London and died on 8 September 1798 buried at St Marylebone Westminster England Their only surviving child Ruperta Catherine 105 married Edward Murray 5 November 1798 1 July 1852 Vicar of Northolt Middlesex the second son of the Reverend Lord George Murray Bishop of St David s and nephew of the Duke of Atholl 106 on 14 February 1822 107 Ray Lodge edit Wright built Ray Lodge near Ray House for George employing from 1793 as architect John Buonarotti Papworth 74 Aftermath edit Lady Wright died at Bath on 6 January 1802 55 78 The Wrights had then been living in Bath for some time 108 109 Sir James died at Bathford on 8 March 1804 45 110 109 His will was proven on 17 March 1804 4 In 1807 Sir George Wright sold his Ray House estate to Benjamin Hanson Inglish 74 On Sir George s death in or before 1812 111 the baronetcy became extinct or technically dormant and the slate business closed down c 1811 while a stone cutting business for pipes in Dublin managed by George Papworth for Sir George from 1806 lasted to 1812 55 4 112 Ray House was destroyed by fire in 1838 63 References edit a b Marriage settlement 1 Sir James Wright of Ray House Essex esq and Dame Catherine his wife 2 George Wright of Ray House Essex esq only child of 1 3 Rebecca Maclane of Ham Surrey spinster 1796 James Wright Esq buried on 12 Jul 1754 at Warwick St Mary Warwickshire England The Last Will and Testament of James Wright Residence Warwick Warwickshire England Probate Date 19 07 1754 England amp Wales Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills 19 July 1754 a b c Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Retrieved 20 June 2020 Will of Sir James Wright of Ray House Woodford but now residing at Bath proved 17 03 1804 In the will he requested his son George take the name Huband which he did not do after Sir James Wright s mother s maiden name Bundle containing documents relating to tithes pedigrees marriage settlements footpaths etc CR 1908 199 11 Pedigree of the Huband family the early information being copied from Dugdale the later taken from deeds and showing the marriage of Mary Huband to James Wright c 1100 c 1750 c 1750 House of Lords Journal Volume 21 March 1720 1 10 British History Online www british history ac uk Mary Huband daughter of John Huband and Rhoda baptised on 5 November 1700 at Saint Anne Soho Westminster London England Catalogue description Cotes v Dawson Document type Bill and two answers Plaintiffs John Cotes esq of Dodington Cheshire and Dame Rhoda Delves his wife James Wright gent of Warwick Warwickshire and Mary Wright his wife Jane Huband spinster aged 14 years infant by Mary Broughton spinster said Dame Rhoda Delves Mary Wright and Jane Hubard are the sisters and co heirs of Sir John Huband bart deceased late of Ipsley Court Warwickshire Defendants Dame Elizabeth Dawson widow Elianor Hutton spinster and Dame Rhoda Huband widow Date of bill or first document 1731 Date 1731 1731 Catalogue description Short title Hollister v Broughton Document type Two bills and nine answers Plaintiffs John Hollister citizen and merchant tailor of London James Wright gent of Warwick and Mary Wright his wife late Mary Huband Defendants Dame Elizabeth Broughton widow only child and heir at law of Sir Thomas Delves bart deceased late of Doddington Cheshire Sir Bryan Broughton bart of Broughton Staffordshire and Jane Broughton infants by said Dame Elizabeth Broughton their mother John Broughton esq Robert Goode churchwarden Thomas Higgison late churchwarden William Fox junior John Eedes late overseers of the Poor of St Nicholas Warwickshire Thomas Knight Abraham Lea churchwardens of Wibunbury Cheshire William Greenwood vicar of St Mary and St Nicholas in Warwick James Fish John Seaton George Field Thomas Cowper William Smith and Richard Bullock churchwardens and overseers of the poor of St Mary aforesaid Jane Huband an infant by William Greenwood DD John Dolben clerk John Cotes esq and Dame Rhoda Cotes his wife late Dame Rhoda Delves widow of Sir Thomas Delves bart deceased Date of bill or first document 1734 Date 1734 1734 Catalogue description Huddesford v Bettinson Document type Depositions Plaintiffs William Huddesford clerk and James Wright gent Defendants William Bettenson gent an infant by Michael Chappleman Depositions taken at Warwick Warwickshire Date of bill or first document 1725 Date 1725 1725 Draft abstract of title to an estate at Mappleborough Green in the parish of Studley commencing with a conveyance dated 30 March 1728 from James Wright of Warwick gent to Court Dewes of Mappleboro Green esq and ending with a conveyance dated 26 December 1825 from Charles Adams to George Moore Date 30 March 1728 to 26 December 1825 30 March 1728 Accounts of John Hamilton and Thomas Mason to James Wright of Warwick attorney at law for legal services rendered 1726 1730 1726 James Wright and Mary Huband daughter of John Huband and Rhoda married on 20 of May 1728 at Ipsley Worcester England James son of Mr James Wright and Mary his wife baptised on 8 April 1730 at Warwick St Mary Warwickshire England John Son of Mr James Wright amp Mary his Wife baptised on 7 March 1729 at Warwick St Mary Warwickshire England a b Search Archive Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Copy of the probate 19 July 1754 of the will of James Wright Warwick esq reciting settlement of 1751 24 5 devising after death of widow Mary to son James Now bequeaths lands and personal estate towife subject to payment of debts and legacies by sale if necessary Income of residue to wife for life with remainder to daughters Mary and Jane charged with payment of 100 to son James Wife sole executrix collections shakespeare org uk Mary daughter of James Wright Esqr and Mary baptised on 23 January 1734 at Warwick St Mary Warwickshire England Will of Mary Charleton Probate Date 7 April 1807 Residence Bristol Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Jane daughter of James Wright Esqr amp Mary baptised on 15 September 1736 at Warwick St Mary Warwickshire England a b Deeds relating to Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Description Bargain amp sale with lease and release from Edward Croft of Warwick gent Mary Wright of Bath widow and executrix of James Wright late of Warwick James Wright of Berkeley Square Middlesex only son and heir of James and Mary William Adams Bath esq trustee of the marriage settlement of Rice Charlton and Mary Wright George Lucy of Charlecote esq a trustee of the marriage settlement of John Moore of Christ Church College DD and Jane Wright since deceased to Edward Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh for 3750 of the Rectory of Cubbington with tithes and appurtentnat premises Signed and sealed Date 30 amp 31 May 1765 31 May 1765 a b Item to my son in law Doctor Moore for his to me since the death of his dear wife I give fifty Guineas and to his sister miss Elizabeth Moore five pounds Will of Mary Wright Widow of Bath Somerset 13 December 1768 a b Deeds relating to Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Description Copy Pre nuptial settlement being conveyance by lease and release by Mary Wright one of the daughter of James Wright Warwick esq deceased to James Wright her brother and William Adams Bath Somerset esq of her moiety in the manor of Butlers Marston and of the Rectory and lands on Cubbingtonn bequeathed to her under the will of her late father in consideration of her intended marriage to Rice Charleton Bath Doctor in Physick in trust to the use of Rice and Mary for life and then in tail male Date 7 amp 8 November 1759 8 November 1759 Search Archive Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections shakespeare org uk A genealogical account of the Mayo and Elton families of the counties of Wilts and Hereford with an appendix containing genealogies for the most part not hitherto published of certain families allied by marriage to the family of Mayo to which is added a large tabular pedigree set in type by Theodore Mayo London Chiswick Press 9 June 1882 via Internet Archive Rice Charleton M D of Bath who married 11th November 1757 Miss Wright niece of Sir Robert Henley Lord Keeper Earl of Northington and was father of Robert John Charleton D D Vicar of Olveston Alveston and Elberton Gloucestershire Rice Charleton and Mary Wright were married on 11 November 1759 at Walcot St Swithin Somerset England Rice Charleton of this Parish a Widower and Mary Wright of this Parish Spinster Married in this Chapel by Licence this eleventh Day of November in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty nine by me James Sparrow Minister This Marriage was solemnized between Us Rice Charleton Mary Wright In the Presence of Mary Wright Sen r Jane Wright Nichols John 1814 Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer printer F S A and many of his learned friends a b Deeds relating to Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Description Copy Marriage articles between Jane Wright daughter of Mary widow of James of Warwick esq deceased and Rev John Moore Overton Wiltshire Recites grant of annuity by Duke of Marlborough of 350 to James Wright brother of Jane in Trust to provide a jointure for Jane Reciprocally the moiety of the estates at Butlers Marston and Cubbington bequeathed to Jane by her father are settled on trustees in trust for Jane and her husband and their issue Date 28 April 1763 28 April 1763 The Reverend Mr John Moore of Christ Church in the University of Oxford and Jane Wright were married on 29 April 1763 at Walcot St Swithin Somerset England The Revd Mr John Moore of Christ Church in the University of Oxford a Batchelor and Jane Wright of the Parish of Walcot a Spinster were Married in this Chapel by Licence this twenty nineth Day of April in the Year One Thousand and Seven Hundred and sixty three by me W Davenport Rector of Bredon Worcestershire This Marriage was solemnised between Us John Moore Jane Wright In the presence of Mary Wright Cathe Wright Parishes Ipsley British History Online www british history ac uk Retrieved 14 August 2020 the 2nd baronet managed to set aside his will in 1712 and entered on the Ipsley estates and set about selling the property being deeply in debt But as he died in 1717 before he could accomplish his sale the estates passed to his son John 3rd baronet who died aged 17 at Eton in November 1730 The baronetcy thus became extinct and the property passed to the second baronet s wife Rhoda daughter of Sir Thomas Broughton and her three daughters Rhoda Lady Delves who subsequently married William Mabbot Mary wife of James Wright and Jane wife of the Earl of Northington James Wright gradually purchased his wife s sisters Hampshire estates fn 44 after they had sold Ipsley manor in 1740 to Samuel Savage fn 45 who left the estate to his nephew Walter Savage Landor fn 46 whose descendants fn 47 put it up to auction in 1918 and 1922 Parishes Hurstbourne Tarrant British History Online www british history ac uk Retrieved 27 July 2020 Deeds relating to Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Description Copy of the probate 19 July 1754 of the will of James Wright Warwick esq reciting settlement of 1751 24 5 devising after death of widow Mary to son James Now bequeaths lands and personal estate towife subject to payment of debts and legacies by sale if necessary Income of residue to wife for life with remainder to daughters Mary and Jane charged with payment of 100 to son James Wife sole executrix Date 19 December 1752 19 December 1752 Deeds relating to Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Description Bargain and sale by Thomas Collins of Greenwich gent son and heir of Alice widow of William Collins of St Saviours Southwark gent and Mary and Martha his sisters with Crispe Grainge of St Bartholomew the Great surviving trustee of William Collins to James Wright of Warwick for 1500 of the Rectory of Cubbington with associated lands and premises Signed and sealed Date 4 May 1725 4 May 1725 Search Archive Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Description Lease and Mortgage in fee of the manor of Butlers Marston and Rectory of Cubbington by Mary widow of James Wright one of the sisters and coheirs of Sir John Hubaud of Ipsley bart children of Sir John Ipsley bart by Rhoda his wife to William Mabbot St George Hanover Square Middlesex esq and Robert Henley The Grainge Hampshire esq trustees of James Wright Dowles Lodge Hampshire esq only son and heir of Mary and James to secure 2000 Robert Henley was married to Jane sister of Mary Wright Date 12 July 1756 collections shakespeare org uk Retrieved 18 July 2020 Conveyance from James Wright of Warwick esq and Mary his wife to John Earl of Westmorland of two thirds of the manor of Hursborne Tarrant and two thirds of woods called Dowles in Hursborne and Andover Hants and the other property late of Sir John Huband late father of Mary Wright in Hursborne Tarrant Andover Ibdrop Upton Kings Enham Knights Enham Charlton and the forest chase Hants one third of which Wright purchased from Dame Rhoda Delves alias Cotes widow nee Huband and the other from Jane Huband spinster and of the messuage called Pemmers and the appurtenances in Hursbane Tarrant and Ibdrop the property being of the same yearly value as are the messuage called Weston Hall in Cheshire and the rectory impropriate of Cubbington Warks which are now to be freed of all incumbrances placed on them by the marriage settlement of the Wrights in 1728 the Hampshire lands being by this deed conveyed to the Earl of Westmorland in their stead and for the same purposes Conveyance from James Wright to Peter Somerfeild of Weston Hall Cheshire gent in consideration of 6 150 of Weston Hall and the premises therewith Conveyance from James Wright to the trustees of the rectory impropriate of Cubbington all tithes a plot of ground whereon a barn of 6 bays of building formerly stood in the yard of the dwelling house late of Thomas Greswold esq deceased next to Mabbs Lane and a plot of ground lying at the upper end of the last mentioned plot 30th May 1751 9 June 1751 via National Archive of the UK Burke John Burke Bernard 1841 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Scott Webster amp Geary Betham rev William 1802 The baronetage of England or The history of the English baronets and such baronets of Scotland as are of English families Maddison A R Arthur Roland Larken Arthur Staunton 1902 Lincolnshire pedigrees Harold B Lee Library London Mithcell amp Hughes Lincolnshire Pedigrees edited by A R Maddison V 50 Free Download Borrow and Streaming Internet Archive Retrieved 21 July 2020 Lincolnshire Pedigrees edited by A R Maddison V 50 Free Download Borrow and Streaming Internet Archive Retrieved 21 July 2020 Maddison A R Arthur Roland Larken Arthur Staunton 1902 Lincolnshire pedigrees Harold B Lee Library London Mitchell amp Hughes FAIRFAX Sir Ferdinando 1584 1648 of Denton and Nun Appleton Yorks History of Parliament Online www historyofparliamentonline org Retrieved 18 July 2020 The case of the Lady Rhoda Fairfax late wife of Ferdinando Lord Fairfax deceased and of the Lady Elizabeth Hussey late wife of Sir Edw Hussey deceased on the behalfe of themselves and their children upon the said Sir Edw Husseys composition at Goldsmiths Hall appointed by order of the Parliament to be heard this 18th day of June 1650 Early English books online London s n 1650 Catalogue description LEASE for 1 year amp MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT between 1 Sir Thomas Delves of Dodington Bt and Dame Rhoda his wife eldest daughter of Sir John Huband late of Ipsley Court Co Warwick Bt deceased 2 John Broughton of the town of Southampton Co Southants Esq John Hollister citizen and merchant tailor of London and James Wright of the borough of Warwick Co Warwick gentleman Et al 10 April 1727 a b c d e Ingamells John 2007 W A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701 1800 Yale University Press Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art pp 1022 1023 doi 10 2307 j ctt1xp3ngj 31 ISBN 9780300071658 JSTOR j ctt1xp3ngj 31 a b c d King Julia Wright Sir James first baronet Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 68916 Subscription or UK public library membership required Grundy Isobel 1999 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Oxford University Press p 583 ISBN 978 0 19 811289 1 Donne William Bodham 1867 The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 Ed with an Introd and Notes Vol II John Murray p 204 The bedchamber Grooms of the Bedchamber 1660 1837 British History Online www british history ac uk Retrieved 18 July 2020 a b The English historical review 1908 companion Court 1804 The court companion containing the arms of the peers peeresses and bishops of the United Kingdom Also a peerage directory Kearsley s Complete 2 Together with an Extinct Peerage of the Three Kingdoms List of All Their Family Names Titles of Elder Sons amp and Translation of Their Mottos G Kearsley 1804 Search Archive Cubbington Warwickshire 1646 1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Description Lease and Mortgage in fee of the manor of Butlers Marston and Rectory of Cubbington by Mary widow of James Wright one of the sisters and coheirs of Sir John Hubaud of Ipsley bart Date 12 July 1756 collections shakespeare org uk Retrieved 18 July 2020 Walpole Horace 1843 Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford to Sir Horace Mann His Britannic Majesty s Resident at the Court of Florence from 1760 to 1785 Vol 1 R Bentley p 336 Details of Estate Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Retrieved 9 June 2020 a b c d Cokayne George Edward 1 January 1900 Complete baronetage Volume V Dalcassian Publishing Company Sir James Wright Artist Royal Academy of Arts www royalacademy org uk Retrieved 20 June 2020 Ingamells John 2007 W A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701 1800 Yale University Press Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art pp 961 962 doi 10 2307 j ctt1xp3ngj 31 ISBN 9780300071658 JSTOR j ctt1xp3ngj 31 Stephen Leslie ed 1885 Addington Anthony Dictionary of National Biography Vol 1 London Smith Elder amp Co Barker George Fisher Russell 1896 Pitt William 1708 1778 In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 45 London Smith Elder amp Co Barker George Fisher Russell 1898 Stuart John 1713 1792 In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 55 London Smith Elder amp Co a b London Borough of Redbridge Ray House In 1736 Suasso conveyed the estate to James Hannot His heir Bennet Hannot sold Ray House about 1770 to Sir James Wright British minister at Venice between 1769 and 1771 who took up residence in the two storey five bay brick mansion Dictionary of Scottish Architects Robert Adam www scottisharchitects org uk a b Colvin Howard 1998 A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600 1840 Corrections and Additions to the Third Edition Yale University Press 1995 Architectural History 41 280 doi 10 1017 S0066622X00000691 ISSN 0066 622X JSTOR 1568661 S2CID 246046976 Cassidy Brendan 2016 Some Giorgiones in Eighteenth Century England Artibus et Historiae 37 74 260 263 ISSN 0391 9064 JSTOR 44972582 Jasanoff Maya 18 December 2007 Edge of Empire Lives Culture and Conquest in the East 1750 1850 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ISBN 978 0 307 42571 3 Humfrey Peter 1 September 2013 Made in Venice Apollo 178 612 76 83 Cocke Richard 5 October 2017 Paolo Veronese Piety and Display in an Age of Religious Reform Routledge ISBN 978 1 351 80573 5 Tiepolo Giovanni Battista veneziano Museo del Settecento N Y Metropolitan Museum of Art New York York N Y Metropolitan Museum of Art New 1996 Giambattista Tiepolo 1696 1770 Venice Museum of Ca Rezzonico from September 5 to December 9 1996 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York from January 24 to April 27 1997 Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN 978 0 87099 812 6 Tate The Craze for Pastel Essay Tate Retrieved 19 July 2020 Details of Commercial Legacy Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Retrieved 18 July 2020 Hassell John 1817 Picturesque Rides and Walks With Excursions by Water Thirty Miles Round the British Metropolis Illustrated in a Series of Engravings Coloured After Nature with an Historical and Topographical Description of the Country Within the Compass of that Circle J Hassell Patent artificial Slate Manufacture for roofs and fronts of buildings and thatching of ricks etc Preliminary observations 1786 a b King Julia 28 September 2014 George Hadfield Architect of the Federal City Ashgate Publishing Ltd p 41 ISBN 978 1 4724 1274 4 a b c Details of Physical Legacy Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Retrieved 18 July 2020 a b Details of Estate Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Retrieved 20 June 2020 Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Retrieved 20 June 2020 The Stapleton Sugar Plantations in the Leeward Islands by J R V JOHNSTON M A Assistant Librarian in the University of Leeds PDF doi 10 7227 BJRL 48 1 9 S2CID 161621617 Archived from the original PDF on 27 February 2020 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b The Annual Register Longmans Green 1803 Lady Wright in her 70th year at Bath wife of sir James Wright of Hoy house Essex and only daughter of sir William Stapleton bart of Grays court near Oxford Courthope William 1839 Debrett s Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland With Additions to the Present Time and a New Set of Coats of Arms from Drawings by Harvey J G amp F Rivington Wotton Thomas Johnson Richard A Kimber Edward 1771 The Baronetage of England G Woodfall The Gentleman s and London Magazine Or Monthly Chronologer 1741 1794 J Exshaw 1741 St George s Church Westminster London Chapman John Henry Armytage George J George John 1886 The register book of marriages belonging to the parish of St George Hanover square in the county of Middlesex Harold B Lee Library London Mitchell amp Hughes printers Full text of Records Of The Rudd Family archive org Retrieved 14 August 2020 Abraham Joseph Rudd son of the Rev Sayer Rudd of London matriculated at St John s College Oxford 8th July 1743 aged 18 B A 1747 M A 1750 Curate of St George s Hanover Square Rector of Londesborough Yorks 1757 and of Burnley 1769 4 Abraham Joseph Rudd had been at Merchant Taylors School and in 1743 was elected as the William Stuart Scholar to St John s Oxford Besides the foregoing appointments he was also Curate of St James James Wright and Catherine Stapleton were married on 9 December 1754 at St George Hanover Square London Westminster England James Wright of this Parish Esqr a Batchelor and Catherine Stapleton of the Parish of Rotterfield Greys in the County of Oxford Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence of the ArchBishop of Canterbury this ninth Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four by me AJRudd Curate of this Parish This Marriage was solemnized between Us James Wright Catherine Stapleton In the Presence of Rhoda Cotes W Mabbott Catalogue description Description RELEASE copy between 1 Rt Hon Sir Francis Dashwood Chancellor and treasurer of H M Court of Exchequer sole executor of Rt Hon John Earl of Westmoreland deceased 2 William Mabbott of Tadworth Court Co Surrey Esq and Dame Rhoda Delves commonly called lady Delves late widow and relict of Sir Thomas Delves of Dodington Bt deceased since wife of John Cotes Esq also deceased and now wife of the sd William Mabbott Et al 28 August 1762 Copy will of William Mabbott of Tadworth in Surrey esq 9 November 1764 The Keep Retrieved 14 August 2020 Description capital messuage and land to William Wright of the Exchequer esq and Charles Scrase of the Inner Temple esq in trust for his wife Dame Rhoda Delves for life etc Stapleton Cotton Manuscripts Archives Hub archiveshub jisc ac uk Summary of Individual Catherine Stapleton 1734 1815 Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Larsen Ruth M Pitt nee Grenville Hester countess of Chatham and suo jure Baroness Chatham Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 89688 Subscription or UK public library membership required Woods Arthur Skevington 1951 The Life of Thomas Haweis dissertation University of Edinburgh p 177 Sir Gillies Payne Legacies of British Slave ownership www ucl ac uk Welch Edwin Haweis Thomas Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 12642 Subscription or UK public library membership required Woods Arthur Skevington 1951 The Life of Thomas Haweis dissertation University of Edinburgh pp 189 193 Trowles Tony Ireland John 1761 1842 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 14448 Subscription or UK public library membership required 1770 8th April George Ernest James the son of Sir James Wright amp Catharine His Wife was baptized at Walcot St Swithin Somerset I give and bequeath to my dear nephew and Godson Sr George Wright Baronet Will of Mary Charleton Probate Date 7 April 1807 Residence Bristol Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills a b Rebecca Catharine Wright relict of Sir George Wright Bart Abode Woodhouse When buried Jany 16th Age 46 years By whom the Ceremony was performed Revd William Hutcheson buried 16 January 1819 at Olveston St Mary Gloucestershire England The Gentleman s Magazine 1819 E Cave 1819 Jan 10 At Woodhouse Rebecca relict of Sir George Wright bart late of Ray House Essex a lady eminent for the purity of her religion the urbanity of her manners and the universal benevolence of her disposition a b Annual Register 1800 MARRIAGES in the Year 1796 June 3 George Wright esq only son of sir James Wright bart to miss Maclane only daughter and heiress to the late Charles Maclane esq of Okingham a b George Ernest James Wright and Rebecca Maclane were married on 3 June 1796 at St Mary Lambeth Surrey England George Ernest James Wright Esquire of Ray House in the Parish of Woodford in the County of Essex a Batchelor and Rebecca Maclane of the Parish of Ham in the county of Surrey were Married in the Chapel belonging to Lambeth House by special Licence this third Day of June in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred and ninety six By me J Cantuar This Marriage was solemnized between Us George Ernest James Wright Rebecca Maclane In the Presence of Wentworth John Bradney Cantuar is part of the Archbishop of Canterbury s formal signature Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure Pub for J Hinton 1796 George Wright esq only son of sir James Wright bart to miss Maclane only daughter and heiress to the late Charles Maclane esq of Okingham The Will of Duncan Maclane Gentleman of Hackney Bank Of England Wills Extracts 1717 1845 www findmypast co uk Retrieved 15 August 2020 Will of Duncan Maclane of Saint John Hackney Middlesex 28 July 1773 Will of Rebecca Maclane Widow of Clapham Surrey 3 November 1792 Edmund Lodge 1844 The peerage of the British empire as at present existing To which is added the baronetage The Scots Magazine Sands Brymer Murray and Cochran 1822 Heraldry of the Murrays PDF Edward Murray born 5th November 1798 died 1st July 1852 He was Vicar of Northolt Middlesex On 14th February 1822 he married Ruperta only child of Sir George Wright Bt and had issue King Julia 5 July 2017 George Hadfield Architect of the Federal City Routledge ISBN 978 1 351 56574 5 a b Cave Edward 1804 The Gentleman s Magazine Or Monthly Intelligencer Volume the first fifth for the year 1731 1735 Printed and sold at St John s Gate by Edward Cave by F Jefferies in Ludgate Street The European Magazine and London Review by the Philological Society of London 1804 Will of Sir George Wright Probate Date 16 November 1812 Residence Oakingham Berkshire England Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills W A van S Papworth Frederick O Dwyer rev Papworth George Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 21253 Subscription or UK public library membership required Baronetage of Great Britain New creation Baronet of Venice 1772 1804 Succeeded byGeorge Wright Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir James Wright 1st Baronet amp oldid 1216119094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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