Francis Adams Hyett was born in Painswick in Gloucestershire in 1844. His father, William Henry Hyett, was an agricultural scientist and was very involved in local matters in Painswick and was also the MP for Stroud from 1832 to 1834.
Following the death of the elder Hyett in 1877, Francis Adams Hyett inherited the considerable estates at Painswick. He entered politics and was chairman of Gloucester County Council from 1918-20.
He was knighted in 1919 for services to Education.[1]
A noted antiquarian his interests resulted in a number of publications and influenced his work - he served as the chairman of the county council records committee from its inauguration in 1934 until 1939.
He died in 1941.
English antiquarian
Born | 1844 |
Died | 1941 |
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English antiquarian
Born | 1844 |
Died | 1941 |
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History, Bibliography, Art, Bio-bibliography, Printing, Biography, Catalogs, English Poets, Literary forgeries and mystifications, Literature, Medievalism, Methodology, Middle Ages in literatureTime
18th centuryID Numbers
- OLID: OL6822795A
- ISNI: 0000000108776186
- VIAF: 21629039
- Wikidata: Q24203489
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q24203489
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