William Woollett [SEP] date of birth
William Woollett
William Woollett (15 August 1735 – 23 May 1785) was an English engraver operating in the 18th century.
Life.
He was born at Maidstone, of a family which came originally from the Netherlands.
He was apprenticed to John Tinney, an engraver in Fleet Street, London, and studied in the St Martin's Lane academy. His first important plate was from "The Destruction of the Children of Niobe" of Richard Wilson, published by Boydell in 1761, which was followed in 1763
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (29 Sep 1557 – 12 July 1623) was Lord Lieutenant of Devon. His seat was at Tawstock Court, three miles south of Barnstaple in North Devon, which he rebuilt in the Elizabethan style in 1574, the date being sculpted on the surviving gate house.
Origins.
He was born on 29 September 1557 in Devon, the eldest son of John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin (died 1557) (who died shortly after his birth