of General William Earle Bulwer (1757-1807) of Heydon Hall in Norfolk and the Herfordshire heiress Elizabeth Barbara Lytton (1773-1843) of the Robinson and Lytton families of Knebworth, was born at 31 Baker Str., London, on 25 May, 1803.
Bulwer sought legal guardianship of her children through the Court of Chancery owing to her husband's volcanic temperament.
Honours continued to be showered upon him: the Order and St. Michael and St. George (15 January, 1870), an honorary LL.D. from Oxford (1864), the rectorship of Glasgow University (1856, 1856), and even an offer of the throne of Greece, left vacant by the abdication of King Otho.
French, Dr. George P. – (1865-1932) A Rochester, NY native and obstetrician/gynecologist, French amassed an extensive collection of large cents which were disbursed through sales by US Coin Co. on December 5, 1917 (110 large cents) and the H. Chapman sale of December 19, 1927 (98 large cents).
Lewis, George W. – A Burlington, New Jersey resident, Lewis’ collection was sold by H. Chapman on June 8, 1916 and contained and the now-in-the-ANS example of the extremely rare reeded edge 1795 S-79.
Merritt, George W. – Merritt was born in 1857 and developed an early taste for collecting which he began at around 18 years of age.
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