Boileau, John Peter ___ 1794-1869 ___ British ___ landowner, antiquary

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Boileau was born in London, the eldest son of his father, also John Peter, who was descended from Charles Boileau, baron of Castelnau and St Croix, a Languedoc Huguenot immigrant to England in 1691. He was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh, and was then commissioned into the rifle brigade. In 1825, he married Lady Catherine Sarah Elliot, the third daughter of the first earl of Minto. Thereafter, he acquired Thursford Hall, near Fakenham, and the Ketteringham estate, where he built a Gothic hall,and where he came into conflict with Reverend William Andrew. In 1838, Boileau was created a baronet. He served as a county magistrate and a deputy lieutenant; and he was appointed high sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. Apart from holding various offices in London and being a Fellow of the Royal Society, he was a also founding member of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, and its president from 1849.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1816-1861 ___ social travel archaeology

WEB TEXT LINKS
googlebooks
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections - 1816, 1832, 1842 travel journals
Norfolk Record Office - 1846-1861 diaries

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Victorian Miniature
 

May 2005, September 2008
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