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CRAM, John
(About 1730-)
ALLAN, William
(About 1750-)
CRAM, Mary
(About 1755-)
ALLAN, Sir William RA, Historical Painter
(1782-1850)

 

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ALLAN, Sir William RA, Historical Painter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 4 October 1782, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Died: 22 February 1850, 72 Great King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2 3 4
  • Buried: February 1850, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2 3 4

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Baptism, 11 October 1782, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 8

2. Employment: He was appointed Master of the Trustees School, 1826, Edinburgh, Scotland.

3. Employment: He became President of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Edinburgh, 1838, Edinburgh, Scotland.

4. Honour award: He was elected a Royal Academician, and could use the suffix RA after his name, 1835, London, England.

5. Residence, 1841, 72 Great King Street, Edinburgh St Stephen, Midlothian, Scotland. 6

6. Employment: He succeeded David Wilkie as limner to the Queen in Scotland, an office which was, as usual, followed (in 1842) by a knighthood, 1841, Edinburgh, Scotland.

7. Knighted, 1842.

8. Legal Inventory of deceased's possession, 19 July 1850, Edinburgh, Scotland.


Sources

1 Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

2 Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

3 Ancestry.com, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2016 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

4 Ancestry.com, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

5 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Edinburgh St Stephen; ED: 22; Page: 6; Line: 1150; Year: 1841.

6 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Edinburgh St Stephen; ED: 22; Page: 6; Line: 1150; Year: 1841.

7 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

8 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

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