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Byrd, William

Record IDcnp01136352

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01136352

Biographical Data1728 - 1777

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Amerikan. Grundbesitzer, Beamter und Diarist

More Information

Further Biographical Data1728-1777

Primary Language(s)Englisch

ActivityPersonen zu Literaturgeschichte (Schriftsteller) (12.2p) (sswd)

Personen zu Landwirtschaft, Garten (32.10p) (sswd)

Personen zu öffentlicher Verwaltung (7.15p) (sswd)

Beamter (gnd)

Schriftsteller (gnd)

CountryUSA

Geographic NoteUS (iso3166)

Names

HeadingByrd, William
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameByrd, William ¬of Westover¬

Byrd if Westover, Willian, III.

Sources

Found inAmerican biogr. archive (WBIS). — Enyclopedia Virginia

William Byrd III, the wealthy heir of Westover plantation, stands for an oil portrait by eighteenth-century artist John Hesselius. The artist includes a horse in the background of the portrait. Byrd imported horses from England and gambled on high stakes horse races. According to the 1813 will drawn up by Byrd's widow, Mary Willing Byrd, this painting was hung "in the passage" at Westover.
[John Hesselius / Encyclopedia Virginia. Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society. -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait, William Byrd III, John Hesselius.jpg]