Walter Ramsden Fawkes
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Walter Ramsden Fawkes (2 March 1769 – 24 October 1825), M.P. and High Sheriff of Yorkshire, was a writer and patron of the landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. Their friendship made Turner a regular visitor to Fawkes' home at Farnley Hall, two miles from Otley, near Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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| Preceded by William Wilberforce Henry Lascelles |
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire with William Wilberforce 1806–1807 |
Succeeded by William Wilberforce Viscount Milton |
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