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George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover

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peers, and consistently supported liberal principles. He took little interest in party politics but was a strong advocate of state support for the causes of literature and the fine arts.
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In June 1831, during his father's lifetime, Agar-Ellis was raised to the peerage as
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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The True History of the State Prisoner, Commonly Called the Iron Mask
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and of the National Gallery, and a commissioner of public records.
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thepeerage.com George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Okehampton
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in 1818, a seat he held until 1820. He afterwards represented
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Lord Dover's works were chiefly historical, and include:
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Works by or about George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
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contributions in Parliament by Mr George Agar-Ellis
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Index

George Agar-Ellis
The Right Honourable
PC
FRS
FSA

Thomas Lawrence
First Commissioner of Woods
and Forests

William IV
The Earl Grey
Viscount Lowther
Viscount Duncannon
Whig
Alma mater
Christ Church, Oxford
PC
FRS
FSA
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
Lord Grey
Henry Agar-Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden
Lady Caroline
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Westminster School
Christ Church, Oxford
Society of Antiquaries
Royal Society
Parliament
Heytesbury
Seaford

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