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Best, Jane, 1755-1815
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Dates of existence
1755-1815
History
Best, Jane; daughter of --- Barton ; b.c.1755 ; Dame of 1 Little Dean’s Yard from c.1809 (in succession to Mrs Baines) ; her will shows that she owned the leasehold of the house in Little Dean’s Yard, as well as a leasehold cottage at Brixton Causeway, Surrey; m. 25 Nov 1782 George Best (d. 28 May 1812, aged 53), of Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster, attorney, at death, previously resident in Pershore, Worcestershire and Coroner for Worcestershire ; d. 1815 (will dated 27 Jul 1815, proved PCC 10 Jan 1816) (death of “the relict of George Best, esq.”, Dean’s Yard, Westminster, reported Monthly Magazine, issue for Sep 1815). Mother of Rev.George Best (qv), Archdeacon of New Brunswick.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2022
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.