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Name |
Clement (1st Baronet of Launde Abbey) Clerke |
Prefix |
Sir |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1693 |
Person ID |
I68007 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- (Research):Sir Clement Clerke, 1st Baronet (died 1693) was an important (but financially unsuccessful) English entrepreneur, whose greatest achievement was the application of the reverberatory furnace (cupola) to smelting lead and copper, and to remelting pig iron for foundry purposes. He bought the Launde Abbey estate in Leicestershire in 1658 and this was settled on him and his wife. They had another estate at Notgrove in Gloucestershire.
Sir Clement died in debt in 1693. His baronetcy passed to Talbot, as did Launde Abbey, which was not swallowed by his debts because of his marriage settlement.
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