Charles Waterton
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Charles Waterton was an English naturalist, plantation overseer and explorer best known for his pioneering work regarding conservation.
Charles Waterton by Charles Willson Peale, 1824, National Gallery, London
Walton Hall, West Yorkshire
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Walton Hall is a country house in Walton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It was built on the site of a former moated medieval hall in the Palladian style in 1767 on an island in a 26-acre l
Charles Waterton
…confiscated. Charles Waterton himself was a devout and ascetic Catholic, and maintained strong links with the Vatican. "Squire" Waterton was born at Walton Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, to Thomas Waterton and Anne Bedingfield. He was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire where his interest in exploration…
Walton Hall, Walton
The Boulby sundial in the grounds