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The Hone family is an Anglo-Irish family dating back to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland when Samuel Hone arrived with the Parliamentary army in 1649. The family is believed to be of Dutch extracti
Nathaniel Hone the Elder (a self-portrait before 1784).
Nathaniel Hone the Elder (a self-portrait circa 1760).
Leland Hone, great-grandson of Joseph Hone (1720-1799)
Bosbury House in Ledbury is still occupied by the Hones.
Nathaniel Hone the Elder
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Nathaniel Hone was an Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
Hone family
…and established himself as a merchant in Wood Quay. Three of Samuel's grandsons are the ancestors of the various branches of the Hone family - namely Nathaniel Hone the Elder (1718-1784), Joseph Hone (1720-1799) and Brindley Hone (1734-1812), whose descendants often intermarried. The Hones, originally a merchant family…
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–84, Portrait of Harry Earl Aged 15. 1758, watercolour on ivory. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Final, revised, version of The Conjurer, 1775.