Tapeley
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Tapeley is a historic estate in the parish of Westleigh in North Devon, England.
Tapeley Park, south front
Tapeley Park, west front, viewed from south-west
Tapeley Park, west front and north (service) front, viewed from north-west
Tapeley Park, east front
John Clevland (1706–1763)
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John Clevland, of Tapeley in the parish of Westleigh, North Devon, was Secretary to the Admiralty and was twice a Member of Parliament for Saltash in Devon and for Sandwich in Kent.
Tapeley
…two sons named William died young) to have had a younger son William Clevland, said to have become King of the Banana Islands following a shipwreck. John Clevland (1706–1763), eldest son and heir, of Tapeley, was Secretary to the Admiralty 1751–1763 (First Secretary from 1759) and was twice MP for Saltash, Devon…
"Mrs John Clevland of Tapley", portrait by Joshua Reynolds of one of the three wives (unidentified) of Clevland.