Thomas Bambridge
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Thomas Bambridge was a British attorney who became a notorious warden of the Fleet Prison in London.
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Thomas Bambridge (standing, far left) being questioned by James Oglethorpe (believed to be the figure seated, far left, in front of Bainbridge) of the parliamentary Gaols Committee, which visited the Fleet on 27 February 1729. Sir Archibald Grant (standing third from the right) commissioned this painting from William Hogarth, who sketched it when he accompanied the committee on the visit, later painting it in oil.
Sir Archibald Grant, 2nd Baronet, of Monymusk, Aberdeen, was a company speculator and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1732. He was expelled from the House of Commons for his in
Thomas Bambridge
…to be the figure seated, far left, in front of Bainbridge) of the parliamentary Gaols Committee, which visited the Fleet on 27 February 1729. Sir Archibald Grant (standing third from the right) commissioned this painting from William Hogarth, who sketched it when he accompanied the committee on the visit, later…
House of Monymusk
The young Grant in Royal Company of Archers uniform, as painted 1715 by Richard Waitt
Anne Hamilton, Lady Grant, portrait by John Smibert