Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet Hesketh of Rufford (1825 – 1872)
G. Williams
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1854 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784676
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh 5th Bt. (1825-1872),by G. Williams ( f. 19th century), indistinctly signed l.r.: Williams 1854 and inscribed centre left: SIR THOMAS GEORGE FERMOR-HESKETH BARONET MP FOR PRESTON 1862-1872/ MARRIED ANNA MARIA ARABELLA DAU OF THOMAS WILLIAM 4TH EARL OF POMFRET. A three-quarter length portrait, standing, wearing a black coat with white waistcoat, leaning on a chair.The sitter was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Henry Hesketh, 4th Bt. And his wife Annette Maria, daughter of Robert Bomford of Rahinstown House, County Meath. In 1846, following the early death of his father, he inherited the baronetcy. he was Colonel of the South Lancashire Militia, and was M.P. for Preston from 1862 to his death in 1872. On 10th March 1846 he married Lady Anna Maria Fermor, eldest daughter of Thomas Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret, who was heiress to Easton Neston and all the Pomfret estates. On the death in 1867 of his brother-in-law, George, 5th Earl of Pomfret, he inherited the 5,000 acre estate of Easton Neston. He assumed the name of Fermor in addition to Hesketh, and spent his last years improving the property.
Provenance
By descent in the Fermor-Hesketh family; offered for sale at the auction organised by Sotheby's at East Neston, Northamptonshire, 17-19 May 2005, lot 135; purchased by the National Trust by private treaty with the help of a grant from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund of £800.
Credit line
Rufford Old Hall, The Hesketh Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
SIR THOMAS GEORGE FERMOR HESKETH BARONET MP FOR PRESTON 1862-1872. MARRIED ANNA MARIA ARABELLA DAU OF THOMAS WILLIAM 4TH EARL OF POMFRET (inscribed)
Makers and roles
G. Williams, artist