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| Disney, John. Adm. pens. at PETERHOUSE, Apr. 8, 1796. S. and h. of John (above), clerk, of The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex. B. May 29, 1779, at Flintham Hall, Notts. Matric. Michs. 1796. Hon. D.C.L. (Oxford) 1854; incorp. at Cambridge, 1854. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 20, 1798. Called to the Bar, 1803. Succeeded his father at The Hyde, Ingatestone, Dec. 26, 1816; also of Corscombe, Dorset. Recorder of Bridport. Sheriff of Dorset, 1818. F.R.S., 1832. F.S.A. Unsuccessfully contested the constituencies of Harwich, 1832, and N. Essex, 1835. He had inherited, with the Hyde, Ingatestone, the collection of antiquities (formed in Italy by Hollins and Brand) and was himself a keen collector of ancient marbles and statuary. Founded the Disney Professorship of Archaeology, 1851. Left to the University a valuable collection of marbles, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and in addition to the original £1000, a further sum of £2250 for the Disney Chair. Author, Museum Disneianum, etc. Married, Sept. 22, 1802, Sophia, dau. of Lewis Disney (Ffytche) (1757), of Swinderby. Died May 6, 1857, aged 78, at The Hyde, Ingatestone. Father of the next and of Edgar (1830). (Boase, 1. 882; T. A. Walker, 367; Al. Oxon.; G. Mag., 1857, II. 741; Hutchins, II. 101; D.N.B.) | John DISNEY Approx. lifespan: 1779–1857 pens. Peterhouse adm1796:04:08 s. and h. of John DISNEY (above), clerk, of The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex b. Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire 1779:05:29 Matric 1796:10MT: Hon. DCL (Oxford) 1854 incorp. CB 1854 Adm. Inner Temple: 1798:04:20 Called to the Bar: 1803 Succeeded his father The Hyde, Ingatestone, [ Essex ] 1816:12:26 also of Corscombe, Dorset Recorder of: Bridport, [ Dorset ] Sheriff of: Dorset 1818 FRS 1832 FSA Unsuccessfully contested the constituencies of Harwich, [ Essex ] 1832, and N. Essex 1835 He had inherited, with the Hyde Ingatestone, [ Essex ], the collection of antiquities (formed Italy by Hollins and Brand) and was himself a keen collector of ancient marbles and statuary. Founded the Disney Professorship of Archaeology 1851 Left to University a valuable collection of marbles, now in Fitzwilliam Museum, and in addition to the original £1000, a further sum of £2250 for the Disney Chair. Publ.: Museum Disneianum etc. m. 1802:09:22 Sophia DISNEY dau. of Lewis (Ffytche) DISNEY (1757), of Swinderby, [ Lincolnshire ] d. aged 78 The Hyde, Ingatestone, [ Essex ] 1857:05:06 father of the next and of Edgar DISNEY (1830) ( Boase, 1. 882; T. A. Walker, 367; Al. Oxon.; G. Mag 1857, II. 741; Hutchins, II. 101; D.N.B. ) [add:]Bust in Fitzwilliam Museum[:add] [add:]Goodison: CP: 184[:add] |