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Latest revision as of 06:38, 21 November 2021
Christopher HEWETSON 1686-1744
Biographical Note
Son of Christopher Hewetson of Thomastown, Kilkenny, a member of a long-established gentry family there which had prospered during the 17th century. He was involved in local administration, as a JP and a lieutenant in the Kilkenny Militia.
Books
Hewetson (or possibly his father?) used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 14626). The extent and disposition of his library is not known; his eldest son was Amyas Hewetson (1708-71) and one of his younger sons Christopher achieved fame as a sculptor.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Hewetson, J., The Hewetsons of County Kilkenny, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 5th ser 39 (1909), 369-92.
- Myrone, Martin. "Hewetson, Christopher (1737/8–1798), sculptor." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.