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This gold-stamped crest of a lion, with the motto "Nobilis ira" is from a volume containing John Stow's (1599) and Sir Thomas Smith's De republica Anglorum (1584). The volume belonged to William Stuart, grandson of John, 3rd Earl of Bute. William was admitted at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ°²×¿ as a Fellow-Commoner in 1815, taking his MA in 1820. He resided at Aldenham Abbey, Herts, Tempsford Hall, Beds, and Hanover Square, London. He served as MP for Armagh (1820-6) and for Bedford (1830-4) and later as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire (1846).

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