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people of influence in Presteigne and district |
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people who had power and influence in
the area were those who held public offices like Justice
of the Peace and Sheriff
(the Queen's representative in the county).
Only men who owned property could hold these offices. Poor men and women of any kind were kept out of the system. Only at the end of Victoria's reign were working men given the vote. No women could vote in Victorian times. Below are pages on some of the people who made a name for themselves in the area in those times. |
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Sir
Richard Green Price (1803-1863)
a bringer of railways |
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Sir
George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863)
landowner and government minister |
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Sir
Harford Jones-Brydges (1764-1847)
of Persia and Boultibrooke |
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Joseph
Murray Ince (1806-1859)
painter of landscapes |
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