Sir William Pynsent, second baronet

(1679 c.-1765)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Pynsent, William, Sir 1680 or 81-1765 LBT ID: WiPynse1765 VIAF ID: 51564571 LOC ID: nr93032026	B/BAP: 1679 DIED: 1765-01-08
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Somerset cider merchant and MP for Taunton (1715-1722) who left his estate to William Pitt in gratitude for the minister's part in avoiding an increased tax on cider. Pitt commissioned a monument from Capability Brown to his memory.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Pynsent, second baronet: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IX. Found 1: ¶ 24