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Andrew Fountaine (7 December 1918 – 14 September 1997) was an activist involved in the British far right. After military service in a number of conflicts, Fountaine joined the Conservative Party and was selected as a parliamentary candidate until his outspoken views resulted in his being disowned by the party.
Fountaine married Anne Fairfax, only daughter of Lt.-Col. Arthur Fairfax Senior, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, on 26 March 1949. They had two children, Charles Andrew (Jr.) and Caroline Anne, and were divorced in 1960. Fountaine remarried in September 1960 to Rosemary Mitcham; they had a son, Richard John, born 8 March 1961.
Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676 in Salle, Norfolk – 4 September 1753 in Narford Hall, Narford ), son and heir of Andrew Fountaine M.P. of Salle, Norfolk and Sarah Chicheley, one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Chicheley, was an English antiquarian, art collector and amateur architect.
Sir Andrew Fountaine, the attractive virtuoso educated in eton, then in oxford, andrew Fountaine (1676-sept. 4, 1753) was chosen by Henry aldrich, the dean of Christ Church, as a ‘canoneer student’ and selected in 1698 as ‘the best classical scholar in the University’ to deliver a latin oration during the visit of the king William iii.2 ...
Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753) was the originator of the collection. As Moore writes, no record of individual items in the collection dating from Fountaine's time is known, but eighteenth century texts and Narford Hall inventories describing the collection in general terms do exist, and it is likely that Fountaine acquired much of the collection during his second Grand Tour that began in 1714.
Posted on March 30, 2017 by Tracey Cornish - Sir Andrew Fountaine was an art collector who undertook grand tours of Europe to view and purchase the art of the Continent. Reference:
Title: Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676–1753) Artist: Medalist: Jacques-Antoine Dassier (Swiss, Geneva 1715–1759 Copenhagen) Date: 1745. Culture: Swiss. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: Diameter: 57 mm. Classification: Medals and Plaquettes. Credit Line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2003
