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BUNBURY, HENRY WILLIAM (1750-1811)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUNBURY, See also:HENRY See also:WILLIAM (1750-1811) , See also:English caricaturist, was the second son of See also:Sir William Bunbury, 5th See also:baronet, of See also:Mildenhall, See also:Suffolk, and came of an old See also:Norman See also:family. He was educated at See also:Westminster school and St Catharine's See also:Hall, See also:Cambridge, and soon showed a See also:talent for See also:drawing, and especially for humorous subjects. His more serious efforts did not rise to a high level, but his caricatures are as famous as those of his contemporaries See also:Rowlandson and See also:Gillray, See also:good examples being his " See also:Country See also:Club " (1788), "See also:Barber's See also:Shop " (1811) and ` A See also:Long See also:Story " (1782.) He was a popular See also:character, and the friend of most of the notabilities of his See also:day, whom he never offended by attempting See also:political See also:satire; and his easy circumstances and social position (he was See also:colonel of the See also:West Suffolk See also:Militia, and was appointed See also:equerry to the See also:duke of See also:York in 1787) enabled him to exercise his talents in comfort. His son Sir HENRY See also:EDWARD BUNBURY, See also:Bart. (1778-1860), who succeeded to the family See also:title on the See also:death of his See also:uncle, was a distinguished soldier, and See also:rose to be a See also:lieutenant-See also:general; he was an active member of See also:parliament, and the author of several See also:historical See also:works of value; and the latter's second son, Sir Edward See also:Herbert Bunbury, also a member of parliament, was well known as a geographer and archaeologist, and author of a See also:History of See also:Ancient See also:Geography.

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