Sir Michael D'Anvers, 5th Baronet explained

Honorific Suffix:	Bt
Sir Michael D'Anvers
Birth Date:	29 September 1738
Death Date:	20 August 1776 (aged 37)

Sir Michael D'Anvers (29 September 1738 – 20 August 1776) was the 5th and last baronet of the D'Anvers baronets, of Culworth.

Education

D'Anvers of Culworth was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School).^[1]

Career

He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire from 1763–64.^[1]

Peerage

He succeeded his brother Sir Henry D'Anvers, 4th Baronet to the title in 1753 and is commemorated with a memorial on the north wall of the chancel at Culworth Church. He was unmarried and on his death left the estate to his sister Meriel D'Anvers.^[2]

See also

• List of Old Abingdonians

Notes and References

1. Book: Richardson, William H. List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. 1905. 7. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon).
2. Book: McNamara, F N. Memorials of the Danvers family (of Dauntsey and Culworth). 1895. Hardy and Page.