Index  (i)  (ii)  (iii)  (iv)  (v)  Preface.  (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5)  (6)  (7)  (8)  (9)  (10)  (11)  (12)  (13)  (14)  (15)  (16)  (17)  (18)  (19)  (20)  (21) 

(iv) The Founding Family of the Red House

                John & Anne Wright of Felthorpe
                Farmed 800 acres NW of Felthorpe
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     John b.1794 - d 1871                          Mary b.1797 - d 1884
     Married Anne Harford                          Married Isaac Sewell

     No children. Lived at                         Two children;-
     Dudwick House, Buxton                         (1)  Anna b.1820. Wrote
     Near the Red House                                 "Black Beauty" while
                                                        Living at Catton

     Founded owned and                              (2)  Philip b. 1822 - d.1906
     Managed Red House from                              Builder of railways on
     1852 to 1871                                        the Continent. Retired
                                                         at age 42 to take over
                                                         estates and the Red 
                                                         House from his uncle
                                                         John Wright


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