Biography of Andrew Fountaine 1676-1753

Paternal Family Tree: Fountaine

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Gerard

In or before 1659 [his uncle] Andrew Fountaine (age 25) and Theophila Stubbe (age 37) were married.

On or after 29th April 1672 [his uncle] Andrew Fountaine (age 39) and [his mother] Sarah Chicheley were married.

In 1676 Andrew Fountaine was born to [his uncle] Andrew Fountaine (age 43) and [his mother] Sarah Chicheley at Salle, Norfolk.

On 7th February 1707 [his uncle] Andrew Fountaine (age 74) died. His son (age 31) inherited Narford Hall. Buried at Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].

In 1710 Andrew Fountaine (age 34) was gravely ill at his London townhouse. Johnathan Swift wrote ... Sir Andrew's [his mother] mother and [his sister] sister (age 34) are come above a hundred miles to see him before he died. I knew the mother; she is the greatest Overdo upon earth; and the sister, they say, is worse; the poor man will relapse again among them. Here was the scoundrel brother [Note. Probably brother-in-law Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire (age 33)] always crying in the other room till Sir Andrew was in danger; and the dog was to have all his estate if he died.

by 1714 Andrew Fountaine (age 38) had embarked on a second grand tour with his friend Captain William Price.

1715. Guilo Pignatta (age 31). Sir Andrew Fountaine (age 39) (leaning) and Friends in the Tribune.

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On 14th January 1725 John Anstis, Garter King at Arms, by order of King George I granted by patent to Sir Andrew Fountaine (age 49), Knt then vice-chamberlain to the Princess of Wales, and tutor to his highness Prince William, for whom he was installed (as proxy) knight of the honourable Order of the Bath, supporters to his arms, viz on either side a lion gules with wings erected or, with the old family motto of, Vix Ea Nostra Voco, and the ancient arms of Fountaine, or, a fess gules between three elephants heads erased sable.

Around 1732. William Hogarth (age 34). Conversation Piece with Andrew Fountaine (age 56), his sister [his sister] Elizabeth Fountaine (age 56), his niece Elizabeth Clent (age 26) and the latter's future husband, Fountaine's 'right-hand man in collecting', Captain William Price.

Elizabeth Clent: Captain William Price and she were married. She inherited Narford Hall when her mother Elizabeth Fountaine died. In 1706 she was born to Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire and Elizabeth Fountaine. On 27th July 1746 she died. Her son Brigg Price inherited Narford Hall.

Captain William Price: by 1714 Andrew Fountaine had embarked on a second grand tour with his friend Captain William Price.

On 4th September 1753 Andrew Fountaine (age 77) died. His sister [his sister] Elizabeth Fountaine inherited Narford Hall. Monument in Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].

After 4th September 1753. Church of St Mary, Narford [Map]. Monument to Andrew Fountaine (deceased). Dark marble sarcophagus with a white marble bust - a copy of an original by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 51) now in the Norwich Museum collection.

On 28th September 1773 a fire at White's Coffee House destroyed a significant part of Andrew Fountaine's art collection including the greatest accumulation of miniatures then in private hands.

Ancestors of Andrew Fountaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Fountayne of Salle

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fountayne of Salle

GrandFather: Brigg Fountaine of Salle in Norfolk

Father: Andrew Fountaine

Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Henley of Taunton in Somerset

GrandMother: Joanne Henley

Andrew Fountaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourne I of Battenhall in Worcestershire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bourne

GrandFather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye in Kent

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Kempe

Mother: Sarah Chicheley

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baronet

GrandMother: Sarah Russell

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard