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John Farnaby Cator, 1st baronet (1816–1861)
John Farnaby Lennard, 1st baronet (1862–1899)

1816–99

Artillery officer and county councillor. Of Wickham Court, West Wickham, Kent. Born John Farnaby Cator. Lieutenant-colonel, Kent artillery militia, 1853–76. JP; chairman of the Bromley District Highway Board, 1863; chairman of the Kent general sessions, 1874–89; chairman of Kent County Council, 1889–99. Adopted the surname Lennard in 1861. Created baronet, 1880.

Sources

Minutes of the Bromley Highway Board (Bromley Central Library 847/HB/B/1)

Modern English biography

Post Office directory of the six home counties 1866–78

Bibliography

Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.

Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.

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