Francis Head 1670-1716
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Sir Francis HEAD, 2nd bart 1670-1716
Biographical Note
Son of Francis Head of Rochester, who predeceased his own father Sir Richard Head, 1st bart; this Francis inherited the title and family estates in 1689. Matriculated at trinity College, Oxford 1686, but did not graduate; admitted at the Inner Temple 1684.
Books
Head used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1709 (Franks 14309); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- Head baronets, Wikipedia.
- Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.