John Britton
John Britton was born at Kington St Michael in Wiltshire (7 July 1771 – 1 January 1857) From an unpromising beginning he became an English antiquary, author and editor. Orphaned at an early age he was at first apprenticed to a wine merchant. Following this he had a series of
William Cunnington III
A figure who should not be overlooked in the centenary year of his death is William Cunnington III (1813-1906), the principal founder of Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1853. He was the grandson of William Cunnington I, the Heytesbury woolstapler who excavated the Salisbury Plain barrows with Sir
Half Length Portrait of an Unknown Man by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was a portrait painter born in Bristol, and the youngest of 16 children. In 1772 the family moved to Devizes where Lawrence’s father was landlord at The Bear Inn. Thomas went to school in one of the buildings that is now the Museum. Thomas Lawrence was elected