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Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724〔 page 459〕 – 26 January 1811〔Chambers, p464〕〔(Burke’s peerage )〕) was English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire, and the author of ''Collections for the History of Worcestershire'', an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He was buried at St Peter’s, Droitwich in the family vault. ==Early life== He was born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter’s, Droitwitch. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard died in 1740, and Richard’s eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King’s College, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard’s health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer “on the banks of the Loire”〔 They then visited “Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris”; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Ensham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having “gone out grand compounder”, following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Ensham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney, and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin in 1758, the daughter of John Martin of Overbury. Nash and his wife moved to Claines where Nash had bought an estate and leased a house at Beveré. He later bought a house there. Then: in the year 1759, as the furniture, &c. of Dr. Nash were being conveyed from London, an accident, as extraordinary as it was unfortunate, occurred. A bottle of aqua-fortis, which was in the waggon, being ill corked, opened, and the spirit running over some deal boxes which took fire and set the whole in a flame, property to the amount of 2000 l.(pounds) belonging to Dr. Nash, was unfortunately burnt, besides a good collection of books, and a very curious and valuable selection of drawings and prints, which he and his brother had purchased in France and Italy.〔Chambers, p. 462〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Treadway Russell Nash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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