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A fact from Ayscoghe Boucherett appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Thanks for clarifying that - if anyone is any good at IPA, it would be nice to have a pronounciation guide. By the way, I used the spelling with an 'e' because that is the one used in most modern works, including the History of Parliament. Do we think it's worth adding an alternative? Thanks again --Noswall59 (talk) 22:39, 19 May 2014 (UTC).[reply]
"who married, when widowed, the art connoisseur John Julius Angerstein. This union helped the younger Boucherett to garner connexions in London merchant circles." This seems like a non-sequitur. Perhaps "insurance broker and art connoisseur2
Done.
"especially in the north of the County, where the family had their seats;" Why seats? I think you only mention one seat.
Done.
"when he did vote, he tended to do so with Charles James Fox, rather than William Pitt the Younger" It seems remarkable that such an establishment figure voted with the radical opposition of the 1790s. Is anything more known of this? There is some further information in Stokes.
Lord Yarborough, Boucherett's sponsor, was an opponent of Pitt's (owing to Pitt's refusal to elevate him to the peerage) and, as such; Yarborough supported the opposition in the 1790s, and was a friend of the Duke of Portland. (see [4]) I have added Yarborough's views to the article - does this seem like a valid interpretation to you?
"He found, though, that his funds and the financial success of the company were both in decline and, in 1803, resigned in favour of Lord Yarborough's eldest son and heir, the Hon. Charles Anderson Pelham, later 1st Earl and 2nd Baron Yarborough." This seems to imply that his difficulties and his resignation were connected, which is not implied by the source.
Done; I have kept the information about his failing funds in, because Stokes does seem to subtly imply a link, but, as you point out, his resignation was in favour of Yarborough's heir, and I have amended the article to reflect that.
This article should pass. There is some further information worth giving in Stokes, particularly that his assets barely covered his debts when he died.
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