Sir Abstrupus Danby (27 December 1655 – 27 December 1727) was an English

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merchant and country gentleman. He was the son of Christopher Danby and Anne Culpepper, niece of Lord Colepeper. He was knighted at

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in 1691, and was also a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for

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. In 1695, upon the death of his father, he built himself a new house at

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and sold off the family's old house of Scruton Hall. Upon his death in 1727, his properties were inherited by his son, also named Abstrupus Danby.

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The Twickenham Museum: Sir Abstrupus Danby
1655 births 1727 deaths English MPs 1698–1700 18th-century English merchants Abstrupus 17th-century English merchants {{1698-England-MP-stub