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Repro ID: PX6525
Title: Robert Preston Esqr. M.P. Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House.
Description: Robert Preston (1740-1834) was a London merchant who made a vast fortune through trade in the East Indies. He owned houses in Essex and a home in Downing Street, but in 1800 he inherited the baronetcy of Valleyfield in West Fife. He was also a Deputy Master of the Corporation of Trinity House.
Creator: William Dickinson (engraver)
Date: c. 1830
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London

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