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Onslow's widow, Dame Anne, died of influenza at Grand Parade, Brighton on 31 January 1837 aged 85 year. She was buried with her granddaughter at St
Nicholas church northern burial ground, Brighton. A note found after her death and addressed to her son Sir Henry Onslow Bart, contained the following
554:, a friend of Onslow's brother-in-law, Matthew Michell, in the painting "Glorious Defeat of the Dutch Navy Octr 10 1797, by Admirals Lord Duncan and Sir Richard Onslow, with a View Drawn on the Spot of the Six Dutch Line of Battle Ships Captured and Brought into Yarmouth".
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on 18 January 1773, in which he returned to
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refused to sail on 26 May 1797, Onslow moved his flag to the
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542:will make a passage." Indeed,
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83:Allegiance
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565:in 1796.
517:Venerable
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167:Achilles
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624:Rodney
595:Family
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