{"product_id":"william-adair-1783","title":"William Adair 1783","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine high carat gold white enamel mourning ring for William Adair of Flixton Hall, Suffolk 1783.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band reads Wm Adair Esq Ob 17 May 1783 Ae 83.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmaculate condition with pretty milled edge. Size 6.5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Adair (1700-1783)was agent to British regiments including the 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welsh Fusileers. He was a great-great-grandson of Ninian Adair of Kinhilt (d. c.1608), who had made a fortune as an Army agent, and in 1753 purchased the Flixton Hall estate in Suffolk from the heirs of the last of the Tasburgh family.At his death he bequeathed Flixton to his nephew Alexander Adair (1743-1834).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe May 1783 Norfolk Chronicle has the simple entry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“On Saturday died at his house in Pall-Mall, London, William ADAIR, Esq., of Flixton-hall.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64046840512861,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/1a1877_6c421c8b7c7c447aa106101ceee94ede_mv2.avif?v=1774975862","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/william-adair-1783","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}