Frank Hall Standish, born Frank Hall (2 October 1799 – 1840) was an English

England

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 art and book collector.

He was born in 1799 at Darlington

Darlington

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, County Durham

County Durham

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 to Charlotte Key and her husband Anthony Hall, the latter dying later the same year. At the age of thirteen he inherited the estate of his distant cousin Sir Frank Standish, including the manor and hall of Duxbury

Duxbury Woods

Duxbury Woods is an area of woodland and parkland situated in Chorley, Lancashire, at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. The area originally existed as a township with the council meeting at the Yarrow Bridge pub; this was absorbed into Chorley Rural Council in the early 20th century.Duxbury today...

 near Chorley

Chorley

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, Lancashire

Lancashire

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. He attained the right to bear his benefactor’s surname and arms, but failed in his attempts to succeed to the baronetcy which was extinguished.

During his adult years Standish travelled extensively on the continent, spending much of his very substantial income on the purchase of art works and books. He lived chiefly in Seville

Seville

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. He published a number of long poems, and books of travel and topography

Frank Hall Standish died in 1840 at Cadiz

Cádiz

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, unmarried and probably without issue. The manor of Duxbury and the estates passed to his second cousin, William Standish Carr.

“Piqued at the English ministry's refusal to revive the baronetcy” , however, or “as a mark of respect to the French” he gave his book and art collections to the French king Louis Philippe

Louis-Philippe of France

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. Until the revolution of 1848, the art works were displayed in the Standish gallery in the Louvre

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. Subsequently Louis Philippe reclaimed them as his private property and the whole was sold in 1852–3, the drawings, etc., in Paris and the paintings in London. The books passed to his son, Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale

Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale

-Bibliophile:He was a noted collector of old manuscripts and books. His library remains at Chantilly.-Death:By his will of the June 3, 1884, however, he had bequeathed to the Institute of France his Chantilly estate, including the Château de Chantilly, with all the art-collection he had collected...

 and formed part of the collection which he bequeathed to the Institut de France

Institut de France

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 along with the Château de Chantilly

Château de Chantilly

The Château de Chantilly is a historic château located in the town of Chantilly, France. It comprises two attached buildings; the Grand Château, destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s, and the Petit Château which was built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency...

. They are still held there in the Musée Condé.

Publications

• The life of Voltaire : with interesting particulars respecting his death, and anecdotes and characters of his contemporaries. London, 1821.
• The maid of Jaen, a poem. With notes and general remarks ... New edition. Chorley: printed & sold by C. Robinson, 1832
• Timon, a poem, in two cantos. Chorley: C. Robinson, 1833.
• The bride of Palencia, a poem. London, 1837
• The shores of the Mediterranean. London, 1837.
• Notices of the Northern Capitals of Europe. London : Black & Armstrong, 1838
• Poems : The maid of Jaen; Timon; and The bride of Palencia. London, 1838
• Seville and its vicinity. London : Black and Armstrong, 1840.

• Catalogue des tableaux, dessins, et gravures de la collection Standish, légués au Roi par M. F. H. Standish. Paris, 1842