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Dr Adam Askew


(b. Oct. 25, 1696, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England – d. Jan. 15, 1773, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England )

Gender: M

Father of Anthony Askew/, he practised his profession for nearly fifty years in Newcastle where he had a house in Westgate Street. He owned a number of manors in Northumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Durham.

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