Sir Charles Davers, 6th Bt MP (1737-1806)

Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792). Oil painting on panel, Sir Charles Davers, 6th Bt, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), 1773. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, turned slightly to the right, head turned and gazing to the left, standing, in a landscape, wearing a red coat with gilt buttons and white stock, short windblown brown hair, holding a gun across his body, a game bag slung over his left shoulder; a brown and white dog jumps up at him; in the distance, left, is a view of Rushbrooke Hall, demolished in 1961. Charles Davers, the second legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers 4th Bt, succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother Robert in 1763. He was the brother-in-law of the Earl-Bishop, who had married his sister Elizabeth in 1752. The Davers were a long-established Suffolk family who lived at Rushbrooke Hall, which can be seen in the background of the picture Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)