Francis Basset, 1st Baron De Dunstanville and Baron Basset of Stratton, and his mineral specimens at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution and the Natural History Museum, London
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A small suite of historically significant Cornish minerals are recorded as having been donated to the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) by Lord De Dunstanville in 1826. Only sixteen specimens are extant but their quality, and the fact that they appeared to represent the largest known suite of mineral specimens owned by Francis Basset, 1st Baron De Dunstanville and Baron Basset of Stratton (1757-1835), marked them out as being of significance and worthy of further study. Subsequent investigations revealed a second, slightly larger suite of mineral specimens attributed to Lord De Dunstanville in the 'Russell Collection' within the Natural History Museum (NHM), London. This second suite was almost exclusively given by him to his sister-in-law, Lady Elizabeth Anne Coxe Hippisley (1760-1843), of Ston Easton Park, Somerset, in 1810-1811, thus providing a link to the city of Bath. The BRLSI specimens are described in detail and reviewed in comparison to the NHM specimens. In total fifty-four specimens with associations to Lord De Dunstanville are documented.
据记载,1826年,德·邓斯坦维尔勋爵(Lord De Dunstanville)向巴斯皇家文学和科学研究所(BRLSI)捐赠了一小批具有历史意义的康沃尔矿物。现存的只有16个标本,但它们的质量,以及它们似乎代表了弗朗西斯·巴塞特、第一代邓斯坦维尔男爵和斯特拉顿男爵巴塞特(1757-1835)拥有的已知最大的矿物标本,表明它们具有重要意义,值得进一步研究。随后的调查发现,在伦敦自然历史博物馆(NHM)的“罗素收藏”中,发现了第二个稍大一些的矿物标本,这些标本被认为是德·邓斯坦维尔勋爵的。第二套房在1810年至1811年期间,几乎完全由他赠给他的嫂子伊丽莎白·安妮·科克斯·希皮斯利夫人(1760-1843),她住在萨默塞特郡的斯顿伊斯顿公园,因此提供了通往巴斯市的通道。BRLSI标本被详细描述,并与NHM标本进行比较。共有54个与德·邓斯坦维尔勋爵有关的标本被记录在案。