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Ambrose Page (circa 1670- 1743) , brother of Sir Gregory Page 1st Bt

Ambrose Page (circa 1670 - 1743) ,  brother of Sir Gregory Page 1st Bt Ambrose Page as a director of the East India Company (1714) and having received a personal grant of arms Argent, on a bend sable, three martlets or these arms appertain to Ambrose Page of Enfield, Esquire  his descendants (College of Arms Library, 0.1., 0.24), might reasonably have expected to follow other members of his family, in having a Chinese dinner service made with his arms or crest, but no conclusive evidence  exists. However since his nephew Gregory (later 2nd. baronet) was thought to be living in his father's house (Red House) in 1717 when the other Imari Kang Hsi porcelain services were ordered, it is unlikely he would have wished to order a service for himself at this time. So could the lmari Kang Hsi service with the Page crest, have been ordered by Ambrose Page.   The exact date of Ambroses' birth remains a mystery, though it is safe to assume, it must have been about the year 167...