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The result was speedy delete. Spamming for a non-notable person by a bunch of COI sockpuppets Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:53, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Hext[edit]

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I do not believe being a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the county of Cornwall is sufficient to provide notability. For example 11 deputy lieutenants of the county were appointed on 24 June 1859, and there are masses of Justices of the Peace. This is one of a number of articles on members of the Staniforth family created recently by an editor with the username NJStaniforth. I believe many of these individuals do not meet WP:NBIO. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:35, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom's arguments - there are a large number of DLs in the UK, and vast numbers of JPs. Notability can't be inherited, so he can't warrant his own article via any family positions. WP:NPOL is probably the closest we have, and that certainly isn't satisfied. Nosebagbear (talk) 09:40, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The man is noted in numerous historical books on British peerage, and is notable in the county for his work with the Stannaries.NJStaniforth (talk) 10:25, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @NJStaniforth and FreebirdBiker: - I couldn't spot anything on him as a peer (seems to have gentry as a family line, but no more that I've seen) and could you post the link to his work with the Stannaries - tin mines aren't my speciality so a pointer would be appreciated. Nosebagbear (talk) 13:55, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep British peerage, from a well known local family in Cornwall. FreebirdBiker (talk) 10:39, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
delete He shows up in Burke's Landed Gentry; he was not a peer. Mangoe (talk) 13:41, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I live in St. Austell in Cornwall, nearby where this man was born and he's listed amongst residents of Restormel House, I also feel since he was elected to two seperate positions this should make him at least somewhat notable. CornwallLB (talk) 14:24, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CornwallLB - firstly, St Austell is amazing, one of my favourite places in the UK. Secondly, the former seems to risk WP:INHERITED, unless he did something notable there. The separate positions I wouldn't say grant any more notability (sort of like weak sources not stacking). Technically he wouldn't have been elected in either DL (appointed by LL, confirmed by Queen) and JP (applied/appointed). Nosebagbear (talk) 14:37, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong KeepThis man is certainly notable in Cornwall, and as already noted, held two positions and was from a prominent Cornish family. WitchfinderHistoric (talk) 13:27, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I agree with Cwmhiraeth about WP:NBIO in the context of this family. Izzat Kutebar (talk) 14:10, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notable in his own right for holding two positions on behalf of an English county. SheffLad (talk) 14:18, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Checkuser note: FreebirdBiker, NJStaniforth, CornwallLB, WitchfinderHistoric, and SheffLad are Confirmed socks. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NJStaniforth.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:25, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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