fermour

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Immense fortunes were realised by the merchants of the Staple; they were often in a position to aid the exchequer of the mother-country; and one of them named Fermour was, from some patriotic act in money-matters, raised to the peerage under the title of Lord Pomfret.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457: Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852