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A History of the County of Oxford
… Travers, surveyor-general of Crown Lands, and William Diston, a flamboyant Chadlington landowner. Sir John Vanbrugh … Lord Rialton, later earl of Godolphin, in 1715 William Diston, and in 1716 Cadogan. 62 In 1727-8 the duchess's … repayment of debts or to press for other advantages. Diston, who attributed his success as political manager to …