| Authorised form of name | Meres; Sir; John (- 1736) |
| Other forms of surname | Meers |
| Dates | - 1736 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of death | 22 February 1736 |
| Activity | Education:
St Catharine's College, Cambridge (admitted 1681); Inner Temple
Career:
Called to the Bar (1700); Six-clerk in Chancery (1700-1704); High Sheriff of Lincolnshire (1715)
Honours:
Kt 1700
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/03/1719 |
| Relationships | Son of Sir Thomas Meeres, Commissioner of the Admiralty, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Erasmus De la Fountaine, Kt, of Kirby Bellers, Leicestershire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn; Le Neve; IT
Obituaries:
London Magazine (1736), p99 |
| Code | NA1454 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/M2/58 | Letter, from John Meres to the Royal Society, dated at the Apothecary Hall | 5 March 1722 |