| Authorised form of name | Hippisley; Sir; John Cox (1748 - 1825) |
| Other forms of name | John Coxe |
| Dates | 1748 - 1825 |
| Date of birth | 1748 |
| Place of death | Grosvenor Street, London |
| Date of death | 03 May 1825 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Temple Church, London |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Hertford College, Oxford (matriculated 1764); Honorary MA (1811, Cambridge)
Career:
Barrister of Inner Temple (1771); Bencher (1803); Treasurer (1816); employed in dimplomatic commissions (1779-1800); entered service of the HEIC, holding important offices in the kingdom of Tanjore; resigned (1787); Recorder for Sudbury (1790); MP for Sudbury (1790-1796, 1802-1818); employed in Italy and Germany (1792-1795), arranging the marriage between the Princess Royal and the King of Wurtemburg; Sheriff of Berkshire (1800-1801); one of the first managers of the Royal Institution
Honours:
Bt 1796
Memberships:
FSA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1800 |
| Relationships | Only surviving son of William Hippisley of Clifton, near Bristol |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Alternative spelling of Cox from DNB.
References:
G N Cantor, 'Thomas Young's Lectures at the Royal Institution' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 87-112 |
| Code | NA8061 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CB/2/647 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to John Cox Hippisley | 10 May 1792 |
| EC/1792/11 | Hippisley, Sir John Cox: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1800/07 | Hippisley, Sir John Cox: certificate of election to the Royal Society: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |