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Authorised form of nameWarburton; Henry (? 1784 - 1858); politician
Dates? 1784 - 1858
Date of birth1784 or 1785
Place of death45 Cadogan Place, London
Date of death16 September 1858
ActivityEducation:
Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1804); MA (1812)
Career:
Worked in the timber trade, but then devoted himself to science; travelled on the Continent with his great friend, William Hyde Wollaston (FRS 1793) (1818); MP for Bridport, Dorset (1826-1841); MP for Kendal (1843-1847); advocator of the foundation of London University (1826), and medical reform (1826-1834)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/02/1809
RelationshipsSon of John Warburton of Eltham, Kent, timber merchant
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 555-556
Notes:
Boase gives birth date as 1785.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/30316695
CodeNA3076
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1808/12Warburton, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/6/73Letter from Humphry Davy, Geneva, to Henry Warburton21 July 1814
DM/1/32Letter from Henry Warburton24 March 1831
DM/4/149Report of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine26 March 1831
DM/4/150Letter from Henry Warburton25 May 1831
DM/4/147Letter from M I Brunel to Henry Warburton28 February 1831
MM/6/72Letter from Humphry Davy, Valley of Chamonix, to Henry Warburton4 July 1814
MC/2/20Letter from [Charles Few], Covent Garden, to the John [William] Lubbock, Secretary of the Royal Society6 February 1832
MS/709/59Letter from Henry Warburton, House of the Geological Society, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth7 March 1814
DM/4/148Incomplete minute of a meeting of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine26 March 1831
MC/1/161Letter from William Hyde Wollaston, 1 Dorset Street, to the Royal Society 6 November 1828
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
HS/19/264Mathematical demonstration, by [Henry] Warburton25 September 1824
HS/18/71Incomplete letter, from [Henry Warburton] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ore Place [Hastings]9 October 1854
HS/18/78Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ore Place [Hastings]9 January 1855
HS/18/75Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place11 December 1854
HS/18/55Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place25 February 1850
HS/18/83Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place25 May 1856
HS/18/88Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschelundated
HS/18/43Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place24 November 1847
HS/18/82Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place17 May 1856
HS/18/58Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel1850-2-27 or later
HS/18/76Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place12 December 1854
HS/18/70Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place5 October 1854
HS/18/66Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place19 August 1854
HS/18/80Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place7 May 1856
HS/18/38Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at [45 Cadogan Place]6 February 1829
HS/18/44Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place25 November 1847
HS/18/46Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place5 December 1847
HS/18/37Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place3 June 1816
HS/18/51Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ore near Hastings30 December 1847
HS/18/84Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place26 May 1856
HS/18/86Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place30 May 1856
HS/18/73Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place17 November 1854
HS/18/45Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Welwyn, Hertfordshire29 November 1847
HS/18/77Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ore Place [Hastings]7 January 1855
HS/18/49Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place20 December 1847
HS/18/36Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place24 April 1816
HS/18/53Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place31 January 1850
HS/18/56Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel27 February 1850
HS/18/65Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place17 August 1854
HS/18/48Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place14 December 1847
HS/18/50Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place23 December 1847
HS/18/40Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place14 November 1847
HS/18/60Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place5 June 1850
HS/18/69Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place26 September 1854
HS/18/87Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place2 June 1856
HS/18/52Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place28 January 1850
HS/18/54Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place24 February 1850
HS/18/42Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place23 November 1847
HS/18/57Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place4 March 1850
HS/18/39Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place19 October 1847
HS/18/41Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place22 November 1847
HS/18/47Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at London13 December 1847
HS/18/59Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place1 June 1850
HS/18/61Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place5 June 1850
HS/18/62Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place10 April 1854
HS/18/63Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place11 May 1854
HS/18/64Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place16 August 1854
HS/18/68Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place25 August 1854
HS/18/72Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place15 November 1854
HS/18/74Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place10 December 1854
HS/18/79Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place28 April 1856
HS/18/81Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place15 May 1856
HS/18/67Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Warburton, dated at 32 Harley St.20 August 1854
HS/18/85Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Warburton, dated at Collingwood27 May 1856
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