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Authorised form of nameMorier; James Justinian (c 1780 - 1849)
Datesc 1780 - 1849
Place of birthSmyrna, Turkey
Date of birthc 1780
Place of deathBrighton, Sussex
Date of death19 March 1849
OccupationDiplomat; Novelist
ActivityEducation:
Harrow School
Career:
Entered the diplomatic service, attached to Sir Harford Jones' mission to Bombay (1808); Secretary of Legation, Tehran; travelled through Turkey to England (1809); Secretary of Embassy to Sir Gore Ouseley (FRS 1817); in charge of Embassy (1814); was granted a retiring pension (1817); wrote romances
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/02/1819
RelationshipsSon of Isaac Morier, Consul General of the Levant Company at Constantinople, and his wife Clara van Lennep, daughter of the Dutch Consul General; married Harriet, daughter of William Fulke Greville
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7034
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1818/23Morier, James Justinian: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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