| Authorised form of name | Warburton; John (1682 - 1759) |
| Dates | 1682 - 1759 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 28 February 1682 |
| Place of death | At his apartments in the College of Arms, Doctor's Commons, London |
| Date of death | 11 May 1759 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf, London |
| Activity | Career:
Exciseman in Yorkshire; visited York with Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697) (1719); Somerset Herald (1720); owned many rare manuscripts and printed books, some of which were destroyed by fire, and others he sold to Humfrey Wanley (FRS 1706) for the Earl of Oxford's library; the remainder were sold at auction after his death; published a number of county maps, with the coats of arms of the nobility and gentry who had subscribed to them
Memberships:
FSA (1720)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/03/1720 |
| Proposer | Roger Gale |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | Ejected for non-payment of arrears (09 June 1757) |
| Relationships | Son of Benjamin Warburton of Bury, Lancashire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Michael Buxton of Manchester and Buxton, Derbyshire.
Married: 1) Dorothy, daughter of Andrew Huddlestone of Hutton John, Cumberland, from whom he separated (1716); 2) a widow with children |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1759, p242 (obituary)
London Magazine 1759, p277 (obituary) |
| Code | NA884 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/390/175 | Bond of John Warburton to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 24 March 1719 |
| IM/004787 | Warburton, John | nd |