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Authorised form of nameWestern; William (? 1694 - 1729)
Dates? 1694 - 1729
Date of death22 September 1729
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Rivenhall, near Kelvedon, Essex
ActivityCareer:
Died of smallpox
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1721
ProposerJames Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn
RelationshipsSon of Samuel Western of Rivenhall and his wife, Anna Maria, daughter of William Finch, merchant, of St Dunstan's in the East, London; married Anne, daughter of Sir James Bateman, Kt, MP, Lord Mayor of London
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll (from Dr G T Western)
References:
Historical Register Chronological Diary 1729, p48 (obituary)
CodeNA237
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/194Bond of William Western to the Treasurer of the Royal Society1 January 1722
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