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Authorised form of nameMusgrave; Sir; William (1735 - 1800)
Dates1735 - 1800
Date of birth08 October 1735
Date of death03 January 1800
OccupationBarrister
ActivityCareer:
Called to the Bar, Middle Temple; Commissioner of Customs (1763); Trustee of the British Museum
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1774
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1779-1800
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA2584
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/003227Musgrave, Sir Williamnd
RSL/3/42Letter from Sir William Musgrave, London, to Sir Joseph Banks19 November 1789
MS/391/200Power of deputy, issued by Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, to Sir William Musgrave13 January 1780
L&P/10/40Letter, 'Account of a meteor' from John Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire to William Musgrave3 January 1793
EC/1773/36Musgrave, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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