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Authorised form of nameJames; Sir; William (c 1721 - 1783)
Datesc 1721 - 1783
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBolton Hill Mill, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Date of birthc 1721
Date of death16 December 1783
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Eltham
ActivityCareer:
Sailor; employed by the HEIC to suppress piracy on the Malaba Coast; Director of the HEIC; Deputy Master of Trinity House; Governor, Greenwich Hospital
Honours:
Bt 1778
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/03/1775
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA2593
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/391/168Bond of William James to the Treasurer of the Royal Society4 May 1775
EC/1775/02James, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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