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Authorised form of namePayne; Ralph (1738 - 1807); Baron Lavington
Dates1738 - 1807
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBasseterre, St George parish, Saint Christopher [Saint Kitts, Leeward Islands, West Indies]
Date of birth19 March 1738
Place of deathGovernment House, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies
Date of death03 August 1807
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
His mother's estate of Carlisle
ActivityCareer:
MP for Shaftesbury (1768); Governor, Leeward Island (1774-1775, 1801-1807); Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth (1755 until the office was abolished)
Honours:
KB 1771; Baron 1795
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election29/04/1779
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
The name of his mother's estate may be the family rather than the place name
CodeNA2712
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1779/05Payne, Ralph, Baron Lavington: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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