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Authorised form of namePacker; Philip (? 1618 - 1686); barrister and architect
Dates? 1618 - 1686
NationalityBritish
Date of birth24 June 1618
Date of death24 December 1686
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
? St Margaret's, Westminster, London, England, Europe (24 June 1618)
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
University College, Oxford (matriculated 1635); Middle Temple (admitted 1640)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1647); courtier to Charles II
Membership categoryOriginal Fellow
Date of election20/05/1663
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
On Council (1681-); VP (1682)
Committee and panels:
Agricultural [Georgical] Committee (1664).
Other Royal Society activityProposed 26 June 1661 Involved in dendrological observations (1663); Considered able and willing to contribute to plans for a Society college (1668)
RelationshipsParents: John Packer and Philippa Mills
Married: 1) Isabella Berkeley; 2) Sarah Isgar
Children: ten overall
OtherInfoWhile not much is known about Packer in a personal or professional capacity, his contributions within the Society were primarily focused on horticulture and dendrology. Additionally, it is known that he moved within the circles of Samuel Pepys (FRS 1665) as well as Christopher Wren (FRS 1660), with whose help he rebuilt Groombridge Place, which still stands today.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (John Packer ? 1570-1649, father); Foster; MT
Notes:
The election date is Packer's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 13 November 1661.
DNB gives dates as 1620-1683. Index to BR gives birth date as 1620, Hunter gives c 1620; baptism information from Mrs B Lee, Groombridge, Kent (letter dated 15/01/1980). Death date from tombstone/memorial in St John's church, Groombridge. According to Foster, aged 15 in Dec 1635.
CodeNA2767
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/57Bond of Philip Packer to the Treasurer of the Royal Society21 December 1674
CLP/9i/15Paper, an account of a petrified piece of elm by [Philip] PackerMarch 1663
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