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Authorised form of nameWillis; Henry Norton (- 1819)
Dates - 1819
Place of deathSunning Hill, Berkshire
Date of death13 August 1819
ActivityCareer:
Had a place in the King's Household, given him by Earl Talbot; become one of the Clerks in the Household; retired with a pension to Sunning Hill (after Reformation Bill of 1782?); officer in Hampshire Militia and served against the Gordon Riots (when young); Lieutenant Colonel, Kensington Volunteers (during period of the French Revolution)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/12/1791
RelationshipsSon of a surgeon at Andover, Hampshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA2785
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1791/25Willis, Henry Norton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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