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Authorised form of nameTempest; William (1682 - 1761)
Dates1682 - 1761
NationalityBritish
Date of birth16 April 1682
Date of death15 August 1761
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Eton College; Inner Temple (admitted 1692); King's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1700); Middle Temple (admitted 1706)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1704); Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/12/1712
ProposerWilliam Jones
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1714, 1717
RelationshipsSon of William Tempest, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Cooke of Cranbrook; married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Hyland of Bodiam, Sussex
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn; IT; MT
References:
Obituaries in 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1761, p382; 'London Magazine' 1761, p448
CodeNA280
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/4/51Letter from William Tempest, Cranbrook, to Francis Hauksbee27 June 1731
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