| Authorised form of name | Warburton; Henry (? 1784 - 1858); politician |
| Dates | ? 1784 - 1858 |
| Date of birth | 1784 or 1785 |
| Place of death | 45 Cadogan Place, London |
| Date of death | 16 September 1858 |
| Activity | Education:
Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1804); MA (1812)
Career:
Worked in the timber trade, but then devoted himself to science; travelled on the Continent with his great friend, William Hyde Wollaston (FRS 1793) (1818); MP for Bridport, Dorset (1826-1841); MP for Kendal (1843-1847); advocator of the foundation of London University (1826), and medical reform (1826-1834)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/02/1809 |
| Relationships | Son of John Warburton of Eltham, Kent, timber merchant |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 555-556
Notes:
Boase gives birth date as 1785. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/30316695 |
| Code | NA3076 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1808/12 | Warburton, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/6/73 | Letter from Humphry Davy, Geneva, to Henry Warburton | 21 July 1814 |
| DM/1/32 | Letter from Henry Warburton | 24 March 1831 |
| DM/4/149 | Report of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine | 26 March 1831 |
| DM/4/150 | Letter from Henry Warburton | 25 May 1831 |
| DM/4/147 | Letter from M I Brunel to Henry Warburton | 28 February 1831 |
| MM/6/72 | Letter from Humphry Davy, Valley of Chamonix, to Henry Warburton | 4 July 1814 |
| MC/2/20 | Letter from [Charles Few], Covent Garden, to the John [William] Lubbock, Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 February 1832 |
| MS/709/59 | Letter from Henry Warburton, House of the Geological Society, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth | 7 March 1814 |
| DM/4/148 | Incomplete minute of a meeting of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine | 26 March 1831 |
| MC/1/161 | Letter from William Hyde Wollaston, 1 Dorset Street, to the Royal Society | 6 November 1828 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |