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Authorised form of nameMarkland; James Heywood (1788 - 1864)
Dates1788 - 1864
NationalityBritish
Place of birthArdwick Green, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Date of birth07 December 1788
Place of deathHis house, Lansdown Crescent, Bath, Somerset
Date of death28 December 1864
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Walcot cemetery
OccupationAntiquary; Solicitor
ActivityEducation:
DCL (Oxford)
Career:
Trained as a solicitor in Manchester; moved to London and practised there (1808); Parliamentary agent to West Indian planters; became head of the firm of Markland and Wright solicitors
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/03/1816
RelationshipsYoungest son of Robert Markland, cheque and fustian maker
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Walcot cemetery presumably at or near Bath - DNB does not specify.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/25383071
CodeNA3284
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1815/37Markland, James Heywood: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/160Letter from James Heywood Markland, Temple, to the Royal Society13 November 1828
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
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