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Authorised form of nameBligh; Edward (1715 - 1747); 2nd Earl of Darnley
Dates1715 - 1747
Date of birth09 November 1715
Date of death22 July 1747
ActivityEducation:
Westminster and Geneva
Career:
Lord of Bedchamber to HRH Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales KG 1742-1747
Freemason, member, 27 July 1737, Lodge No 162 at GunTavern, Jermyn Street, Piccadilly London, subsequently Lodge of Felicity No 58
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/02/1738
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010 page 10
CodeNA4904
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/391/24Bond of Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society16 February 1737
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