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Authorised form of nameHewett; Sir; Thomas (1656 - 1726)
Dates1656 - 1726
NationalityBritish
Place of birthShireoaks, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Date of birth09 September 1656
Date of death09 April 1726
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Wales Church, Yorkshire
OccupationAuthor; Landowner; Virtuoso
ActivityEducation:
Shrewsbury School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1676)
Career:
Travelled for about five years in France, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and Germany; Surveyor of Woods North of Trent (1696-1715); Surveyor of Woods North and South of Trent (1715-1716); Surveyor-General of the King's Works (1719-1726); his works included the State Rooms at Kensington Palace and the reconstruction of Shirburn Castle for Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (FRS 1712)
Honours:
Kt 1719
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/11/1721
ProposerWilliam Jones
RelationshipsSon of William Hewett of Shireoaks; married in Geneva (1689) Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Bettinson of Scadbury, Kent
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Musgrave; Colvin
References:
'Historical Register Chronological Diary' 1726, p15
CodeNA4948
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/191Bond of Sir Thomas Hewett to the Treasurer of the Royal Society20 April 1721
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