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Authorised form of nameChurchill; Sir; Winston (1620 - 1688); politician and writer
Dates1620 - 1688
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWootton Glanville, Dorset, England
Date of birthApril 1620
Place of deathLondon, England, Europe
Date of death26 March 1688
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
18 April 1620
Burial:
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, England, Europe (29 March 1688)
ActivityEducation:
St John's College, Oxford (matriculated 1636); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1652)
Career:
Called to the bar (1652); MP for Weymouth (1661-1678), Lyme Regis (1685-1687); Commissioner of the Court of Claims in Ireland (1662-1669); Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth (1664-death)
Honours:
Kt 1664
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/12/1664
Age at election44
ProposerSir William Petty
Date of ejection or withdrawal22 July 1685
Other Royal Society activityExpelled due to non-payment of arrears
RelationshipsParents: John Churchill and Sarah Winston
Married: Elizabeth Drake
Children: Arabella Churchill, mistress of James II
PublishedWorksRCN: R82351
OtherInfoHis main work 'Divi Britannici' is a history of the kings of Britain, which he compiled during the interregnum. He found patronage in Sir Henry Bennet, through whom it is likely Churchill secured his appointment as one of the commissioners under the Irish Act of Settlement for claims for restoration of forfeited estates.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Hunter; Henning; ODNB
References:
Hunter, M. 1976-7. 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685', vol. 31, pp. 9-114
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/59072359
CodeNA4967
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