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Authorised form of namePeachey; James (1723 - 1808); 1st Baron Selsey
Dates1723 - 1808
Date of birth08 March 1723
Date of death01 February 180
ActivityEducation:
University College, Oxford
Career:
MP, Seaford (1759-1768); Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales (1751); Master of the Robes to the same when King (1792-1808)
Honours:
Baron 1794
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/02/1782
RelationshipsSucceeded as Baronet of West Dean, Sussex (by 1782); father of John 2nd Baron Selsey FRS (1777); grandfather of Henry John Peachey 3rd Baron Selsey (FRS 1817)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA5330
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1781/26Peachey, James, 1st Baron Selsey: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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