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Authorised form of nameLemon; Sir; Charles (1784 - 1868)
Dates1784 - 1868
Date of birth30 September 1784
Date of death13 February 1868
ActivityEducation:
Harrow School
Career:
MP for Penryn (1807-1812; 1830-1831); MP for Cornwall (1831-1832); MP for West Cornwall (1832-1841; 1842-1857)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/05/1822
RelationshipsBrother in law of Francis Basset (FRS 1829), who married Charles Lemon's sister Harriet Lemon
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Royal Society codeNA5454
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1822/09Lemon, Sir Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/710/122Letter from Charles Lemon, London, to [Robert Were Fox?]28 February [pre-1846]
MS/710/65Letter from Charles Lemon to Robert Were Fox30 January 1842
MS/710/123Letter from Charles Lemon, London, to [Robert Were Fox?]6 March [pre-1846]
AP/32/8Unpublished paper, 'On the extraordinary oscillations of the sea; with an account of some observed in Mountsbay [Mount's Bay] and Plymouth [England]' by Richard EdmondsApril 1850
HS/11/191Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles LemonApril 1844
HS/11/192Letter, from Sir Charles Lemon to Sir John Herschel, dated at Charles St., Berkeley Square25 April 1844
HS/11/193Letter, from Sir Charles Lemon to Sir John Herschel, dated at Charles St., Berkeley Square3 May 1844
HS/11/194Copy letter, from George Edward Anson to Sir Charles Lemon, dated at Buckingham Palace2 May 1844
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