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Authorised form of nameSkippon; Sir; Philip (1641 - 1691); army officer and politician
Dates1641 - 1691
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHackney, Middlesex, England, Europe
Date of birth28 October 1641
Date of death7 August 1691
Dates and placesBurial:
Ketton, Suffolk, England, Europe (14 August 1691)
OccupationVirtuoso
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1660); Gray's Inn (admitted 1663)
Career:
Travelled abroad with John Ray (FRS 1667) (1663-1666); Commissioner for Assessment for Suffolk (1677-1680), for Dunwich (1679-1680), for Suffolk and Dunwich (1689-1690), and for Norfolk (1690); MP for Dunwich (1679, 1681, 1689-1691)
Honours:
Kt 1675
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/05/1667
Age at election25
ProposerJohn Wilkins
Other Royal Society activityCommunicated some papers to the Society, e.g. on Saxon coins (1687); Acted as an occasional correspondent (1660s); Contributed towards the building of a Society college (1668/9)
RelationshipsParents: Philip Skippon and Maria Comes
Married: 1) Amy Brewster; 2) Ann Barnardiston
Children: Philip Skippon
General contextThroughout the Interregnum, Skippon held high military and civil offices. As a member of parliament, he was fairly active and was appointed to multiple committees.
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (father's entry); Venn; Hunter; Henning
References:
McMahon, S. 2000. 'John Ray (1627-1705) and the Act of Uniformity 1662', in Notes and Record, vol. 54, pp. 153-178
Morris, G C R. 1991. 'On the Identity of Jaques du Moulin, FRS 1667', in Notes and Records, vo. 45, pp. 1-10
Cook, A. 2004. 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 3-19
Notes:
Le Neve states that he died in 1692 and was knighted in 1674.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10740006
Royal Society codeNA5658
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MS/390/56Bond of Philip Skippon to the Treasurer of the Royal Society17 December 1674
EL/S1/29Letter, from Philip Skippon to Henry Oldenburg16 February 1669
EL/S1/30Letter, from Philip Skippon to Henry Oldenburg15 March 1669
EL/D1/9Letter, from John Downes to Mr [Philip] Skippon, dated at Rome9 February 1668
EL/S1/31Letter, from Philip Skippon to Henry Oldenburg1 March 1676
EL/S1/28Extract of a letter, from Philip Skippon to John Ray, dated at London1662
CLP/16/25Paper, 'An account of some Saxon coynds found in Suffolk [England]' by Philip Skippon1687
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