| Authorised form of name | Wegg; Samuel (1723 - 1802) |
| Dates | 1723 - 1802 |
| Place of birth | Colchester, Essex, England |
| Date of birth | 17 November 1723 |
| Place of death | Acton, Middlesex |
| Date of death | 19 December 1802 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Schools at Colchester and Bury St Edmunds; St John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1740); Gray's Inn (admitted 1741)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1746); Bencher (1751); Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas (1757); Treasurer (1761); Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Essex; Governor, Hudson Bay Company (1783)
Memberships:
FRAS; FSA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 31/05/1753 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Treasurer 1768-1802; VP 1768-1802 |
| Relationships | Son of George Wegg of Colchester, Essex; half-brother of George Wegg (FRS 1758); married (9 May 1745) Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Lehook; father of George Samuel Wegg (FRS 1777) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn
References:
R I Ruggles, 'Governor Samuel Wegg, Intelligent Layman of the Royal Society, 1753-1802' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 181-199, plate |
| Royal Society code | NA6052 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1753/04 | Wegg, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| AB/1/2/1/59 | Order of Council for James West to pay the balance in his hands to the new Treasurer Samuel Wegg | 6 December 1768 |
| MM/3/31 | Letter from James Hervey, Royal College of Physicians, to Samuel Wegg, Royal Society Treasurer | 18 December 1790 |
| MS/391/130 | Power of deputy, issued by James West, President of the Royal Society, to Samuel Wegg | 15 December 1768 |
| MS/391/187 | Power of deputy, issued by Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, to Samuel Wegg | 10 December 1778 |
| MS/391/144 | Power of deputy, issued by James Burrow, President of the Royal Society, to Samuel Wegg | 9 July 1772 |
| MS/391/171 | Power of deputy, issued by Sir John Pringle, President of the Royal Society, to Samuel Wegg | 21 December 1775 |
| MS/391/150 | Power of deputy, issued by Sir John Pringle, President of the Royal Society, to Samuel Wegg | 10 December 1772 |
| L&P/5/268 | Letter, 'Of specific characters which distinguish the rabbit from the hare' from Daines Barrington to Samuel Wegg | 29 November 1771 |