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Authorised form of nameBrigstocke; Owen (1679 - 1746)
Other forms of surnameBridstock
Dates1679 - 1746
NationalityBritish
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
03 April 1679
ActivityEducation:
Eton College; Jesus College, Oxford (matriculated 1695); Middle Temple (admitted 1697)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1705); MP for Cardigan Boroughs (1712-1713); MP for Cardiganshire (1717-1722)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1710
RelationshipsSon of William Brigstock of Kidwelly and Llechdwny or Lechdony and his wife, Winifred, daughter of Robert Byrt of Llwyndyrys, Cardiganshire; married Anne, daughter of Edward Brown (FRS 1668) and sister of Thomas Browne (FRS 1699)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster; Sedgwick; MT
CodeNA6737
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/4/49Letter from Owen Brigstocke, Carmarthen, to Sir Hans Sloane12 October 1731
MM/4/47Letter from Owen Brigstocke to Francis Hauksbee31 January 1730
MM/4/52Draft of letter from Cromwell Mortimer, London, to Owen Brigstocke9 November 1731
MM/4/50Draft of a letter from Sir Hans Sloane to Owen Brigstocke4 July 1731
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