| Authorised form of name | Chamberlayne; John (c 1666 - 1723); translator and literary editor |
| Dates | c 1666 - 1723 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | In or near London, England |
| Date of birth | c 1666 |
| Place of death | Petty-France [now York Street], Westminster, London |
| Date of death | 02 November 1723 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Chelsea churchyard, Middlesex, England (6 November 1723) |
| Occupation | Courtier; Author |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Oxford (matriculated 1685); Leyden (admitted 1688)
Career:
Gentleman Waiter to Prince George of Denmark; Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne and George I; Secretary to the Commission for Queen Anne's Bounty; Commissioner of the Peace for Middlesex; knew sixteen languages; founding member and first secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK); first secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; issued five editions of 'The present state of England' originally published by his father.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/05/1702 |
| Relationships | Parents: Edward Chamberlayne (FRS 1668) and Susannah (née Clifford) |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 52784
RCN 56953 |
| OtherInfo | Had peripheral involvement in the great Newton/Leibnitz dispute. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/59432695 |
| Code | NA6747 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/B2/79 | Letter, from Mr Bosheiden to John Chamberlayne | 14 March 1715 |
| LBO/15/35 | Copy translation of letter from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to John Chamberlayne | 28 April 1714 |
| EL/R1/58 | Letter, from Reland to John Chamberlayne | 25 February 1715 |
| EL/T/64 | Extract of a letter, from Ralph Thoresby to John Chamberlayne, dated at Leeds | 5 February 1715 |
| EL/K/24 | Letter, from Gregory King to John Chamberlayne, dated at Queen's Street Westminster | 27 April 1711 |
| CLP/10iii/41 | Paper, 'A method for making sugar from the maple tree in N [New] England' by Paul Dudley | [1719] |
| EL/L4/32 | Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne | 1709 |
| CLP/15i/68 | Paper, 'Description of the moose deer in America' by Paul Dudley | May 1721 |
| EL/T/62 | Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to John Chamberlayne, dated at Leeds | 6 December 1712 |
| EL/L3/68a | Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne | 1704 |
| EL/B2/65 | Copy of a letter, from Thomas Banister to John Chamberlayne, dated at Boston, New England | 4 January 1711 |
| EL/B2/63 | Letter, from Arthur Bury to John Chamberlayne at Westminster, dated at Compton | 8 March 1707 |
| EL/R1/60 | Letter, from Richard Roach to John Chamberlayne, dated at Bloxham | 14 June 1722 |
| EL/L4/30 | Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne | 1709 |
| EL/C2/39 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne to John Thorpe, dated at Petty France | 23 October 1713 |
| EL/C2/41 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne [to the Royal Society], dated at Petty France | 10 February 1715 |
| EL/A/53 | Letter, from John Arbuthnot to Justice [John] Chamberlayne | 30 April 1711 |
| EL/C2/40 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne [to the Royal Society], dated at Petty France | 15 July 1714 |
| EL/L4/7 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft | 17 May 1707 |
| EL/C2/38 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne to Colonel Dudley, dated at Petty France | 1701 |
| EL/C2/43 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne [to the Royal Society], dated at Petty France | 23 May 1722 |
| EL/L3/32 | Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne | 1701 |
| EL/L3/46 | Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne | 8 December 1702 |
| EL/D1/59 | Letter, from William Derham to John Chamberlayne, dated at Upminster | 22 August 1713 |
| EL/D1/72 | Letter, from Paul Dudley to John Chamberlayne, dated at Boston | 20 June 1719 |
| EL/L3/72 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft | 3 March 1705 |
| CLP/4i/57 | Letter, 'An account of lightning in the parish of Sampford Courtenay in Devon [England]' from unknown author to John Chamberlayne | 1711 |
| EL/K/25 | Letter, from Gregory King to John Chamberlayne, dated at Queen's Street Westminster | 3 May 1711 |
| EL/L5/113 | Translation of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to John Chamberlayne, dated at Vienna | 1700 |
| EL/T/61 | Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to John Chamberlayne, dated at London | 22 August 1712 |
| EL/L3/73 | Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne | 1705 |
| EL/C2/42 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne [to the Royal Society], dated at Petty France | 30 May 1722 |
| EL/L6/8 | Letter, from Richard Loving to John Chamberlayne, dated at Cowes | 2 February 1704 |
| EL/L4/29 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft | 10 September 1709 |
| EL/L3/31 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft | 21 June 1701 |
| EL/L5/112 | Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to John Chamberlayne, dated at Vienna | 28 April 1714 |
| EL/L3/68 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft | 3 October 1704 |
| EL/L4/31 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft | 22 November 1709 |
| CLP/14ii/3 | Paper, 'Observations of the plague in Copenhagen' by John Chamberlayne | [1712] |
| RBO/11/31 | 'A Description of the Moose Deer in America by the Honourable Paul Dudley' communicated by John Chamberlayne | 1721 |
| EL/D1/73 | Copy of a letter, from Paul Dudley to John Chamberlayne, dated at Boston | 15 March 1720 |
| EL/D1/75 | Letter, from Paul Dudley to John Chamberlayne, dated at Roxburg | 14 April 1722 |