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Authorised form of nameDawkins; James (1760 -)
Dates1760 -
Date of birth1760
ActivityCareer:
MP for Chippenham
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/03/1815
RelationshipsSon of Henry Dawkins (FRS 1778) and his wife Lady Juliana Colyear; assumed the name of Colyear on succeeding to the estates of his uncle, Charles, Earl of Portmore; married 1) (1785) Hannah, daughter of Thomas Phipps, 2) Maria, daughter of General Gordon Forbes
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Disappeared from PL in 1855. In index to BR he is given a middle name spelt 'Colyer', although BR, cited as the only source, spells it 'Colyear'. Somerset has written on the election certificate: From an acquaintance of many years, I can strongly recommend him to the Society as deserving to be a member and likely to prove both valuable and useful to it
CodeNA6953
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EC/1814/28Dawkins, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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