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Authorised form of nameAbbot; Charles (1757 - 1829); 1st Baron Colchester
Dates1757 - 1829
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAbingdon, Berkshire, England
Date of birth14 October 1757
Place of deathSpring Gardens, Whitehall
Date of death08 May 1829
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Westminster Abbey
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Christchurch College, Oxford
Career:
Vinerian Scholar (1781); called to the Bar (1793); Tory MP for Helston (1790 and 1795-1802); MP for Woodstock (1802-1806); MP for Oxford University (1806-1817); Speaker of the House of Commons (1802-1817, when he retired); buried 14 May 1829
Honours:
Baron 1817
Memberships:
FSA (1792)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/02/1793
Age at election36
RelationshipsSon of the Rev John Abbot, rector of All Saints, Colchester, and Sarah Farr; married Elizabeth Gibbes
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
L F Gilbert, 'The Election to the Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 256-279
CodeNA7287
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1792/16Abbot, Charles, 1st Baron Colchester: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/000001Abbot, Charles; 1st Baron Colchester nd
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