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Authorised form of nameCarr; William Holwell (1758 - 1830)
Dates1758 - 1830
NationalityBritish
Place of birthExeter, Devon, England
Date of birth1758
Place of deathDevonshire Place, London
Date of death24 December 1830
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Withycombe Raleigh, near Exmouth
ActivityEducation:
Exeter College, Oxford. BA (1783), MA (1784), BD (1790)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/01/1806
RelationshipsSon of Edward Holwell, apothecary; married (1797) Lady Charlotte Hay, daughter of 15th Earl of Errol and his wife Isabella, daughter of Sir William Carr of Etal, she inherited her father's property in Etal and they took the name Carr by royal consent
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 7 p 84
CodeNA7426
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1805/10Carr, William Holwell: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/000739Carr, William Holwellnd
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