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Authorised form of nameHippisley; Sir; John Cox (1748 - 1825)
Other forms of nameJohn Coxe
Dates1748 - 1825
Date of birth1748
Place of deathGrosvenor Street, London
Date of death03 May 1825
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Temple Church, London
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Hertford College, Oxford (matriculated 1764); Honorary MA (1811, Cambridge)
Career:
Barrister of Inner Temple (1771); Bencher (1803); Treasurer (1816); employed in dimplomatic commissions (1779-1800); entered service of the HEIC, holding important offices in the kingdom of Tanjore; resigned (1787); Recorder for Sudbury (1790); MP for Sudbury (1790-1796, 1802-1818); employed in Italy and Germany (1792-1795), arranging the marriage between the Princess Royal and the King of Wurtemburg; Sheriff of Berkshire (1800-1801); one of the first managers of the Royal Institution
Honours:
Bt 1796
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1800
RelationshipsOnly surviving son of William Hippisley of Clifton, near Bristol
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Alternative spelling of Cox from DNB.
References:
G N Cantor, 'Thomas Young's Lectures at the Royal Institution' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 87-112
CodeNA8061
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
CB/2/647Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to John Cox Hippisley10 May 1792
EC/1792/11Hippisley, Sir John Cox: certificate of election to the Royal Society
EC/1800/07Hippisley, Sir John Cox: certificate of election to the Royal Society: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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