| Authorised form of name | Colwall; Daniel (- 1690); merchant and philanthropist |
| Surname | Colwall |
| Forenames | Daniel |
| Dates | - 1690 |
| Dates and places | Death:
Liberty of the Tower of London (November 1690) |
| Activity | Career:
Governor and benefactor of Christ's Hospital; established the royal mathematical school within Christ's Hospital (1676); paid for the engravings in Nehemiah Grew's 'Musaeum regalis societatis' (1681); |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Original Fellow
Election Date:
20/05/1663
Council:
Treasurer 1666-1679; VP 1682-1688
Committee appointments include:
Committee for examining and auditing the accounts of the Treasurer (1664)
Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664)
Committee for Correspondence (1664)
Committee for taking care of the Royal Society (1676)
Committee for Agriculture [Georgical Committee] (1669)
Other RSActivity:
As benefactor in 1665-66, presented £100 to pay for the collection of rarities, belonging to Mr Hubbard [Robert Hubert]. This formed the first part of the Society's museum.
As Treasurer, he was instructed to collect members to pay their subscription, in particular in 1667 and 1673. |
| Relationships | Possibly father of John Colwall (FRS 1668) |
| General context | While little is known about Colwall's early life and his activities as a merchant, Colwall's amounted wealth at the time of his death provided for Christ's Hospital with an annual payment of £62 and a lump sum of £4,000. The committee in charge of distributing and investing the sum decided to support children displaced by the Great Fire of London as well as establish a new Writing school in the hospital. As a citizen living within the liberties of the Tower of London, Colwall was excused from jury duties - the neighbourhood having its separate adminsitrative unit, courthouse, quarter sessions, and gaol - and was also responsible for the liberty's poorer population. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; ODNB
References:
Kathleen H Ochs, 'The Royal Society of London's History of Trades Programme: An Early Episode in Applied Science' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 129-158
Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
H G Lyons, 'The Society's Finances, part I: 1662-1830' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 73-87
Notes:
The election date is Colwall's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 16 January 1661. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/316801251 |
| Royal Society code | NA8178 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| P/0025 | Portrait of Colwall, Daniel | |
| MM/16/37 | Minutes of a committee 'for examining and auditing the accompts of the Treasurer of the Royal Society' | 28 November 1664 |
| CLP/3i/12 | Paper, 'Fraudes committed about hides and leather expressed in the statutes' by [Daniel] Colwall | [1663] |
| MM/5/52 | Letter from Daniel Colwall, Tower Hill, London | 18 April 1674 |
| RBO/1/8 | 'The Manner of Making Green Coperos' by Mr Daniel Colwall | 8 June 1661 |
| DM/5/113 | 'Benefactors. Daniell Colwall Esq. Anno 1665, founded the Museum' | 1665 |
| DM/5/115 | List of benefactors to the Royal Society | 17th-18th century |
| CLP/6/14 | Paper, 'An account of the tides at St Helena' by the Governor [Robert Stringer] in a letter to Mr [Daniel] Colwall | 30 April 1663 |
| MS/390/12 | Bond of Daniel Colwall to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 23 November 1674 |
| RBO/1/17 | 'A Relation Concerning the Making of Allum By Mr Daniel Colwall' | 27 September 1661 |
| CLP/3i/27 | Papers, 'Several papers about dying [dyeing]' from The [Theodore] de Vaux | 1630-1666 |
| MM/11/24 | 'A Liste of the Engagements, made by Several Members of the Royal Society, for contributing to the building of a College upon the Ground near Arundel-house...' | 25 June 1669 |
| DM/5/71 | Recommendation that seven persons (named) 'do take into their Custody all the Rarities, bookes and other goods and chattells belonging to the Royall Society' | 17th century |
| IM/000927 | Colwall, Daniel | nd |
| RBC/1/20 | 'A Relation concerning the making of Allum' by Daniel Colwall | 27 September 1661 |
| MM/16/39 | Minutes of a committee 'for taking care of the repository of the Royal Society' | 3 February 1676 |
| DM/5/64 | Minutes of meetings of the Committee for Agriculture (endorsed as 'Transactions of the Georgicall Committee') | October 1664-February 1664/5 |
| CLP/9i/3 | Paper, an account of English alum works by Daniel Colwall | [1661] |
| CLP/9i/2 | Paper, an account of the way of making English green copperas by Daniel Colwall | [1661] |