Person Skippon; Sir; Philip (1641 - 1691); army officer and politician Skippon Philip Sir army officer and politician 1641 - 1691 British Male Hackney, Middlesex, England, Europe 28 October 1641 16411028 7 August 1691 16910807 Burial: Ketton, Suffolk, England, Europe (14 August 1691)

Virtuoso Education: Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1660); Gray's Inn (admitted 1663) Career: Travelled abroad with John Ray (FRS 1667) (1663-1666); Commissioner for Assessment for Suffolk (1677-1680), for Dunwich (1679-1680), for Suffolk and Dunwich (1689-1690), and for Norfolk (1690); MP for Dunwich (1679, 1681, 1689-1691) Honours: Kt 1675 Parents: Philip Skippon and Maria Comes Married: 1) Amy Brewster; 2) Ann Barnardiston Children: Philip Skippon Throughout the Interregnum, Skippon held high military and civil offices. As a member of parliament, he was fairly active and was appointed to multiple committees. Fellow 16/05/1667 25 John Wilkins Communicated some papers to the Society, e.g. on Saxon coins (1687); Acted as an occasional correspondent (1660s); Contributed towards the building of a Society college (1668/9) Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (father's entry); Venn; Hunter; Henning References: McMahon, S. 2000. 'John Ray (1627-1705) and the Act of Uniformity 1662', in Notes and Record, vol. 54, pp. 153-178 Morris, G C R. 1991. 'On the Identity of Jaques du Moulin, FRS 1667', in Notes and Records, vo. 45, pp. 1-10 Cook, A. 2004. 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 3-19 Notes: Le Neve states that he died in 1692 and was knighted in 1674. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 28 Oct 1641 - before 14 Aug 1691 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 31/05/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5658 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/10740006 2ae81360-2042-4b4c-b2f6-1c573c2fc308