Person Wegg; Samuel (1723 - 1802) Wegg Samuel 1723 - 1802 Male Colchester, Essex, England 17 November 1723 Acton, Middlesex 19 December 1802

Barrister Education: Schools at Colchester and Bury St Edmunds; St John's College, Cambridge (admitted 1740); Gray's Inn (admitted 1741) Career: Called to the Bar (1746); Bencher (1751); Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas (1757); Treasurer (1761); Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Essex; Governor, Hudson Bay Company (1783) Memberships: FRAS; FSA Son of George Wegg of Colchester, Essex; half-brother of George Wegg (FRS 1758); married (9 May 1745) Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Lehook; father of George Samuel Wegg (FRS 1777) Royal Society roles: Treasurer 1768-1802; VP 1768-1802 Fellow 31/05/1753 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Venn References: R I Ruggles, 'Governor Samuel Wegg, Intelligent Layman of the Royal Society, 1753-1802' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 181-199, plate 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 17 Nov 1723 - 19 Dec 1802 NA6052 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes f07fa38d-9243-4ab9-ba5d-e75fba1b1c09