Person Conduitt; John (1688 - 1737) Conduitt John 1688 - 1737 British Male March 1688 Paddington, London 23 May 1737 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe

Cranbury Lodge, Hampshire

Education: Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1705/6) Career: Travelled in Europe; Judge-advocate with the British forces in Portugal (1711); Captain of Dragoons (1712); Commissary of Stores of War and Provisions at Gibraltar (1713-1727); MP for Whitchurch (1721-1734); MP for Southampton (1734-1737); succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Master of the Mint (1727-death) Son of Leonard and Sarah Conduitt of St Paul's, Covent Garden; married (1717) Katharine daughter of Robert Barton of Brigstock, Northamptonshire, and niece of Isaac Newton (FRS 1678) Royal Society roles: Council: 1723, 1725-1728 Fellow 01/12/1718 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Sedgwick References: Sir John Craig, 'The Royal Society and the Royal Mint' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 156-167 Milo Keynes, 'The Personality of Isaac Newton' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 1-56 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1737), p.316. Notes: Baptised at St Paul's, Covent Garden, 08 March 1688. Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton 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 before 8 Mar 1688 - 23 May 1737 NA6746 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 2b33a331-80dd-4fdf-882f-b10e85f25c65