Person Seppings; Sir; Robert (1767 - 1840) Seppings Robert Sir 1767 - 1840 British Male Fakenham, Norfolk, England 1767 Taunton, Somerset 25 September 1840

Shipbuilder Education: DCL (Oxford) Career: Apprenticed as a shipwright, Plymouth dockyard; invented 'Sepping's blocks' for which he was granted £1000 by the Admiralty; Master Shipwright (1804); Surveyor to the Navy (1814); resigned at settled at Taunton (1832); memorial in chancel of St Mary's, Taunton Honours: Kt 1819 Son of a cattle salesman; adopted by his mother's brother, a naval captain at Plymouth Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1818 Fellow 10/11/1814 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1840 No 45 pp 263-264 Notes: 'Saml Carlisle' is Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle 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 1767 - 25 Sep 1840 NA7101 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/54931264 802933a0-8795-4efd-a88d-fbc9358e7361