Person Shee; Sir; Martin Archer (1769 - 1850) Shee Martin Archer Sir 1769 - 1850 British Male Dublin, Ireland 20 December 1769 Brighton, Sussex 19 August 1850 Burial: Brighton cemetery, Sussex

Portrait painter Education: Drawing academy of the Royal Dublin Society, under Robert Lucius West; Royal Academy (1790) Career: Moved to London (1788); sitters included members of the Royal Family; visited Paris (1802); wrote poetry; involved in establishing the British Institution (1807); resigned as President of the Royal Academy (1845) but yielded to requests to remain Honours: Kt 1830 Memberships: ARA (1798); RA (1800, President 1830-1850); Society of Dilettanti (1830) Younger son of Martin Shee, merchant in Dublin, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Archer of Dublin; married (19 Decembe 1796, at Paddington Church) Mary, eldest daughter of James Power of Youghal (died 1846); three sons and three daughters Fellow 21/04/1831 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 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 20 Dec 1769 - 19 Aug 1850 NA7546 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 85102af4-18c0-4819-a3b5-c844d0674832