Person Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) Mortimer Cromwell c 1699 - 1752 British Male Essex, England c 1699 The family estate of Toppingo Hall, Hatfield Peverel, Essex 07 January 1752

Hanover Square, Westminster; Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex (1729); Dartmouth Street, Westminster (1744)

Education: Leyden: MD (1724). Cambridge: MD (Com Reg 1728) Career: Practised in London; Assistant to Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685) (1729-1740) Memberships: FRCP (1729); FSA (1734); Spalding Society (1737); Academie Royale des Sciences Son of John Mortimer (FRS 1705) and his third wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Sanders of Derbyshire; ?cousin of Samuel Sanders (FRS 1720) Royal Society roles: Sec 1730-1752 ; Editor Phil. Trans.: 1729-1752 Fellow 27/06/1728 Francis Clifton Claude Amyand Sir Hans Sloane Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Innes Smith References: A D C Simpson, 'Newton's Telescope and the Cataloguing of the Royal Society's Repository' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 187-214 J A Chaldecott, 'Cromwell Mortimer, FRS (c. 1698-1752) and the Invention of the Metalline Thermometer for Measuring High Temperatures' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 113-135 H G Lyons, 'Two Hundred Years Ago: 1739' in NR 1939 vol 2 pp 34-42 P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1752), p44; obituary, London Magazine (1752), p44 W Ramsey, P Daniels, E G Ramsey, 'The Limehouse Porcelain Factory - its output, antecedents, and the influence of the Royal Society of London on the evolution of English porcelain based on composition and technology. ' Published Inverscafgill, New Zealand, January 2013 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 c 1699 - 7 Jan 1752 NA8055 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\AnneM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/32901076 5f50b01b-8765-4cfa-bfbd-e1c611bff51b