| Authorised form of name | Fuller; John (1706 - 1755); ironmaster and gun-founder |
| Other forms of name | John Junior |
| Jacky |
| Dates | 1706 - 1755 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 08 February 1706 |
| Place of death | Rosehill, Brightling, Sussex, England |
| Date of death | 05 February 1755 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Brightling, Sussex, England (08 February 1706)
Burial:
Waldron, Sussex, England (12 February 1755) |
| Occupation | Landowner; industrialist; politician; plantation and slave owner |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (matriculated 1723); Middle Temple (admitted 1724)
Career:
Managed the family estates and Heathfiled ironworks, which produced iron-pigs and ordnance (1745-1755); Justice of the Peace (1746); MP for Boroughbridge (1754-1755); family owned profitable sugar plantations in Jamaica which exploited enslaved people for labour
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/03/1727 |
| Relationships | Son of John Fuller of Brightling, Sussex (FRS 1704) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Fulke Rose of Jamaica and step-daughter of Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685); brother of Rose Fuller (FRS 1732); married (1746) Elizabeth Dayrell; no children |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn; MT; Namier; UCL LBS
References:
Crossley, Richard and Saville, David (1991), 'The Fuller Letters, 1728-1755: Guns, Slaves and Finance', Sussex Record Society (Lewes)
'Rose Fuller', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649557 [accessed 3rd July 2020]
AssocMaterial:
Family's estate furnace account books and correspondence at East Sussex Record Office
Notes:
Proposed by William Sloane; Martin Folkes |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/58262964 |
| Code | NA6487 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/1/212 | Letter, 'Of a hen bringing up puppies' from John Fuller to Hans Sloane | 5 May 1743 |
| LBO/20/70 | Copy letter from John Fuller Junior to Hans Sloane | 28 May 1733 |
| LBO/24/119 | Copy letter from John Fuller Junior to the President [Sir Hans Sloane] | 23 May 1738 |
| CMO/2/331 | Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society | 2 March 1727 |
| EL/F2/34 | Letter, from John Fuller to Hans Sloane | 23 May 1738 |