| Authorised form of name | Basset; Francis (1757 - 1835); Baron de Dunstanville of Tehidy and Baron Basset of Stratton |
| Dates | 1757 - 1835 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Walcot, Oxfordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 09 August 1757 |
| Place of death | Stratheden House, Knightsbridge, London |
| Date of death | 05 February 1835 |
| Activity | Education:
Harrow, later at Eton, and King's College Cambridge (MA 1786)
Career:
Freemason, 12 April 1779 at Somerset House Lodge No 2
Honours:
Bt 1779; Baron de Dunstanville 1796; Baron Basset 1797
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/04/1829 |
| Relationships | Married (1) 16 August 1780 Frances Susanna Cox, daughter of John Hippisley Coze, of Stoneaston Somerset; (2) 13 July 1824 Harriet lemon 4th daughter of Sir William Lemon, and sister of 2nd Bart, Sir Charles Lemon FRS |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Masons' Library and Museum of Freemasonr, 2010 page 7-8
Notes:
On reverse of certificate: 'Mr Hennell to be admitted'; 'Captain Hutchinson, [...] elected at the late' |
| Code | NA3533 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1829/19 | Basset, Francis, Baron de Dunstanville of Tehidy and Baron Basset of Stratton: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/710/16 | Letter from Francis Basset, Tehidy, to Robert Were Fox, Raskrow, Penryn | 12 September 1809 |
| MM/2/14 | Letter from Francis Basset, Lord de Dunstanville, Upper Grosvenor Street, to Sir Joseph Banks | 2 April 1802 |