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| − | Born near [[location::Kinsale, co. Cork]], son of [[family::Robert Southwell]], landowner and [[occupation::collector of the customs]] in [[location::Kinsale]]. BA [[education::Queen's College Oxford]] 1655. Entered at [[ | + | Born near [[location::Kinsale, co. Cork]], son of [[family::Robert Southwell]], landowner and [[occupation::collector of the customs]] in [[location::Kinsale]]. BA [[education::Queen's College Oxford]] 1655. Entered at [[organisations::Lincoln's Inn]] 1654. In the late 1650s and early 1660s he travelled extensively in [[location::Europe]], including [[location::France]], [[location::Italy]] and [[location::the Netherlands]]. [[occupation::Clerk to the Privy Council]] 1664, [[occupation::English emissary to Portugal]] 1665, when he was knighted. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Penryn, Cornwall]] 1672-79, for [[location::Lostwithiel]] 1685. [[occupation::Commissioner for the excise]] 1671, [[occupation::secretary to the commission of prizes]] 1672., around which time he purchased a country estate at [[location::King's Weston]] near [[location::Bristol]] as well as a town house in [[location::Westminster]]. His fortunes suffered a few reversals during the 1680s but was appointed [[occupation::principal secretary for Ireland]] by [[associates::William III]] in 1689, and then [[occupation::commissioner]] for managing the English customs. Elected [[occupation::Fellow]] of [[organisations::the Royal Society]] in 1662, he was [[occupation::President]] of [[organisations::the Royal Society]] 1690-95, and took an active interest in its affairs and in the intellectual life of its members. |
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Revision as of 12:25, 27 February 2020
Sir Robert SOUTHWELL 1635-1702
Biographical Note
Born near Kinsale, co. Cork, son of Robert Southwell, landowner and collector of the customs in Kinsale. BA Queen's College Oxford 1655. Entered at Lincoln's Inn 1654. In the late 1650s and early 1660s he travelled extensively in Europe, including France, Italy and the Netherlands. Clerk to the Privy Council 1664, English emissary to Portugal 1665, when he was knighted. MP for Penryn, Cornwall 1672-79, for Lostwithiel 1685. Commissioner for the excise 1671, secretary to the commission of prizes 1672., around which time he purchased a country estate at King's Weston near Bristol as well as a town house in Westminster. His fortunes suffered a few reversals during the 1680s but was appointed principal secretary for Ireland by William III in 1689, and then commissioner for managing the English customs. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1662, he was President of the Royal Society 1690-95, and took an active interest in its affairs and in the intellectual life of its members.
Books
Southwell's lengthy will has no mention of books, and is principally concerned with disposing of his various estates and properties between his son and other family members. He was an early English user of a bookplate, which was engraved ca.1680, but the size of his library is not known.
Characteristic Markings
None of Southwell's books have been identified.
Sources
- History of Parliament.
- Barnard, Toby. "Southwell, Sir Robert (1635–1702), diplomat and government official." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Lee, B. N. British bookplates, 1979, no.18.