Author talk:Joseph Williamson

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• Williamson, (Sir) Joseph. Queen's Coll., matric. 18 Nov., 1650 (as "ser."), B.A. 2 Feb., 1653-4, M.A. by diploma 11 Nov., 1657 (then in France, and studied 18 months in Salmuria); incorporated at Cambridge 1659; created D.C.L. 27 June, 1674; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1664 (as 2nd son of Joseph, vicar of Bridekirk, Cumberland, 1626-34), and of Lincoln's Inn 1672, clerk of the council and knighted 24 Jan., 1671-2, secretary of state 1674-9, M.P. Thetford in 5 parliaments (Oct.) 1669-87, 1689 (on petition) till void 21 May, Rochester in 4 parliaments 1690-1701, M.P. in the Irish parliament for co. Clare 1692-5, and for Limerick and Portarlington 1695, president royal society, resigned 9 Feb., 1678-9; died 3 Oct., 1701, buried 14th in Westminster abbey; a benefactor to Queen's college. See Ath. i. p. liii; Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary and Judges and Barristers; Fasti, ii. 198; Rawl. iii. 36; & Chester's Westminster Abbey Reg. 249. —Al. Oxon.

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