John Pettus ( c1613 - 1685 )

Birth: c 1613 Death: c July 1685 Burial: Temple Church, London, England, Europe (12 July 1685) Research field: Metallurgy Education: Fellow Commoner at Pembroke College, Cambridge (1632); Lincoln's Inn (13 May 1635) Career: Servant to Charles I (1639-?1645); Colonel of Horse in the Royalist Army (1643-1644); imprisoned in Windsor Castle by Cromwell; lost over £20,000 in the Royalist cause; Member, Society of Mineral and Battery Works (1654), Assistant (1655-1658), Deputy-Governor (1658-1661); Member, Society of Mines Royal (1661), Assistant (1663-1664, 1674-1675), Deputy-Governor (1664-1674, 1675-death); MP for Dunwich (1670); Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1670-1685); Deputy-Lieutenant of Suffolk (1671-1685); Colonel of Militia (1672); Deputy Vice-Admiral for Suffolk (1672-1674); published 'A Narrative of the Excommunication of Sir John Pettus' (1674); Commissioner for Recusants (1675); imprisoned for debt (1679) Honours: Kt (1641) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 19/08/1663 Proposer: Sir Kenelm Digby (5 June 1661).