Edward Southwell ( 1671 - 1730 )

Birth: In the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England (04 September 1671) Death: King's Weston, Gloucestershire (04 December 1730) Profession: Civil servant Education: Educated at home under the supervision of his father, advised by Sir William Petty (FRS 1660); Merton College, Oxford; Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1681) Career: Chief Prothonotary of the common Pleas, Ireland (1692); MP (Ireland) for Kinsale (1692, 1695, 1713-1730); MP for Dublin University (1703); Clerk of the Council Extraordinary (1693); travelled to Holland (1696); Joint Commissioner of the Privy Seal (1701); Vice-Admiral of Munster (1701); Principal Secretary of State for Ireland (1702); Clerk to the Privy Council of Great Britain (1708); MP for Rye (1702-1708); MP for Tregony (1710-1713); MP for Preston (1713-1715) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1692 Council: 1693-1695, 1697-1698.