John Hoskyns ( 1634 - 1705 )

Birth: Herefordshire, England, Europe (23 July 1634) Death: 12 September 1705 Burial: Harewood, Herefordshire, England, Europe Research field: horticulture Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1650); Middle Temple (admitted 1647) Career: Called to the Bar (1653); Commissioner for Assessment for Herefordshire (1665-1680, 1689-1690); Master in Chancery (1671-1703); Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire (1683-1689, 1691-death); MP for Herefordshire (1685-1687) Honours: Kt 1676 Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposers: William Ball (13 November 1661) Council: PRS 1682-1683; Secretary 1685-1687; VP 1681-1682, 1686- , 1690- , 1695- Committee appointments include: Committee for Correspondence (1664) Committee for Reviewing the Laws (1663) Committee for Agriculture (1664) Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) Committee regarding the tenancy in Chelsea College (1681) Other RSActivity: Involvement in adjusting and re-establishing the Society's statutes relating to printers in 1681.