Godfrey Copley ( ? 1653 - 1709 )

Birth: ? 1653 Death: His house in Red Lion Square, Westminster (09 April 1709) Burial: Sprotborough, Yorkshire Education: Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1674) Career: Sheriff of Yorkshire (1676-1677, 1677-1678); MP for Aldborough (1679-1681); MP for Thirsk (1695-death); Commissioner of Public Accounts; Controller of Army Accounts (1691); close friend of Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685); died of a quinsy; left money to the Royal Society which was used to found the Copley Medal (first awarded 1736) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1691 Council: 1692-1693, 1695-1699, 170-1708.