Samuel Pepys ( 1633 - 1703 )

Birth: Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London, England, Europe (23 February 1633) Baptism: St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, England, Europe (4 March 1633) Death: Clapham, London, England, Europe (26 May 1703) Burial: St Olave's, Hart Street, London, England, Europe (4 June 1703) Occupation: Naval official; politician Education: Huntingdon Grammar School; St Paul's School, London; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (name entered 1650); Magdalene College, Cambridge (admitted 1651), BA (1654), MA (1660); tutored by Samuel Morland Career: Secretary to his cousin, Edward Montagu, afterwards Earl of Sandwich (FRS 1663) (1660); Justice of the Peace (1660); clerk in the office of Sir George Downing; clerk of the Acts of the Navy (1660-1673); clerk of the Privy Seal (1660); younger brother of Trinity House (1662); member, then treasurer, of the Tangier Commission, which administered the short lived British ruled colony in Tangier (1662-1665); later involved in the English evacuation from Tangier as the most senior colonial official (1683); became a shareholder in the Royal African Company (1663); Assistant of the Corporation of the Royal Fishing (1664); Surveyor-General of the Victualling Office (1665); travelled to France and Holland to collect information on foreign navies (1669); Secretary of the Admiralty (1673-1679, 1686-1689); MP for Castle Rising, Norfolk (1673-1679), for Harwich, Essex (1679, 1685-1687); imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of involvement in the Popish Plot (1679-1680); sailed with George Legge, 1st Lord Dartmouth, to demolish the works at Tangier and bring home the garrison (1683); one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports (1685); Master of the Trinity House (1685); Governor of Christ's Hospital; retired to his house at Clapham (1689); renowned diarist, his Diary (1660-1669) and library are at Magdalene College and other manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Membership: Fellow Election Date: 15/02/1665 Proposers: Thomas Povey Council: PRS 1684-1686; VP 1686- , 1695-; Council 1672, 1674, 1676, 1681-1682, 1684-1689, 1691, 1693, 1695-1696, 1699 Other RSActivity: Asked to contribute to the building of a Society college (1668).