John Walsh (scientist)
John Walsh (1 July 1726 – 9 March 1795) was a British scientist and Secretary to the Governor of Bengal.[1]
John was son of Joseph Walsh, Secretary to the Governor of Fort St. George and cousin to Nevil Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal, and his sister Margaret, the wife of Lord Clive.
Life
He entered the
Warfield Park, near Bracknell in Berkshire and spent the next two years doing it up.[3] He was MP for Worcester from 1761 to 1780.[4]
He continued to serve Robert Clive, or 'Clive of India' as he became known, and attempted to form a parliamentary interest in his favour.
Electrical properties of torpedo fish
In later life, John Walsh's interests were scientific, with a particular interest in
Death
Upon his death in 1795, Sir John Walsh, as he was then known, left his fortune to his niece,
Benares, his brother-in-law Francis Fowke in the 1770s, John Benn-Walsh had become a very wealthy man and went on to inherit extensive estates in Warfield, Buckinghamshire, in Radnorshire, and in Ormathwaite, Cumberland and be created Baron Ormathwaite.[9]
References
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Warfield Park Case Study: Imagining Home". East India Company at Home, 1757-1857. University College London.
- ^ "Warfield Park Case Study: A Country House of One's Own". East India Company at Home, 1757-1857. University College London.
- ^ Drummond, Mary M. (1964). "Walsh, John (1726–1795)". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754-1790. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ^ Wade, Nicholas; Piccolino, Marco; Simmons, Adrian. "John Walsh 1726–1795". Portraits of European Neuroscientists.
- S2CID 7426379. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Copley Medal". The Royal Society.
- S2CID 186213996.
- ^ a b "Warfield Park Case Study: Rebuilding Warfield". East India Company at Home, 1757-1857. University College London.
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