Biography of John Warburton 1682-1759
In 1682 John Warburton was born.
In Mar 1719 John Warburton (age 37) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 18 Jun 1720 John Warburton (age 38) was appointed Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1749 John Warburton (age 67) published a Map of Middlesex with a border of five hundred engraved arms. The Earl Marshal, supposing many of them to be fictitious, ordered that no copies should be sold until the right to wear them had been proved. Warburton endeavoured to vindicate himself in London and Middlesex illustrated by Names, Residence, Genealogy, and Coat-armour of the Nobility, Merchants, &c.
In 1750 [his son-in-law] John Elphinstone (age 28) and [his daughter] Amelia Warburton were married. They had seven sons and four daughters.
In 1753 John Warburton (age 71) published Vallum Romanum, or the History and Antiquities of the Roman Wall in Cumberland and Northumberland based on a survey and plan he had completed in 1715.
On 09 Jun 1757 John Warburton (age 75) was ejected from the Royal Society for nonpayment of his subscription.
On 11 May 1759 John Warburton (age 77) died. He was buried at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map] in the South Aisle.
[his daughter] Amelia Warburton was born to John Warburton.