Henry POTTS
30th Jan 17421 - Jun 17874,5,6,7
Life History
30th Jan 1742 |
Born in Westminster.1 Date is old style - whereby January 1742, February 1742 and March 1742 is followed by April 1743.
From the Parish Register :- "February 1742" "Henry Potts of Samuel and Elizabeth / 30" |
13th Feb 1742 |
Baptised in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.1 Date is old style - 1742/3 |
6th Jun 1757 |
Appointed in General Post Office.2 From the GPO Appointment Books .- "Ordered that Mr. Potts Junr. be appointed a ?? of Letters in the Inland Office ..." |
Dec 1774 |
Appointed in General Post Office.3 From the GPO Appointment Books .- "Ordered at the same time that Mr. Henry Potts be appointed Clerk of the Bye Nights and Mornings" |
Jun 1787 |
Died.4,5,6,7 From :- The London Chronicle :- Bath Chronicle :- "Saturday died Henry Potts, Esq; late Clerk of the Chester road at the General Post Office, who some time ago was thrown from his horse, owing to a post-chaise running against him, by which he was violently bruised."
From the World and Fashionable Advertiser .- "Saturday morning, Henry Potts, Esq; late Clerk of the Chester-road, at the General Post-Office."
From the St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post :- "Saturday, Henry Potts, Esq; late Clerk of the Chester Road at the General Post-Office." |
10th Jun 1787 |
Buried in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.8,9 From the Parish Register :- "Henry Potts Esq."
From the Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle :- ""Henry Potts, esq; late clerk of the Chester road at the General Post Office. He was some time ago thrown from his horse by a post-chaise running against him, and was so badly bruised as to occasion his death" |
Notes
- PORTRAIT
Painter - Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Subject - Henry Potts Dep Comptroller of the General Post Office London
Date - C.18th
Description - Pastel heightened with white on board. Framed.
Held at - The British Postal Museum & Archive, Calthorpe House, London
Size - height 225 mm : width 185 mm.
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Sources
- 1. Westminster Baptisms Transcription - Henry Potts - 1742/3
- 2. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Henry Potts Jnr - 1757
- 3. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Henry Potts - 1771
- 4. London Chronicle - Deaths - Henry Potts - 1787
- London Chronicle (London, England), June 2, 1787 - June 5, 1787; Issue 4764
- 5. World and Fashionable Advertiser - Deaths - Henry Potts - 1787
- World and Fashionable Advertiser (London, England), Tuesday, June 1787; Issue 134
- 6. St James's Chronicle or the British Evening post - Deaths - Henry Potts - 1787
- St James's Chronicle or the British Evening post (London, England), June 2, 1787 - June 5, 1787; Issue 4098
- 7. Bath Chronicle - Deaths - Henry Potts - 1787
- Bath Chronicle (Bath, England), Thursday, June 7, 1787; Issue 1385
- 8. Westminster Burials Transcription - Henry Potts - 1787
- 9. Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle - Deaths - Henry Potts
- The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, 1787 , Vo. 57, Part 1
- 10. British Postal Museum & Archive Website - Henry Potts
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