Life History
14th Feb 1747/8 |
Baptised in St Botolph Aldersgate.1,2 From the Parish Register :- |
9th Mar 1753 |
Mentioned in Will.3 of John Ray |
19th Jun 1788 |
Mentioned in Will.5 of Jeremiah Bentham |
5th Apr 1792 |
Executor.6 of the will of Jeremiah Bentham |
30th May 1832 |
Wrote will.7 "I Jeremy Bentham revoke all former wills ... ..." |
6th Jun 1832 |
Died in Westminster (Queen Square Place).1,4,10,11 From the Yorkshire Gazette :- |
21st Jun 1832 |
Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.7 |
Other facts
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Oxford University Alumni.4 "BENTHAM, Jeremy, s. Jeremy of Crutched Friars, London, arm. Queen's Coll., matric. 26 June 1760, aged 13; B.A. 1764, M.A. 1767, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 6 Nov. 1769, bencher 1817, a celebrated writer on jurisprudence, died 6 June 1832, aged 84, by his will his body was dissected, and his skeleton deposited in University College." |
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Portrait in National Portrait Gallery.8 "Sitter in 9 portraits |
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Research Note.9 For more information about Jeremy Bentham see :- |
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ODNB.1 For more information see his entry in the online edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography :- |
Sources
- 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - BENTHAM - Jeremy Bentham
- 2. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - BENTHAM - Jeremy Bentham - bap.1747
- 3. Will of John Ray, Gentleman, Lieutenant of Infantry in the Service of the Honourable East India Company of London
- TNA - PROB 11/833/110
- 4. Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 - BENTHAM - Jeremy Bentham - entered 1760
- 5. Will of Jeremiah Bentham of Saint Margaret City of Westminster, Middlesex
- TNA PROB 11/1217/47
- 6. Will of Jeremiah Bentham, Gentleman of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, City of London
- TNA - PROB 11/713/515
- 7. Will of Jeremy Bentham of Westminster Middlesex
- TNA PROB 11/1801/468
- 8. National Portrait Gallery Website - Jeremy Bentham
- 9. Bentham Project Website - Jeremy Bentham
- https://www.ucl.org/bentham-project
- 10. Yorkshire Gazette - Deaths - Jeremy Bentham - 1832
- Yorkshire Gazette (York, England), Saturday, June 09, 1832; pg. 3; Issue 687
- 11. Caledonian Mercury - Deaths - Jeremy Bentham - 1832
- Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Monday, June 11, 1832; Issue 17298