Robert MYLNE (The man who buried Nelson)
Life History
4th Jan 1733 |
Father - Thomas Mylne, died 1763, master mason of Edinburgh was a descendant of the distinguished family of masons to the Scottish crown. |
between 1760 and 1769 |
Career.1 Surveyor to oversee construction of Blackfriars Bridge |
1760 |
Career.1 Won the competition to design Blackfriars Bridge |
between 1767 and 1771 |
Career in New River Company.1 Assistant Surveyor |
25th Oct 1768 |
Freedom of the City of London in City of London.4 Freedom by Redemption |
13th Sep 1770 |
Letter.5 From Robert Mylne to his mother, Elizabeth Mylne, née Duncan |
10th Sep 1770 |
Married Maria HOME in St Martin's in the Fields.1,20,5 From the Scots Magazine :- |
6th Oct 1770 |
Letter.5 From Anne Mylne, the sister of Robert Mylne, to a friend :- |
between 1771 and 1810 |
Career in New River Company.1 Surveyor |
23rd Feb 1772 |
Birth of daughter Maria MYLNE.5 |
25th Apr 1773 |
Birth of daughter Emilia MYLNE.5,14 |
1774 |
Birth of daughter Harriet MYLNE.5 |
28th Oct 1775 |
Birth of daughter Caroline MYLNE.5,15 |
19th Dec 1779 |
Birth of son Robert MYLNE.5 |
Apr 1781 |
Birth of son William Chadwell MYLNE in London.2 |
1782 |
Birth of son Thomas MYLNE.5 |
1782 |
Death of son Thomas MYLNE.5 |
22nd Jan 1785 |
Birth of daughter Charlotte Katherine MYLNE.5,16 |
13th Jan 1788 |
Birth of daughter Leonora MYLNE.5,17 |
20th Sep 1794 |
Death of daughter Maria MYLNE in Southampton.12 |
26th Jun 1797 |
Witness at wedding in Clerkenwell, St James.6 of Caroline Mylne and William Duncan |
13th Jul 1797 |
Death of Maria HOME in Amwell.1,2,5,18,19 |
24th Feb 1798 |
Death of daughter Emilia MYLNE.5,13 |
8th Dec 1798 |
Death of son Robert MYLNE in At Sea |
29th Aug 1803 |
Wrote will.7 1) "In contemplation of the |
after May 1811 |
Memorial or Grave Stone in Great Amwell, St John the Baptist, Mylne Family Vault.11 "Sacred to the memory of Robert Mylne, Architect and Engineer, F.R.S. a native of Edinburgh, (and lineal descendant, by birth and profession, of John Mylne, Master Mason to King James the Third of Scotland.) Born Jan. 4, 1733. Died May 5, 1811. He designed and constructed the magnificent bridge at Blackfriars, London. From the year 1762 he was Engineer to the New River Aquaduct, and from the same period had the superintendance of the Cathedral Church of S Paul's, as Architect and Paymaster of the Works ; and dying in London, his remains were interred, near to those of Sir Christopher Wren, in the vaults of the Cathedral." |
6th May 1811 |
From :- |
21st May 1811 |
Signature on Will attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.7 by William Chadwell Mylne |
13th May 1811 |
Buried in St Paul's Cathedral, The Crypt.1,10,7 From the Parish Register :- |
1st Jun 1811 |
Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury Executors :- |
Notes
- For further reading :-
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Roger Woodley
"Mylne, Robert (1733-1811)",
Oxford Dictionary of National biography
Oxford University Press, 2004
Online edn, Oct 2007
(http://ww.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19701, accessed 26/July 201
Robert Ward
"The man who buried Nelson, the surprising life of Robert Mylne"
Tempus, 20071,5
Sources
- 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Robert Mylne
- 2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Chadwell Mylne
- 3. Will of Robert Home, Surgeon to the Savoy of Gresse Street Rathbone Place London
- TNA - PROB 11/1137
- 4. City of London, Freedom Admission Papers - 1768 - Robert Mylne
- COL/CHD/FR/02
- 5. WARD, Robert, (2007), "The man who buried Nelson, the surprising life of Robert Mylne"
- Tempus
- 6. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 - Caroline Mylne & William Duncan - 1797
- 7. Will of Robert Mylne, Architect and Engineer of Saint James Clerkenwell, Middlesex
- TNA - PROB 11/1523
- 8. Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Deaths - Robert Mylne - 1811
- Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Thursday, 25 July 1811
- 9. Hampshire Telegraph - Deaths - Robert Mylne - 1811
- Hampshire Telegraph, Monday, 29 July 1811
- 10. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - Robert Mylne
- 11. Find A Grave Website - MYLNE - Mylne family - Great Amwell
- 12. Scots Magazine - Deaths - Miss Mylne - 1794
- Scots Magazine, Wednesday, 01 October, 1794
- 13. Aberdeen Journal - Deaths - Emilia Mylne - 1798
- Aberdeen Journal, Tuesday, 03 April 1798
- 14. Westminster Baptisms Transcription - Emilia Mylne - 1773
- 15. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - Caroline Mylne - b.1775
- 16. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - Charlotte Katherine Mylne - bap.1785
- 17. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - Leonora Mylne - bap.1788
- 18. Gentleman's Magazine - Deaths - Mary Mylne - 1797
- Gentleman's Magazine. Vol 82
- 19. London Evening Post - Deaths - Mary Mylne, was Home - 1797
- London Evening Post (London, England), July 18, 1797 - July 20, 1797; Issue 11 548
- 20. Scots Magazine - Marriages - Robert Mylne & Maria Home
- The Scots Magazine, Saturday, 01 September 1770