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Samuel POTTS

approx. 1735 - Oct 181522,23,24

Life History

approx. 1735

Born

Date calculated from age at death

9th Jul 1735

Baptised in St Clement Danes.1,2

From the Parish Record :-
"Samuel Potts of Samuel & Elizabeth"

27th Jul 1747

Appointed in General Post Office.3

"That Mr. Samuel Potts Junr. be  appointed a Supernummery sorter to be paid by Mr. John Jackson in the room of Mr. George Blanchard who succeeds Humphrey Francis discharged as above"

1754

Appointed in General Post Office.4

""Potts Samuel, Compt. Inland Office, 135"

15th Nov 1754

Appointed in General Post Office.5

"That Mr. Samuel Potts, Senior Supernummery be advanced to sorter of GBP 40 per annum"

30th Apr 1759

Appointed in General Post Office.6

"Ordered that Mr. Richard Cuthbert be appointed the Senior Supernummery Sorter in the Inland Office upon the vacancy made by Mr Samuel Potts's transfer(?) to the Deputy Comptrollership in the said office"

19th Mar 1760

Appointed in General Post Office.7,8,9,10,11

From the GPO Appointment Books :-
"Ordered that Samuel Potts Esq. be appointed Comptroller of the Inland Office in the stead of Mr. Henry Potts Esq. preferred as before mentioned; and that Mr. John Marr be appointed Deputy Comptroller of the Inland Office, and that all these appointments do commence from 5th April 1760"

From the London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer :-
"Samuel Potts, Esq; was appointed comptroller, and Henry Potts, Esq; secretary to the general post-office, in the room of Mr. Sheldocke, deceased"

From the London Chronicle :-
"Samuel Pots, Esq; is appointed Comptroller of the General Post Office, in the room of his uncle, promoted to the place of Secretary"

From the Whitehall Evening Post  or London Intelligencer :-
"Samuel Potts, Esq; is appointed Comptroller of the General Post-Office, in the room of his Uncle Henry Potts, Esq; promoted to Secretary in the room of George Sheldocke, Esq; deceased."

From the London Evening Post :-
"On the Promotion of Mr. Potts to be Secretary to the Post-Office, his Nephew succeeds him as Comptroller; and Mr. Watts is appointed Deputy Comptroller."

Nov 1762

Appointed in General Post Office.12

From the Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle :-
"Robert Charles, Esq; succeeds Samuel Potts, Esq; as Comptroller of the Inland Office."

19th Jul 1765

Appointed in General Post Office.13,14,15,16

"Ordered that at the same time that Henry Potts Esq be appointed Secretary to the Post Master General and Samuel Potts Esq Comptroller of the Inland Office"

From .-
The London Chronicle :-
St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post :-
"And they have appointed Henry Potts, Esq; Secretary, and Samuel Potts, Esq;  Comptroller of the Post-Office."

From Lloyd's Evening Post :-
The Earl of Besborough is appointed one of the Post-Masters ; and, it is said, Henry Potts, Esq; will be reinstated Secretary, & Samuel Potts, Esq; Comptroller of the Post Office."

19th Dec 1766

Letter in General Post Office.17

To Benjamin Franklin, Craven Street, Strand
"Genl. Post Office 19 Decr 1766
Mr. Potts presents his Compliments to Mr. Franklin and Desires the favour of his Company to Dine on a Doe of the Postmaster Generals at the Kings Arm Tavern in Cornhill on Monday next at 3 OClock in Afternoon."

Research notes :-
1) According to the American Philosophical Society and Yale University this letter was been attributed to Samuel Potts comptroller general of the General Post Office rather than his uncle Henry Potts secretary to the General Post Office on the basis of handwriting analysis and comparison.
2) Benjamin Franklin was joint Deputy Postmaster General for the British North American colonies from 1753-1774.

3rd Aug 1767

Letter in General Post Office.18

To Benjamin Franklin
"Genl. Post Office Augt.3: 1767
Mr. Potts presents his Compliments to Mr. Franklin and desires the favour of his Company to dine on a Buck of the Postmaster Generals at the Kings Arms in Cornhill on Wednesday next at 3 in the Afternoon."

Research note :-
According to the American Philosophical Society and Yale University this letter was been attributed to Samuel Potts comptroller of the Post Office's Inland Office, 1765-1787 rather than his uncle Henry Potts at this time secretary of the Post Office on the basis of handwriting analysis and comparison.

At this time the Postmasters General were William Hill and Sir Francis Dashwood.

8th Apr 1774

Witness at wedding in St Marylebone.19

of Robert Day and Mary Pott

14th Jun 1776

Married Elizabeth POTT in St Marylebone.30,31,32,33,34

Groom - Samuel Potts Esq of the this Parish, Bachelor
Bride - Elizabeth Pott, of the parish of St Giles in the Fields, spinster
By Licence
Witnesses :-
Percivall Pott
Henry Potts

From the Gentleman's and London Magazine :-
"Samuel Potts, Esq; of Berner's-street, to Miss Pott"

From Lloyd's Evening Post
"14. Samuel Potts, Esq; of Berners-street, to Miss Pott, of Lincoln's-inn-fields"

From General Evening Post .-
"This morning, Samuel Potts, Esq; of Berners-street, to Miss Potts of Lincolns-in-fields"

From the Morning Post and Daily Advertiser :-
"Friday morning was married Samuel Potts, Esq; of Berners-street, to Miss Potts, of Lincoln's-inn-field."

14th Mar 1777

Birth of daughter Elizabeth Frederica POTTS in St Marylebone.27

16th Jan 1779

Birth of daughter Frances POTTS in St Marylebone.28

23rd Mar 1780

Birth of son William Percivall POTTS in St Marylebone.29

13th Jun 1782

Witness at wedding in St George Hanover Square.20

of James Earle and Mary Pott

1st Sep 1798

Research Note.21

Excerpt from the Obituary of Edward Holden Pott in the Gentleman's Magazine :-
"... ... and three sisters all married : the eldest to Samuel Potts, esq. late of the General Post office;"

Oct 1815

Died in France, Paris.22,23,24

From :-
The Gentleman's Magazine :-
The Hampshire Chronicle :-
"At Paris, Samuel Potts, Esq., formerly one of the Comptrollers of the General Post Office"

From the Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal :-
"Lately at Paris, Samuel Potts. formerly one of the Comptrollers of the General Post-Office."

16th Oct 1815

Buried in France, Paris.25

Abode - Rue St Craix Paris
Age - 80
Vicar - E Forster

30th Jun 1828

Diary entry in London.26

From the diaries of Mr Justice Robert Day of Kerry :-
"Mrs Day and I devote the forenoon to visiting Archdeacon Pott at Kensington, the Pattersons and poor Maria Gribble who I fear is in a very critical health; & the Evening to a very agreeable dinner party at Henry Grattons, 22 Bentinck St.- The Pott family are  gone to Exeter, of which Diocese he is Chancellor, and I learn at the house that Mr. Salmon, married to the Archdeacon's and my niece (Sam Pott's daughter) and who returned last winter with a shattered constitution from India, has just died"

Research Note :-
1. "Archdeacon Pott" was Joseph Holden Pott, 1759-1847, the son of Percivall Pott the surgeon, and he was appointed Canon and Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter in 1826. He never married.
2. Any niece of the Archdeacon would have to be the daughter of one of his siblings.
3. "Sam Pott" was in fact Samuel Potts who married Elizabeth Pott. She was the daughter of Percivall Pott, the surgeon, and the sister of Joseph Holden Pott. Therefore Samuel Potts was the brother-in-law of the Archdeacon, Joseph Holden Pott.
4. Any daughter of Samuel Potts would be the niece of Joseph Holden Pott.
5. Therefore, as the first Mrs Day, Mary Day née Potts, was not the daughter of the surgeon or the sister of the Archdeacon, and as Robert Day states that the daughter of Samuel Potts was his niece as well, this diary entry implies that his wife Mrs Day née Potts was the sister of Samuel Potts.

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