Joseph Mawbey, born at Ravenstone, from the age of ten was raised by an uncle in Surrey. He became a partner in his uncle's brewery, and from him inherited a large property. He was Sheriff in Surrey (1757) and represented Southwark in Parliament, and then Surrey (1768-90); he was created baronet in 1765. Mawbey contributed essays and poems to the Gentleman's Magazine.
TEXT RECORDS:
1787Ode, written at Tunbridge Wells, July 24, 1787.
PUBLICATIONS:
PROFILE AND
ASSOCIATES:
English
Anglican
privately educated
Member of Parliament
poet
Gentleman's Magazine
London Magazine
Universal Magazine
REFERENCE:
DNB; not NCBEL
"An Account of Sir Joseph Mawbey" European Magazine 11 (March 1787) 139-40 [portrait]; "Memoirs of Sir Joseph Mawbey" New London Magazine 3 (Supplement, 1787) 688-90; obituary in Gentleman's Magazine 68 (June-July 1798) 543, 622; "Life of Sir Joseph Mawbey" Walker's Hibernian Magazine (November 1798) 764-68.
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BIOGRAPHY RECORDS
for Sir Joseph Mawbey:
1. | 1787 Anonymous, "An Account of Sir Joseph Mawbey" European Magazine 11 (March 1787) 139-40. |
2. | 1798 Anonymous, Obituary in Gentleman's Magazine 68 (June 1798) 543. |
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