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| Miller [post Riggs-Miller] John. Adm. Fell.-Com. at TRINITY HALL, Mar. 20, 1761. [2nd s. of John, of Drumline, Co. Clare (and Anne, dau. of Thomas Browne, of New Grove, Co. Clare). Schools, Dalston near London, and Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1761. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Aug. 1, 1757. Cornet, Light Dragoons, 1760; in Germany, 1760; Capt., 113th Foot, 1761; at the siege of Belle Isle. Created a Baronet, 1778. M.P. for Newport, Cornwall, 1784-90. Married (1) Anne, dau. of Edward Riggs; (2) Jane, dau. of John Seel, and widow of Sir Thomas Davenport, M.P., who was a writer of poetry and of travels. 'His wife brought him a large fortune, and he' (according to Walpole) 'full of good-natured officiousness, adopted her maiden name before his own. At extravagant cost he built a house at Batheaston, near Bath, afterwards noted for the "literary salon" there established by Lady Miller, which "bore some resemblance to the later follies of the Della Cruscana which Gifford satirised in the Baviad." Endeavoured to establish a fixed standard of weights and measures. Of Ballycasey, Co. Clare; afterwards of Batheaston villa, Bath. Died May 28, 1798; buried in Bath Abbey. (W. R. Williams, MSS.; Eton Coll. Reg.; G.E.C.; G. Mag., 1798, II. 626; Madame D'Arblay's Diary, 1780.) | John MILLER post John RIGGS-MILLER Approx. lifespan: 1743–1798 Fell.-Com. Trinity Hall adm1761:03:20 2nd s. of Anne, John Miller (post Riggs-Miller) of Drumline, Co. Clare , (and) dau. of Thomas BROWNE, of New Grove, Co. Clare , ) Schools Sch: Dalston near London , , and Eton, [Buckinghamshire], Matric 1761:10MT: Adm. at: Middle Temple 1757:08:01 Cornet, Light Dragoons 1760 ;in Germany , 1760 Captain: 113th Foot 1761 ;at the siege of Belle Isle, Canada ???, Created a Baronet 1778 M.P. for: : Newport, Cornwall , 1784-90 m. (1) Anne dau. of Edward RIGGS m. (2) Jane dau. of John SEEL, and widow of Sir Thomas Davenport, M.P.: who was a writer of poetry and of travels. "His wife brought him a large fortune, and he" (according to Walpole) "full of good-natured officiousness, adopted her maiden name before his own. At extravagant cost he built a house Batheaston, near Bath, [Somerset], , afterwards noted for the "literary salon" there established by Lady Miller, which "bore some resemblance to the later follies of the Della Cruscana which Gifford satirised in the Baviad ." Endeavoured to establish a fixed standard of weights and measures. Of Ballycasey, Co. Clare , ; afterwards of Batheaston villa, Bath, [Somerset], d. 1798:05:28 buried in Bath Abbey, Bath, [Somerset], (W. R. Williams, MSS.; Eton College Reg.; G.E.C.; G. Mag. 1798, II. 626; Madame D'Arblay's Diary 1780) |