Philip Packer
Philip Packer FRS (24 June 1618 Groombridge, Kent – 24 December 1686) was an English barrister and architect. He was a courtier to Charles II, and friend to Christopher Wren.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was educated at University College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1635. He then took up law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar as a barrister in 1647.[1]
He rebuilt Groombridge Place with Wren's help in 1662.[2][3] On 21 May 1669, he met with Samuel Pepys.[4] He was an Original Fellow of the Royal Society.
Family
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His parents were John Packer, Clerk of the Privy Seal (12 Nov 1572 – 15 Feb 1649), and Philippa Mills.
He married Isabella Berkeley in 1653 in Groombridge, Kent; they had seven children:
- Robert Packer (died aged 16)[5]
- John Philip Packer Esq. of Groombridge (1655 Groombridge – 16 December 1697)
- Katherine Packer (1661 Groombridge, Kent, England – 30 Nov 1722 Finedon, Northampton, England)
- Isabella Packer
- Elizabeth Packer
- Temperance Packer (1663)
He married Sarah Isgar on 20 December 1666. Prior to their marriage, Philip and Sarah had three children in Ireland where Philip owned extensive properties:[6]
- Philip Packer (19 March 1664 - 1739), who emigrated to New Jersey.
- James Packer (3 March 1657 – 12 Jul 1690) at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland.
- William Packer (died 1690 in Battle of Boyne).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27packer%27%29 [dead link]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- History of the Royal Society, Thomas Thomson
- "The Accompt of William Balle from 28 November 1660 to 11 September 1663", Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1960), pp. 174–183
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