Sir William Congreve, second baronet

(1772-1828)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Congreve, William, Sir, 1772-1828 NRA: Congreve, Sir William (1772-1828) 2nd Baronet MP Inventor DNB: Congreve, Sir William, second baronet (1772-1828), rocket designer LBT ID: WiCongr1828 VIAF ID: 73843688 LOC ID: n88058094	B/BAP: 1772-05-20 DIED: 1828-05-15
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Military engineer patronized by the Prince of Wales; he invented the Congreve Rocket and was a Tory MP for Gatton (1812-16) and Plymouth (1818-28).
REFERENCES TO Sir William Congreve, second baronet: “Parry v. Hunt” in The Times (15 June 1827) Found 2: ¶ 17 ¶ 26 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter III. Found 1: ¶ 81 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VII: 1811 Found 5: ¶ n1 ¶ 1 ¶ 1 ¶ n1 ¶ 1