NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Pepys, William Weller, Sir, 1740-1825 NRA: Pepys, Sir William Weller (d 1825) 1st Baronet Master in Chancery DNB: Pepys, Sir William Weller, first baronet (1740–1825), writer and literary scholar LBT ID: WiPepys1825 VIAF ID: 58651811 LOC ID: no93023666 | B/BAP: 1740-01-11 DIED: 1825-06-02 |
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The son of the banker William Pepys (d. 1743); educated at Eton, Christ Church, Oxford,
and at Lincoln's Inn, he was a barrister, member of the Thrale circle at Streatham, and
vice-president of the Literary Fund Society. | |