Henry Waymouth (21 January 1775[1]– 23 January 1848), also spelt Weymouth, was a Baptist activist and campaigner, and a founder of the South Australian Company.
Henry Waymouth | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1775 Exeter |
| Died | 23 January 1848 (aged 73) |
Waymouth was born in Exeter, the son of Henry (d.1803) and Sarah Waymouth (née Bryant, c. 1750–after 1811). In 1799 he married Sarah Thorpe (d. 1848).[1] After moving to London, he became involved in numerous organizations intended to advance the position of Dissenters. He was a member of the Committee for the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 1827–28[2] and he was deputy chairman (1825–32) and then chairman (1832–44) of the civil rights organization Protestant Dissenting Deputies.[3][4]
In the autumn of 1824, Waymouth was active in a scheme circulated by Daniel Bogue for a Dissenting university, joining a provisional committee, but the following year he met with Henry Brougham and others to explore folding these plans into the developing plan for the non-sectarian self-styled "London University" (later renamed University College London). When the new university was founded in 1826, Waymouth was a member of its first council, and he continued to be active over a number of years.[5] He was involved in several other educational organizations, including being a long-lasting committee member of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1826)[6] and one of the managers of the London Institution.[7]
In 1823, Waymouth became a founding committee member of the Anti-Slavery Society.[8] He was also one of the founding financial backers and a Director of the South Australian Company, which was formed in January 1836.[9] Waymouth Street, Adelaide took its name from him.[10] On his death in London on 23 January 1848,[10] Thomas Fussell, the second largest shareholder, was elected to the vacant position.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Waymouth, Weymouth family of Devon and Cornwall". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Introduction | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Manning, B. L. (1952). The Protestant Dissenting Deputies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Biographical Appendix: 1827-8 Committee | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Bellot, H. Hale (1929). University College London, 1826-1926. London: University of London Press. pp. 21–22, 29–30.
- ^ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1827). [Prospectus for the] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: printed by W. Clowes.
- ^ Upcott, William; Thomson, Richard; Brayley, Edward William (1835–52). A catalogue of the library of the London Institution: systematically classed. London: Printed for the London Institution by C. Skipper and East. pp. xliii.
- ^ Copley, Esther (1844). A History of Slavery and Its Abolition (PDF) (2nd ed.). London: Henry G. Bohn. p. 314.
- ^ "The South Australian Company". South Australian Gazette And Colonial Register. South Australia. 18 June 1836. p. 6. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. XII, no. 841. South Australia. 7 June 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "South Australian Company". South Australian Register. Vol. XII, no. 881. South Australia. 25 October 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.