Family and Education
b. 21 July 1664, s. of George Prior of Wimborne, Dorset and Stephen’s Alley, Westminster, by ?Elizabeth. educ. ?Wimborne free g.s.; Westminster, KS 1681; St John’s Coll. Camb. 1683, BA 1686, fellow 1688, MA 1700. unm. St. Margaret’s, Westminster (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxiv), 36.
Offices Held
Sec. to ambassador, The Hague, 1690–7, Paris 1698–9, at congress of Ryswick 1697; sec. to lds. justices [I] 1697–9; under-sec. of state 1699–1700; ld. of Trade 1700–1707; plenipotentiary, Paris, 1712–13; commr. customs 1712–15.
FRS 1698.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Westminster, Mdx.
Notes
Unless otherwise indicated this biography is based on F. Bickley, Life of Matthew Prior
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
PRIOR, Matthew (1664-1721)
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