Edward Southwell was a politician and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1692. By 1702 he was appointed Secretary of State for Ireland.
Reference
D. W. Hayton, Southwell, Edward (16711730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26060, accessed 8 July 2013].
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