John Martin

Background

Born on 16 September 1791, he was son of John Martin of 112 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London.

Career

He retired from business in 1826, but continued bibliographical pursuits. Until 1845 Martin acted as secretary to the Artists" Benevolent Fund. In 1836 he was appointed librarian to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, and settled at Froxfield, in the parish of Eversholt, nearby.

He visited nearly every church in Bedfordshire, and wrote a description of each in a series of papers which appeared in the Bedford Times and Northampton Mercury.

Martin died on 30 December 1855 at Froxfield, and was buried in Eversholt churchyard. He was a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Linnean Society.

Martin"s wife died in 1836, and of six children, three survived him.

Connections

Partner:

John Rodwell