James Bindley

He was educated at Charterhouse School under Lewis Crusius, and then went to Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he was elected to a fellowship (B.A.

He was the senior commissioner from 1781 until his death, which occurred at his house in Somerset Place on 11 September 1818.

[3] Bindley formed a collection of rare books, engravings, and medals, which were sold by auction after his death.

In the same way he assisted, at close of his life, his friend William Bray, in the publication of Evelyn's Diary.

[3] The only work Bindley published was A Collection of the Statutes now in force relating to the Stamp Duties, London, 1775.