William Tempest (barrister)

William Tempest (1682–1761) was an English barrister and Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was the son of William Tempest, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, and his wife Elizabeth Cooke, born 16 April 1682.

He in turn became Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas.

[1] There he was in a small group of Fellows regarded in 1718 as expert in "husbandry, gardening and planting" (with Robert Balle, Richard Bradley, John Mortimer and Hans Sloane).

[2] Tempest resided at Shepherds, Cranbrook, Kent.