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Mangles, James (1786-1867)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Mangles
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1786 - 1867
Collecting Dates
1831 - 1837
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
B, BM, CGE, GH, P
Countries
Australasia: Australia
Associate(s)
Drummond, James (1784-1863) (collector)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865)
Loddiges, Conrad (1738-1826) (specimens to)
Mangles, G. (fl. 1829-1836) (brother)
Mangles, R. (-1860) (brother)
Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843) (collector)
Moore, G.F. (1798-1886) (correspondent)
Stirling, E. (1807-1874) (cousin)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865)
Loddiges, Conrad (1738-1826) (specimens to)
Mangles, G. (fl. 1829-1836) (brother)
Mangles, R. (-1860) (brother)
Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843) (collector)
Moore, G.F. (1798-1886) (correspondent)
Stirling, E. (1807-1874) (cousin)
Biography
British naval officer from Fairfield, Exeter who joined the Royal Navy (1800) and retired having achieved the rank of Commander. As a Captain he visited the Swan River Settlement in Western Australia (1831) and engaged local collectors such as his elder brother G. Mangles, J. Drummond and G. Molloy to collect plants for him. His collections were described by European botanists including J. Lindley, who referred to him as 'Captain Mangles R.N.', W.J. Hooker and C.D.F. Meisner. Mangles sold seeds and plants to nurserymen, in particular to C. Loddiges, and introduced Australian plants into cultivation in Europe.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1825) and was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. The genus Manglesia Endl. and many species including Grevillea manglesioides Meisn. were named in his honour. Anigozanthos manglesii D. Don commemorates his brother Robert Mangles who first grew the plant to England from seed sent by James Stirling, the First Governor of Western Australia. The Mangle brothers were cousins of Lady Ellen Stirling (née Mangles), wife of J. Stirling, and involved in the shipping company of F. & C.E. Mangles formed by two brothers of Ellen Stirling.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1825) and was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. The genus Manglesia Endl. and many species including Grevillea manglesioides Meisn. were named in his honour. Anigozanthos manglesii D. Don commemorates his brother Robert Mangles who first grew the plant to England from seed sent by James Stirling, the First Governor of Western Australia. The Mangle brothers were cousins of Lady Ellen Stirling (née Mangles), wife of J. Stirling, and involved in the shipping company of F. & C.E. Mangles formed by two brothers of Ellen Stirling.
References
Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 498;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Mangles
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1786 - 1867
Collecting Dates
1831 - 1837
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
B, BM, CGE, GH, P
Countries
Australasia: Australia
Associate(s)
Drummond, James (1784-1863) (collector)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865)
Loddiges, Conrad (1738-1826) (specimens to)
Mangles, G. (fl. 1829-1836) (brother)
Mangles, R. (-1860) (brother)
Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843) (collector)
Moore, G.F. (1798-1886) (correspondent)
Stirling, E. (1807-1874) (cousin)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865)
Loddiges, Conrad (1738-1826) (specimens to)
Mangles, G. (fl. 1829-1836) (brother)
Mangles, R. (-1860) (brother)
Molloy, Georgiana (1805-1843) (collector)
Moore, G.F. (1798-1886) (correspondent)
Stirling, E. (1807-1874) (cousin)
Biography
British naval officer from Fairfield, Exeter who joined the Royal Navy (1800) and retired having achieved the rank of Commander. As a Captain he visited the Swan River Settlement in Western Australia (1831) and engaged local collectors such as his elder brother G. Mangles, J. Drummond and G. Molloy to collect plants for him. His collections were described by European botanists including J. Lindley, who referred to him as 'Captain Mangles R.N.', W.J. Hooker and C.D.F. Meisner. Mangles sold seeds and plants to nurserymen, in particular to C. Loddiges, and introduced Australian plants into cultivation in Europe.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1825) and was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. The genus Manglesia Endl. and many species including Grevillea manglesioides Meisn. were named in his honour. Anigozanthos manglesii D. Don commemorates his brother Robert Mangles who first grew the plant to England from seed sent by James Stirling, the First Governor of Western Australia. The Mangle brothers were cousins of Lady Ellen Stirling (née Mangles), wife of J. Stirling, and involved in the shipping company of F. & C.E. Mangles formed by two brothers of Ellen Stirling.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1825) and was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. The genus Manglesia Endl. and many species including Grevillea manglesioides Meisn. were named in his honour. Anigozanthos manglesii D. Don commemorates his brother Robert Mangles who first grew the plant to England from seed sent by James Stirling, the First Governor of Western Australia. The Mangle brothers were cousins of Lady Ellen Stirling (née Mangles), wife of J. Stirling, and involved in the shipping company of F. & C.E. Mangles formed by two brothers of Ellen Stirling.
References
Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 498;
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