Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was most probably the Robert Abbot who graduated BA from Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1605 and was incorporated MA at Oxford on 14 July 1607. Nothing is known of his family background and early life, but in 1639 he wrote '...
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Michael Gauvreau
Abbott, Joseph (bap. 1790, d. 1862), Church of England clergyman, the son of Joseph Abbott and his wife, Isabella, was baptized on 10 June 1790 at Little Strickland, Westmorland; his date of birth is not known. He attended Bampton School, Bampton, Westmorland, and from 1808 to 1812 ...
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Thompson Cooper
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Abbott, Lemuel (d. 1776), Church of England clergyman and poet, whose family background is obscure, became curate of Ansty, Leicestershire, in 1756, and vicar of Thornton, in the same county, in 1773. He published Poems on Various Subjects, whereto is Prefixed a Short Essay on the Structure of English Verse...
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Ackland, Thomas Gilbank (1789–1844), Church of England clergyman, was baptized at Christ Church, Southwark, on 18 November 1789, the son of Thomas Ackland (1743–1808), rector of Christ Church, Southwark, and chaplain to the Fishmongers' Company, and his wife, Sarah Gilbank (...
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Francis Espinasse
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Acland, John (1699–1796), Church of England clergyman and writer on social issues, was the second son of John Acland (d. 1703), of Beerford, Devon, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Acland of Fremington, Devon. His father was MP for Callington, Cornwall...
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Adam, Thomas (1701–1784), Church of England clergyman, was born at Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 25 February 1701, the third of the six children of Henry Adam, solicitor and town clerk of Leeds corporation, and his wife, Elizabeth Blythman, daughter of ...
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Adams, Henry Cadwallader (1817–1899), Church of England clergyman and author, was born on 4 November 1817 at 6 Great James Street, Holborn, London, the third son of John Adams, of St Pancras, an assistant judge, and his second wife, Jane, daughter of Thomas Martin...
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Stephen Wright
Adams, Richard (1626/7–1698), clergyman and ejected minister, was the son of Charles Adams, clerk, of Woodchurch in the Wirral, Cheshire, and his wife, Isabel, daughter of Thomas Bennet of Barnston in the same county. One of his brothers was Thomas Adams (1631/2–1670). The ...
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J. Sears McGee
Adams, Thomas (1583–1652), Church of England clergyman, matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in the Lent term of 1598 and graduated BA in 1602 and proceeded MA in 1606 from Clare College; he was ordained deacon and priest in Lincoln diocese on 23 September 1604. He served as curate of ...
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Leslie Stephen
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Adams, William (1706–1789), Church of England clergyman and college head, was born at Shrewsbury on 17 August 1706, the son of John Adams, mayor of Shrewsbury in 1726, and his wife, Elizabeth Jorden. Adams entered Pembroke College, Oxford, on 6 August 1720, graduated MA in 1727, became fellow of his college and, in 1734, tutor in place of ...
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Adams, William (1814–1848), Church of England clergyman and author, was born on 4 August 1814 and was baptized at St Dunstan in the West in the City of London on 15 August 1814, the second son of Serjeant John Adams (1786–1856) of ...
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N. C. Masterman
Adderley, James Granville (1861–1942), Church of England clergyman and Christian socialist, was born on 1 July 1861 at Hams Hall, Warwickshire, the fifth and youngest son of Charles Bowyer Adderley, first Baron Norton (1814–1905), and his wife, Julia Anne Eliza (d. 1887)...
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Richard Rex
Addison, John (d. 1540), clergyman, was born in York diocese and studied at Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1506, subsequently proceeding MA (1509), BD (1515), and DD (1523). A fellow of Pembroke College from 1505 to 1522, on which title he was ordained priest at ...
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Agas [Agus], Benjamin (bap. 1622, d. 1689), clergyman and ejected minister, was born in Wymondham, Norfolk, the son of Edward Agas, the vicar of Wymondham, where he was baptized on 5 September 1622. In 1639 he entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1643 (incorporated at ...
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Agutter, William (1758–1835), Church of England clergyman, was born on 8 October 1758, the eldest son of Guy Agutter (1729–1768), a wool-stapler, and his wife, Dinah, both of the parish of All Saints, Northampton. He was baptized on 10 October 1758 at All Saints' Church...
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Edith Sichel
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Ainger, Alfred [pseud. Doubleday] (1837–1904), writer and Church of England clergyman, was born at 10 Doughty Street, London, on 9 February 1837, the youngest of the four children of Alfred Ainger (1798–1859) and his first wife, Marianne Jagger (1799–1839...
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Alfred Ainger (1837–1904) by George Du Maurier, c. 1881 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Ainger, Thomas (1799–1863), Church of England clergyman, was born on 1 August 1799 at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, the son of William Ainger and his wife, Mary, née Boyce. He was the youngest of their six children. He was educated at Norwich grammar school and ...
