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Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654?, d. 1727), Church of Ireland dean of Killaloe  

Ruth Whelan

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Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654?, d. 1727), Church of Ireland dean of Killaloe, was born in Nay in Béarn; he is most probably the Jacques Abbadie who was the third child of Violente de Fortaner and Pierre Abbadie, baptized on 27 April 1654. He received his early education at the local protestant school, which was overseen by the pastor and writer ...

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Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer  

Jacqueline Eales

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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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Abbott, Eric Symes (1906–1983)  

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Eric Symes Abbott (1906–1983) by Walter Bird, 1966 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Abbott, Eric Symes (1906–1983), dean of Westminster  

Sydney Evans

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Abbott, Eric Symes (1906–1983), dean of Westminster, was born on 26 May 1906 at Nottingham, the younger son and second of three children of William Henry Abbott, schoolteacher, and his wife, Mary Symes, also a teacher. A Dame Agnes Mellor scholar at Nottingham high school...

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Abbott, Joseph (bap. 1790, d. 1862), Church of England clergyman  

Michael Gauvreau

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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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Abbott, Lemuel (d. 1776), Church of England clergyman and poet  

Thompson Cooper

revised by Michael Bevan

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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  

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revised by Sarah Brolly

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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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Acland, John (1699–1796), Church of England clergyman and writer on social issues  

Francis Espinasse

revised by K. D. M. Snell

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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  

A. B. Grosart

revised by D. Bruce Hindmarsh

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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  

Guy Arnold

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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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Adams, James Williams (1839–1903)  

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James Williams Adams (1839–1903) by unknown photographer, in or after 1881 courtesy of the Director, National Army Museum, London

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Adams, James Williams (1839–1903), army chaplain  

H. M. Vibart

revised by James Falkner

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Adams, James Williams (1839–1903), army chaplain, born on 24 November 1839 in Cork, was the only son of James O'Brien Adams, magistrate of Cork (d. 1854), and his wife, Elizabeth Williams. Educated at Hamlin and Porter's School, on the South Mall, Cork...

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Adams, Richard (1626/7–1698), clergyman and ejected minister  

Stephen Wright

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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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Adams, Thomas (1583–1652), Church of England clergyman  

J. Sears McGee

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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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Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine  

Caroline L. Leachman

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Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine, was born at Woodchurch parsonage, Cheshire, one of at least three sons of Charles Adams and his wife, Isabel Bennet 'the daughter of a worthy gentleman'—Thomas Bennet, from the same parish (...

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Adams, William (1706–1789), Church of England clergyman and college head  

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  

Brenda Colloms

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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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Adderley, James Granville (1861–1942)  

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James Granville Adderley (1861–1942) by Lafayette, 1932 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Adderley, James Granville (1861–1942), Church of England clergyman and Christian socialist  

N. C. Masterman

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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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Addison, John (d. 1540), clergyman  

Richard Rex

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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 ...