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Chester, Charles, 1768-1837
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1768-1837
History
CHESTER, CHARLES, brother of Sir Robert Chester (qv); b. 31 Dec 1768; adm. 5 Jun 1776; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 - res 20 Jul 1789; migrated to Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 18 Jun 1791, matr. Lent 1792; LLB 1795; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1792, priest 24 Feb 1793 (both Norwich); Curate, Swaffham, Cambs., 1792; Rector of Rousham, Oxfordshire, 29 Nov 1803-14; Rector of Ayot St. Peter, Herts., 22 May 1803 (still 1829); Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 25 Feb 1814; m. Catherine, dau. of Ven. John Roberts, Archdeacon of Merioneth; d. 19 May 1837.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.