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Dunster, Charles, 1750-1816
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1750-1816
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DUNSTER, CHARLES, only son of Rev. Charles Dunster, Worcester, Prebendary of Salisbury, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Thomas Inett DD, Prebendary of Worcester; grandson of Samuel Dunster (qv); bapt. 25 Jul 1750; in school lists 1764, 1765; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1767, aged 16; BA 1770; migrated to Baliol Coll. Oxford 1771 and to Trin. Coll. Oxford 1773; MA 1775; ordained; Domestic Chaplain to George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (qv), 12 Mar 1774; Rector of Oddingley, Worcs., 17 Feb 1776-89; Rector of Naunton Beauchamp, Worcs., 1776; Rector of Mordiford, Herefs., 14 Mar 1777 - res Feb 1787; Rector of Stoke Edith, Herefs., 17 Feb 1787 - res Nov 1788; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, from 23 Mar 1789; Rector of Tillington, Sussex, from 9m Apr 1789; resided for many years at New Grove, Petworth; author, The Frogs of Aristophanes, 1785, and other works; m. Mary Bridges, Herefordshire; d. 17 Apr 1816. DNB.
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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.