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Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1781 (Publication)
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Extent and medium
8vo, 1 volume
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Biographical history
FITZGERALD, THOMAS, son of Gerald Fitzgerald, Westminster, Copying Clerk, House of Lords, and Anne ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1709; QS 1710; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, adm. pens. 27 May 1714, scholar 13 May 1715; BA 1717/8; MA 1721; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 6 Sep 1720, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1721; ordained deacon 9 Mar 1717/8, priest 18 Dec 1718 (both Rochester); an Usher at the School c. 1720 - c. 1745 (?); Curate and Lecturer, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1728; Vicar of Brigstock, Northants., 24 Aug - Nov 1737; Rector of Wotton, Surrey, from 24 Dec 1739; Rector of Abinger, Surrey, from 11 Jun 1743; edited Martial and Terence for use at the School; his Poems on several Occasions, 1733, dedicated to Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (qv), includes the prologue to the school performance of Julius Caesar at which the latter acted; the Poems were reprinted in 1781 by his grandson Thomas Wintour (qv); m. 1st, 2 Jan 1727/8 Anne, dau. of Henry Playford, London, music publisher (her mother, Mrs Playford, was the Dame of a boarding house at the School c. 1719 - c. 1743); 2nd, 25 Aug 1741 Frances Weston, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; d. 15 Aug 1752.
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Conditions governing access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
6th edition
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Name access points
- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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Final
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Partial
Language(s)
- English
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- Latin