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GREGORY, DAVID, eldest son of David Gregory MD FRS, Savilian Prof. of Astronomy, Oxford Univ., and Elizabeth Oliphant, Langtoun, Scotland; bapt. 15 Jul 1696; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1710; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1714, matr. 4 Jun 1714, Westminster Student 28 Mar 1715 – void 18 May 1736 (expiry year of grace as R. Semley); BA 1718; MA 1721; BD 13 Mar 1731/2; DD 1732; Professor of Modern History and Languages, Oxford Univ. 18 Aug 1724 – 21 May 1736, the first to hold the chair; ordained; Rector of Semley, Wilts. 1735; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 8 Jun 1736 – May 1756, Dean from 18 May 1756; Master of Sherborne Hospital, Durham, from 15 Sep 1759; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1761; a good modern linguist; bequeathed many valuable books to Christ Church Library; m. 1 Mar 1743/4 Lady Mary Grey, youngest dau. of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG; d. 16 Sep 1767. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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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.