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Nares, Robert, 1753-1829
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1753-1829
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NARES, ROBERT, elder son of James Nares, Mus. Doc., Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, and Organist and Composer to the King, and Jane, dau. of --- Bacon, York; b. 9 Jun 1753; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 – void 18 Jun 1783 (expiry year of grace as R. Easton Maudit from 21 Jun 1782), Tutor 1778; BA 1775; MA 1778; tutor to Williams-Wynn family at Wynnstay 1779-83; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1776, priest 21 Dec 1777 (both Oxford); Rector of Easton Maudit, Northants 15 Jun 1782-1805; Vicar of Great Doddington, Northants 6 Aug 1784-99; Usher at the School 1786-8; Assistant Preacher, Lincoln’s Inn 1788-1803; Assistant Librarian, British Museum 1795-9, Keeper of Manuscripts 1799-1807; Rector of Sharnford, Leics., 1798-9; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 14 Nov 1798; Prebendary of Lichfield 19 Dec 1798 –1812; Vicar of Dalby, Derbs. 1796; Archdeacon of Stafford from 28 Apr 1801; Vicar of St. Mary’s, Reading, Berks., 23 May 1805-18; Vicar of All Hallows, London Wall, from 21 Jan 1818; FSA 4 Jun 1795; FRS 10 May 1804; founded The British Critic 1793; author, A Glossary, or Collection of Words, etc., 1822, and other works; m. 1st, 24 Aug 1784 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Thomas Bayley, Chelmsford, Essex; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1794 Frances Maria, dau. of Charles Fleetwood, Edgware Road, Paddington, previously EICS [check Presidency]; m. 3rd, 14 May 1800 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1774, qv); d. 23 Mar 1829. 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.