FYNES-CLINTON, CHARLES JOHN, brother of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv); b. 16 Apr 1799; adm. 27 Feb 1809; KS 1813; left 8 Aug 1816; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1818; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained deacon 25 May 1823, priest 11 Apr 1824 (both Chester, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Strensall, Yorks. , 1824; Vicar of Orston, Notts. , 29 Nov 1827-55; Rector of Cromwell, Notts. , from 29 Jan 1828; JP Nottinghamshire; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; a classical scholar; editor of his brother Henry’s Literary Remains, 1854, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Mar 1826 Carolina, dau. of Joseph Clay, Piercefield Park, Monmouth; m. 2nd, 20 May 1829 Rosabella, youngest dau. of John Mathews, North Shields, Northumberland; d. 10 Jan 1872. DNB.
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