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FOWLER, ROBERT, third son of George Fowler, Skendleby Thorpe, Lincs., and Mary, dau. of Robert Hurst, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; b. 23 Dec 1724; adm. Jun 1738; KS 1740; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1744, adm. pens. 24 May 1744, scholar 3 May 1745; 12th in Maths tripos 1747/8; BA 1747/8; MA 1751; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1750, Major Fellow 31 Jul 1751, occasional Tutor 1752; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1752, priest 25 Dec 1752 (both Ely); Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III 1756-71; Prebendary of Westminster 16 Feb 1765 - Jun 1771; Rector of Kimpton, Herts., by 1759 (occurs as JP Hertfordshire 1761-4); consecrated Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 28 Jul 1771; translated to Archbishopric of Dublin 8 Jan 1779; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Feb 1779; first Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick, instituted 1783; m. 29 Oct 1766 Mildred, eldest dau. of William Dealtry, Gainsborough, Lincs.; d. 10 Oct 1801. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.