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FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Charles Fynes (afterwards Fynes-Clinton) DCL, Prebendary of Westminster and Perpetual Curate of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Emma, dau. of Job Brough, Newark, Notts.; b. 14 Jan 1781; at Southwell GS 1789-96; adm. Sep 1796; in school list 1797; left Easter 1799; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 - void by marriage 22 Jun 1809; BA 1803; MA 1805; private tutor at Oxford to Earl Gower, afterwards 2nd Duke of Sutherland, 1803-6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Nov 1808; MP Aldborough 1806-26; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; an indefatigable classical student; an unsuccessful candidate for position of Principal Librarian of the British Museum Dec 1827; author, Fasti Hellenici, 1824-34, and other works; in his Literary Remains, published in 1854, mention is made of several of his school contemporaries, particularly those who were afterwards with him at Oxford; m. 1st, 22 Jun 1809 Harriott, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Wylde DD, Prebendary of Southwell and Rector of St. Nicholas, Nottingham; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1812 Katharine, third dau. of Right Rev. Henry William Majendie DD, Bishop of Bangor; d. 24 Oct 1852. 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.