Head, John, ca. 1701-1769

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Head, John, ca. 1701-1769

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        ca. 1701-1769

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        HEAD, SIR JOHN, BART., fourth son of Sir Francis Head, Bart., and Margaret, dau. of James Smithsbye; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jan 1717/8; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1719, Canoneer Student 29 Jul 1721 – void by marriage 19 Mar 1730; BA 1723; MA 1726; ordained deacon 1727, priest 1728; Vicar of Woodnesbrough, Kent 1729/30- 36; Rector of St. George’s, Canterbury 1730-60; Rector of Pluckley, Kent 29 Dec 1735-60; Prebendary of Hereford from 23 Mar 1737/8; Deputy Clerk of the Closet to George II 1740; Archdeacon of Canterbury from 9 Apr 1748; DD Lambeth 1749; Prebendary of Canterbury from 14 Jul 1759; Rector of Ickham, Kent, from 1760; succeeded brother as 5th baronet 27 Nov 1768; m. 1st, Jane, dau. of Rev. Peter Leigh, Rector of Whitchurch, Shropshire; m. 2nd, 21 Apr 1751 Jane, sister of Ven. William Geekie DD, Archdeacon of Gloucester; d. 4 Dec 1769.

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        GB-2014-WSA-08978

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        GB 2014

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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.

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