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HORNSBY, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Hornsby DD FRS, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford Univ.; b.; adm. 22 Feb 1781; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1784, aged 18, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1786 – void 17 Dec 1798, expiry year of grace as V. Ravensthorpe; reprimanded for riotous and intemperate behaviour at dinner given by MPs for Oxford 26 Jun 1790; BA 1788; MA 1791; ordained deacon May 1790, priest Jun 1791 (both Oxford); Curate, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire 4 Feb 1791; Rector of Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire 1793; Chaplain to Duke of Dorset; Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Northants, from 7 Dec 1797; Rector of Waddesdon, Bucks. (second portion) 1799 (disp. to hold with Ravensthorpe); m. Anna ---; d. at St. Helier, Jersey 4 Feb 1832.
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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.