VINCENT, WILLIAM, fifth surviving son of Giles Vincent, Lime Street Ward, London, packer and Portugal merchant, and Sarah, dau. of Francis Holloway, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; nephew of Richard Vincent (QS 1708, qv); b. 2 Nov 1739; adm. Sep 1748 (Hutton's); KS 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 21 Apr 1758, matr. 1758; BA 1761; MA 1764; BD and DD 1776; Usher at the School 1762-71, Under Master 28 May 1771-88, Head Master 1788-1802; ordained deacon (Norwich, lit. dim. from Rochester) 19 Dec 1763, priest (London) 22 Sep 1765; Vicar of Longdon, Worcs., 1778; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London 17 Dec 1778-1803; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III (occurs 1778-93), Sub-Almoner 28 Nov 1783 - Feb 1808; Dean of Westminster from 7 Aug 1802; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1802, 1806, 1807; Rector of St. John’s, Westminster 28 May 1803 - Jan 1807; Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire, from 31 Jan 1807; one of the soundest scholars of his day, although he resembled Busby in his love for the rod; when Dean of Westminster obtained an annual grant from Parliament for the restoration of Henry VII’s Chapel; his name is perpetuated by Vincent Square, preserved through his influence as playing fields for the School; Busby Trustee 22 Apr 1790; author, Defence of Public Education, 1801, and of a number of highly regarded works on ancient geography and other subjects; m. 15 Aug 1771 Hannah, fourth dau. of George Wyatt, Chief Clerk of Vote Office, House of Commons; d. 21 Dec 1815. Buried St. Benedict’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey (monument facing Poets’ Corner, with inscription composed by himself). DNB.
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- NT 1, Little Dean's Yard
- NT 13, Moreton Terrace
- NT 14, Barton Street
- NT 15, Moreton Terrace
- NT 16, Vincent Square
- NT 17, Dean's Yard
- NT 17, Vincent Square
- NT 18, Dean's Yard
- NT 18, Great College Street
- NT 18, Vincent Square
- NT 19, Dean's Yard
- NT 2, Barton Street
- NT 2, Little Dean's Yard
- NT 20, Dean's Yard
- NT 20, Great College Street
- NT 22, Great College Street
- NT 22, Vincent Square
- NT 23, Vincent Square
- NT 26, Great College Street
- NT 29, Great College Street
- NT 29a, Great College Street
- NT 3, Dean's Yard
- NT 3, Little Dean's Yard
- NT 4, Barton Street
- NT 5, Barton Street
- NT 5a, Dean's Yard
- NT 6, Dean's Yard
- NT 7-9, Dean Bradley Street
- NT 7, Lord North Street
- NT 8, Gayfere Street
- NT Adrian Boult Building
- NT Adrian Boult Music Centre
- NT Armoury
- NT Armoury Block
- NT Ashburnham House
- NT Barton Street
- NT Boat House
- NT Busby Library
- NT Chapel
- NT Church House
- NT College Dormitory
- NT College Garden
- NT College Hall
- NT Dean's Yard
- NT Great College Street
- NT Great Sanctuary
- NT Grove Park
- NT Gym
- NT Liddell's Arch
- NT Little Dean's Yard
- NT Manoukian Music Centre
- NT Millicent Fawcett Hall
- NT Mother Dawson's
- NT Nenthead House, Alston
- NT Robert Hooke Science Centre
- NT School
- NT School Gateway
- NT School House, Alston
- NT Singleton's
- NT Sports Centre
- NT St Edward's House
- NT Sutcliff's
- NT Tothill Fields
- NT Tothill Street
- NT Tufton Street
- NT Turles House
- NT Under School
- NT Vincent Square
- NT Westminster Abbey
- NT Weston Building