The Hon Edward Townshend, D.D. (25 October 1719 Raynham, Norfolk - 27 January 1765 Bath) was an Anglican dean in the eighteenth century. [1]
The son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend [2] he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. [3] He was ordained in 1743. Townshend became Rector of Pulham in 1745; and of Oakley in 1748. He was Deputy Clerk of the Closet from 1746 until his appointment as Dean of Norwich in 1761. [4]
Richard Nykke became bishop of Norwich under Pope Alexander VI in 1515. Norwich at this time was the second-largest conurbation in England, after London.
The Archdeacon of Aghadoe was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the mid thirteenth century to the early 20th. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within his part of the Diocese of Ardfert ; and then the combined diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.
John Baron, D.D. was an Anglican priest in the eighteenth century.
Thomas Cole was an Anglican priest in the eighteenth century. Cole was born in Shropshire and educated at King's College, Cambridge. He held livings at Newton, Wisbech, West Raynham and East Raynham. He was installed as Dean of Norwich in May 1724, and continued until his death on 6 February 1731.
John Newcome, D.D. was an eighteenth-century academic and priest, most notably Master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1735, and Dean of Rochester from 1744, holding both positions until his death. He was born in Grantham and died in Cambridge. Newcome's wife, Susanna Newcome, was an English philosopher and theologian.
William Herring was an Anglican priest, most notably Dean of St Asaph from 1751 until 1774.
George Cotton was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester from 1787 until his death.
Francis Lockier, D.D. was the Dean of Peterborough from 1725 until his death.
(John) Peter Allix, D.D. was an Anglican dean in the early 18th century.
The Very Revd John Frankland was an 18th-century academic and Dean in the Church of England.
John Bell was a 16th-century English priest and academic.
Richard Fisher BelwardD.D. FRS was an academic in England in the second half of the 18th century and the early years of the 19th. He was born Richard Fisher, adopting the name Belward in 1791.
William Buckenham was a 16th-century priest and academic.
John Barly, D.D. was a priest and academic at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th.
Thomas Aldrich D.D. was a priest and academic in the sixteenth century.
Sir Edward Simpson, of Acton, Middlesex was an English politician, lawyer and academic.
Thomas Larke, DCL was an English priest and academic in the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Edward Hubbard, D.D. was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th-century.
Thomas Browne, D.D. was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1694 until his death.
Eyton Butts was an Anglican priest in the 18th century.
