Robert Wharton (priest)

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Robert Wharton (14 June 1751 - 19 January 1808)^[1] was Archdeacon of Stow from 1791 until his death.^[2]

Wharton was born in Durham, and was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[3] He held the living at Sigglesthorne. He was Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln from 1801 until his death at Nettleham.

Notes

↑ 'Cambridge, Feb. 8' Norwich Post, February 10, 1808; Issue 1337. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900.
↑ British History )n-line
↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) p420

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Preceded by John Towne	Archdeacon of Stow 1791–1808	Succeeded by Cayley Illingworth

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[1] 'Cambridge, Feb. 8' Norwich Post, February 10, 1808; Issue 1337. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900.

[2] British History )n-line

[3] Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) p420

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v t e Archdeacons of Stow, of Lindsey and of Stow and Lindsey
High Medieval (Stow)	Hugh Osbert William son of Osbert Roger de Almaria Richard de Almaria Alexander William de Firsby William de Thornaco John of York Hugh de Sancto Edwardo William son of Fulk II William of Canterbury W. Gilbert Michael de Benington Simon de Barton Antony de Sauzthorp Durand of Lincoln Joceline Kirmington
Late Medieval (Stow)	William Ockham William Langwath Adam de Brome Richard Northwode Walter Stauren John Islip Simon Islip John Nassington John Longespey de Regenhill Thomas Ripplingham John Bekingham Henry Chaddesden Henry Motoun Thomas Chandos Thomas Aston Hugh Hanworth Thomas Brunce Stephen Wilton William Lyndwood William Scrope Peter Irford Lawrence Booth Edmund Booth William Witham John Collinson Thomas Downe Edmund Shireff John Blithe William Sheffield Robert Frost William Smith Edward Derby
Early modern (Stow)	Anthony Draycot Christopher Massingberd John Aylmer John Harrison John Aylmer (again) Roger Kelke Thomas Sparke John Fermery John Hills Alexander Chapman Nicholas Walker James Duport Stephen Luddington Byrom Eaton John Gery John Hutton Laurence Echard Squire Payne William Bassett John Towne Robert Wharton Cayley Illingworth Henry Bayley William Stonehouse
Late modern (Stow)	John Giles Edward Trollope (Bishop of Nottingham) George Perry John Bond George Jeudwine John Wakeford Ernest Blackie (Bishop of Grantham then of Grimsby) Arthur Greaves, Bishop of Grimsby Mervyn Armstrong Lawrence Ashcroft Michael Roy Sinker Sidney Harvie-Clark David Scott Roderick Wells (became Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey)
of Lindsey	archdeaconry split from that of Stow Herbert Parry Nathaniel Railton Lisle Marsden Clifford Jarvis Bill Dudman Christopher Laurence merged back into Stow archdeaconry
of Stow and Lindsey	Roderick Wells (previously Archdeacon of Stow) Tim Ellis Jane Sinclair Mark Steadman Aly Buxton

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Office holders	Stephen Conway, Bishop-designate of Lincoln and Bishop of Ely David Court, Acting Bishop of Lincoln and Bishop suffragan of Grimsby Nicholas Chamberlain, Bishop suffragan of Grantham AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Dean of Lincoln (vacant) Justine Allain Chapman, Archdeacon of Boston Gavin Kirk, Archdeacon of Lincoln Aly Buxton, Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey
Selected deaneries	Deanery of Christianity Deanery of Lafford
Historic offices	Bishop of Nottingham (1870–1893) Archdeacon of Huntingdon (c. 1075–1837; moved to Ely) Archdeacon of Northampton (1092–1541; became Peterborough) Archdeacon of Oxford (c. 1092–1541; became Oxford) Archdeacon of Bedford (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Buckingham (1092–1837; moved to Oxford) Archdeacon of Leicester (1092–1837; moved to Peterborough) Archdeacon of Nottingham (1837–1884; moved to Southwell) Archdeacon of Lindsey (1933–1994; merged back to Stow)