Samuel Slade
Samuel Slade (1753–1829) was a Church of England clergyman.
Education
Slade was educated at St Peter's College, Westminster and elected to Christ Church, Oxford University in 1789, where he received his Doctorate of Divinity.[1]
Career
In 1796 he became tutor to the Duke of Dorset, and in 1813 was first Chaplain to Lord Whitworth, then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.[2] He was instituted Vicar of Staverton, Northamptonshire on 11 April 1815 and Rector of Hartfield, Sussex in 1817.[2] On the 12 March 1824 he was granted the dignity dean of the Cathedral Church of Chichester, after the previous incumbent had been promoted to the bishopric of Gloucester.[3] Samual Slade died on 29 December 1829, although it had been expected that he would have gone further in his career, if he had lived longer.[4]
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Preceded by Christopher Bethell |
Dean of Chichester 1824 – 1829 |
Succeeded by George Chandler |
Notes
References
- Welch, Joseph (1852). The List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster. London: G. W. Ginger.
- Yates, Nigel (1994). Mary Hobbs, ed. Change and continuity in Chichester Cathedral: An Historic Survey. Chichester: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-924-3.
- "The Times Issue 12134;". Mar 15, 1824.
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