Robert Tyrwhit
Robert Tyrwhit D.D. (1698 - 15 June 1742) was a Canon of Windsor from 1730 to 1742[1] and Archdeacon of London from 1731 to 1742.
Family
He was born in 1698 in Cammeringham, Lincolnshire. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Bishop Edmund Gibson of London.
Career
He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1719, MA in 1722 and DD in 1728.
He was appointed:
- Rector of Welton, Louth 1722
- Chaplain to the King 1727 - 1742
- Rector of All-Hallows-the-Great, London 1727 - 1737
- Vicar of Kensington 1728 - 1731
- Minister of St James's Church, Piccadilly 1729 - 1733
- Archdeacon of London 1731 - 1742
- Prebendary of Kentish Town in St Paul’s Cathedral 1732
He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1730, and held the stall until 1742.
Notes
- ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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