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WILLMOTT, ROBERT ELDRIDGE ARIS. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, July 4, 1832. [S. of -, solicitor (and Mary Ann, only dau. of the Rev. John Cleeve, of Ringwood, Hampshire .). B. Jan. 30, 1809. Schools, Merchant Taylors' and Harrow.] Matric. Lent, 1834; B.A. 1842. 'Earned his living while at Cambridge by his pen.' Ord. deacon ( London ), Mar. 22, 1842; priest, 1843; C. of St James, Ratcliffe, 1842-4. C. of Launton, Oxfordshire , 1845-6. V. of Bearwood, Berkshire , 1846-62. Resided latterly at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire , and devoted himself to writing for the Churchman's Family Magazine . 'Invariably dropped his second Christian name of Eldridge.' Author, A Journal of Summer Time in the Country; Pleasures, Objects and Advantages of Literature; Lives of Sacred Poets; Conversations at Cambridge; Pictures of Christian Life, etc. Biographer of Jeremy Taylor. Died May 27, 1863, at Nettlebed; buried at Bearwood. ( Harrow Sch. Reg.; Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1863, II. 108.) | Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT Approx. lifespan: 18091863 pens. Trinity College adm1832:07:04 s. of -, Solicitor: (and Mary Ann CLEEVE only dau. of Rev. John CLEEVE of Ringwood, Hampshire ) b. 1809:01:30 schools Sch: Merchant Taylors' School and Harrow, [ Middlesex ] Matric 1834:01LT: BA 1842 'Earned his living while CB by his pen.' Ord. deacon London 1842:03:22 Ord. priest 1843 C.: St James Ratcliffe, [ London ???] 1842-44 C.: Launton, Oxfordshire 1845-46 V.: Bearwood, Berkshire 1846-62 latterly Nettlebed, Oxfordshire and devoted himself to writing for the Churchman's Family Magazine 'Invariably dropped his second Christian name of Eldridge.' Publ.: A Journal of Summer Time in the Country; Pleasures, Objects and Advantages of Literature; Lives of Sacred Poets; Conversations CB ; Pictures of Christian Life etc. Biographer of Jeremy Taylor. d. Nettlebed, [ Oxfordshire ] 1863:05:27 buried Bearwood, [ Berkshire ] ( Harrow School Reg.; Merchant Taylors' School Reg.; D.N.B.; G. Mag 1863, II. 108.) |