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| John THOMAS Adm. sizar at ST CATHARINE'S, 22 Jan., 1709/10. S. of -, a drayman, of All Hallows-the-Great, London . B. 23 Jun., 1691. School, Merchant Taylors' [ London ]. Matric. 1710 ; B.A. 1713/4 ; M.A. 1717 ; D.D. 1729 . Incorp. at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1728 . Ord. deacon (London) 23 May, 1714; priest, 26 Feb., 1715/6. Chaplain to the English factory at Hamburg [ Germany ]. Chaplain to the King, 1733-40 . R. of St Vedast, London , 1736-44 . Dean of Peterborough [ Northamptonshire ], 1740-4 . Chosen Bishop of St Asaph [ Flintshire ], 1743, but before consecration elected to Lincoln [ Lincolnshire ], 1744-61 . Bishop of Salisbury [ Wiltshire ], 1761-6 . A favourite of George II on account of his knowledge of German. Author, sermons. Died 19 Jul., 1766; buried in Salisbury Cathedral [ Wiltshire ]. M.I (wrongly gives age as 85) (To be distinguished from John Thomas, D.D., successively Bishop of Peterborough [ Northamptonshire ], Salisbury [ Wiltshire ] and Winchester [ Hampshire ], 1761-81, with whom Foster confuses him.) ( D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon. ) | John THOMAS Approx. lifespan: 1691–1766 Adm. sizar at St Catharine's College 1709/10:01:22 s. of -, a drayman, of All Hallows-the-Great, London , b. 1691:06:23 School [London], Matric. 1710 B.A. 1713/4 M.A. 1717 D.D. 1729 Incorp. at Oxford University 1728 Ord. deacon (London) 1714:05:23 ; priest 1715/6:02:26 Chaplain to the English factory at Hamburg, [Germany], Chaplain to the King 1733-40 R. of St Vedast, London , 1736-44 Dean of Peterborough, [Northamptonshire], 1740-44 Chosen Bishop of St Asaph, [Flintshire], 1743 but before consecration elected to Lincoln, [Lincolnshire], 1744-61 Bishop of Salisbury, [Wiltshire], 1761-66 A favourite of George II on account of his knowledge of German. Author, sermons. d. 1766:07:19 ; buried in Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, [Wiltshire], M.I (wrongly gives age as 85) (To be distinguished from John THOMAS, D.D., successively Bishop of Peterborough, [Northamptonshire], Salisbury, [Wiltshire], and Winchester, [Hampshire], 1761-81, with whom Foster confuses him.) ( D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon. ) |