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| WATKINS, CHARLES FREDERICK. Adm., as a 'Ten-year man,' at CHRIST'S, Jan. 29, 1818. Of Farley, near Salisbury. [S. of the Rev. William, R. of Port Eynon, Glam. B. 1793. School, Christ's Hospital. Joined the frigate Hotspur as a midshipman, 1810; left the service at the peace of 1815.] Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1818; priest, 1818; C. of Downton, Wiltshire , 1818-19. C.-in-charge of Windsor, 1820-1. Warden of Farley Hospital and C. of West Grimstead and Plaitford, Wiltshire , 1822-32. V. of Brixworth, Northamptonshire , 1832-73. Married and had issue. Author, The Human Hand and Other Poems; A Treatise on the Origin of Pleasure and Delight in the Human Mind, especially as relating to the Faculty of Taste, and the Sublime and Beautiful; Introduction to Geology; Clerical Subscription, an appeal to Clergy and Laity; History of the Basilican Church of Brixworth; A Scientific and General Vindication of the Mosaic History of the Creation, etc. Formed a collection of cretaceous fossils, some of which are in the British Museum. Died July 15, 1873. Father of Justinian C. S. (1861). ( Boase, III. 1220; Peile, II. 388; Crockford; Northamptonshire . Clergy; D.N.B. ) | Charles Frederick WATKINS Approx. lifespan: 1793–1873 Adm., as a 'Ten-year man,' Christ's College 1818:01:29 Of Farley near Salisbury, [Wiltshire], s. of Rev. William Watkins WATKINS R.: Port Eynon, Glamorgan , b. 1793 Sch: Christ's Hospital Joined: the frigate Hotspur as a midshipman 1810 left the service at the peace of 1815 Ord. deacon Salisbury 1818 Ord. priest 1818 C.: Downton, Wiltshire , 1818-19 C.-in-C. of: Windsor, [Berkshire], 1820-21 Warden of: : Farley Hospital Farley, [Wiltshire], and C.: West Grimstead, [Wiltshire], and Plaitford, Wiltshire , 1822-32 V.: Brixworth, Northamptonshire , 1832-73 m. and had issue. Publ.: The Human Hand and Other Poems; A Treatise on the Origin of Pleasure and Delight in the Human Mind, especially as relating to the Faculty of Taste, and the Sublime and Beautiful; Introduction to Geology; Clerical Subscription, an appeal to Clergy and Laity; History of the Basilican Church of Brixworth; Scientific and General Vindication of the Mosaic History of the Creation etc. Formed a collection of cretaceous fossils, some of which are in the British: <wrk> Museum </wrk> [London], d. 1873:07:15 father of Justinian C. S. WATKINS (1861) ( Boase III. 1220; Peile II. 388; Crockford; Northants. Clergy; D.N.B. ) |