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Adm. pens. at ST CATHARINE'S, Apr. 16, 1790. [Only] s. of John, Esq. B. [1771], at Wigton Hall, near Wigton, Cumberland. [School, St Bees.] ' Matric. Michs. 1790; B.A. (16th Wrangler) 1794; M.A. 1797. Ordained, and was C. ‘in the neighbourhood of Cambridge.’ On his father's death (in 1799) took possession of the Wigton Hall property; he wrote in August of that year, ‘My father's death put an entire end to all my hopes of preferment at Catherine Hall, a Fellowship there not being tenable with landed property of value above ten marks yearly. I am therefore finally settled at Wigton.’ Ceased to exercise his functions as a clergyman, except on rare occasions when he helped the vicar of Wigton. Suffered from poor health and lived a retired life. A keen botanist and one of the first meteorologists; also studied anatomy and medicine. A noted Whig in politics. J.P. for Cumberland. Died, unmarried, at Wigton Hall, Mar. 20, 1846; buried in Wigton churchyard. (Henry Lonsdale, Worthies of Cumberland, III. 189; A. E. Terrill, Memorials of a Family; C. R. Hudleston.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796 | Appt(Licensing) | Matthews, Richard | Swavesey / | Curate | View |
| 1796 | Ordi(ordination) | Matthews, Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1797 | Ordi(ordination) | Matthews, Richard | / | priest | View |