Chelsum, James (1762-1801)

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s James of Westminster, gent; Ch Ch matr 30/6/1758, aged 20; BA 1759 MA 1762, BD 1772, DD 1773, one of preachers at Whitelhall, R Droxford Hants; V Lethbury, Bucks; V Badger, Salop; b 13/4/1738 bapt 15/5/, reg. in both Westminster Abbey and St John the Evangelist, Westminster. Died 1801; GM 1802, i 101, 293
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Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, May 28, 1755. S. of James, gent., of London [a gentleman of the Chapel Royal]. B. Apr. 13, 1738, in London. School, Westminster. Scholar, 1755; matric. Easter, 1756. Migrated to Christ Church, Oxford; matric. there June 30, 1758; B.A. 1759; M.A. 1762; B.D. 1772; D.D. 1773. Ord. deacon (Chester) Mar. 7, 1762. Usher at Westminster School for several years. P.C. of Lathbury, Bucks., c. 1773-80. V. of Duffield, Derbs., 1773-80. R. of Badger, Salop, 1780-95. R. of Droxford, Hants., 1782-1801. Whitehall Preacher. Chaplain to Bishop North. One of the first to criticize Gibbon's treatment of Christianity, charging him with unfairness and infidelity. Author, Remarks on the two last chapters of Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Sermons. Died insane 1801. Buried at Droxford. (Scott-Mayor, III. 638; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.)

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