Heslop, Luke (1764-1825)

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Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, May 3, 1760. [B. Oct. 18, 1738.] ' Matric. Michs. 1760; Chapel Clerk, 1760; Scholar; B.A. (Senior Wrangler) 1764; M.A. 1767; B.D. 1775. Fellow, 1769. D.D., Lambeth, 1810. Moderator in Chemistry, 1772-3. Ord. deacon (Norwich) May 13, 1764; C. of Gislingham, Suffolk, 1764. V. of St Peter-le-Poer, London, 1776-7. Prebendary of St Paul's, 1776-92. R. of Adstock, Bucks., 1777-1804. Archdeacon of Bucks., 1778. Prebendary of Lincoln, 1778-1825. R. of Addington, Bucks., 1792, [p.346] and of Fulmer, 1804 (‘for short times’). R. of Bothal, Northumb., 1804-9. R. of St Marylebone, London, 1809-25. R. of St Stephen's and St Augustine's, Bristol, 1810-25. Married, Dec. 31, 1773, Dorothy, dau. of Dr Reeve, physician, of London, and had issue. (A s., John, at Rugby School, 1799.) Author, Sermons, etc. Settled in Marylebone, 1809, and died there June 23, 1825. M.I. in parish church. ‘Few men ever held successively more church preferments, yet he died a comparatively poor man,’ owing to his devotion to his parishes. ‘Such was the extraordinary vigour of his constitution, that for the first 80 years of his life he was never confined a single day by sickness, nor ever had recourse to medical remedy or advice.’ (D.N.B.; Lamb; Lipscomb, II. 515; Misc. Gen. et Her., 3rd S., IV. 253; Cant. Act Bk.; G. Mag., 1826, I. 89; Foster, Index Eccles.)

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