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Adm. pens. (age 14) at SIDNEY, Oct. 17, 1753. 4th s. of Francis, gent. (1712) (and Mary, dau. of John Francis Fauquier). B. [Oct. 26, 1738] in London. Schools, Market Street and Charterhouse. ' Matric. Michs. 1754; B.A. (2nd Wrangler) 1758; M.A. 1761. Fellow, 1758. D.D. from Queens', 1774. Contemporary and friend of the poet Gray. R. of Dengie, Essex, 1762-4. R. of Stratford, Suffolk, 1764-74. R. of St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas-the-Apostle, London, 1774-90. F.R.S., 1763. Married, June 16, 1765, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Charles Palmer, of Thurnscoe Hall, Yorks., and had one daughter. Edited (with J. Jebb and R. Thorp) a volume of extracts from Newton's Principia, which was used as a standard work for many years. Died Feb. 14, 1826, aged 87, at Richmond, Surrey. Brother of Francis (1748), William H. (1753) and Charlton (1748). (Hennessey; Gunther, Early Science in Cambridge, 60; G. Mag., 1826, I. 277; D.N.B.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1760 | Disp-Ord | Wollaston, George | / | View | |
| 1760 | Ordi(ordination) | Wollaston, George | / | deacon | View |
| 1760 | Ordi(ordination) | Wollaston, George | / | deacon | View |
| 1762 | Disp-Ord | Wollaston, George | / | View | |
| 1762 | Subsc | Wollaston, George | Dengey / | Rector | View |
| 1762 | Ordi(ordination) | Wollaston, George | / | priest | View |
| 1762 | Appt(Appointment) | Wollaston, George | Edward, earl of Derby / | Chaplain | View |
| 1762 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, George | Dengey / | Rector | View |
| 1763 | Disp(Dispensation) | Wollaston, George | Stratford / | Rector | View |
| 1763 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, George | Stratford / | Rector | View |
| 1763 | Disp-App | Wollaston, George | Dengey / | Rector | View |
| 1763 | Disp-App | Wollaston, George | Edward, Earl of Derby / | Chaplain | View |
| 1774 | Disp(Dispensation) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldemanry with St Thomas the Apostle annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Vac(cession) | Wollaston, George | Stratford / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Disp-App | Wollaston, George | Dingey / | Rector | View |
| 1774 | Appt(Collation) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldemary with St Thomas the Apostle annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1776 | Appt(Appointment) | Wollaston, George | Edward Smith, Earl of Derby / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1790 | Vac(resignation) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann. / | Rector | View |
| 1790 | Vac(resignation) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann. / | Rector | View |
| 1790 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann. / | Rector | View |
| 1790 | Appt(Resignation) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann. / | Rector | View |
| 1790 | Appt(Resignation) | Wollaston, George | London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann. / | Rector | View |
| 1804 | Appt(Resignation) | Wollaston, George | Dengey / | Rector | View |
| 1804 | Vac(resignation) | Wollaston, George | Dengey / | Rector | View |