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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, June 17, 1772. S. of Anthony [M.D.] (for whom see D.N.B.), of London. [B. 1754, in Dublin.] School, Westminster. ' Matric. Michs. 1772; Scholar, 1773; B.A. (Hon. Wrangler) 1776; M.A. 1779. Fellow and Chaplain of King's, 1781. F.R.S., 1787. One of the original Fellows of the Linnean Society, 1788. The genus Relhania was named after him. Ord. deacon 1777; priest (Peterb.) June 27, 1779; C. of New Romney, Kent, 1777. R. of Hemingby, Lincs., 1791-1823. Author, Flora Cantabrigiensis, 1785 (with the assistance of notes given to him by Professor Thomas Martyn); Lectures on Botany, read in the University of Cambridge. Published an edition of Tacitus' Germania, Agricola and Historia. Died Mar. 28, 1823, aged 69. (Record of Old Westminsters; Northants. Clergy; Cant. Act Book; G. Mag., 1823, I. 380; D.N.B.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1777 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Relhan, Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1777 | Appt(Licensing) | Relhan, Richard | New Romney / | Curate | View |
| 1777 | Ordi(ordination) | Relhan, Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1779 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Relham, Richard | / | priest | View |
| 1779 | Ordi(ordination) | Relhan, Richard | / | priest | View |
| 1791 | Appt(Institution) | Relhan, Richard | Hemingbye / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Licensing) | Relhan, Richard | Impington / | Curate | View |
| 1823 | Vac(Death) | Relhan, Richard | Hemingbye / | Rector | View |