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Adm. pens. at JESUS, Apr. 22, 1772. [3rd] s. of the Rev. George (1739) [R. of St Nicholas, Nottingham]. [B. at Nottingham, Feb. 22, 1756. Schools, Nottingham and Kingston.] ' Matric. Michs. 1772; Scholar; B.A. (2nd Wrangler and 2nd Chancellor's medal, 1776); Members' prize, 1777; Fellow, 1776-9. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1778. C. at Stockport and in Liverpool. Adopted Unitarian views. Classical Tutor at Warrington Unitarian College, 1779-83, and at Hackney College, 1790-1. Imprisoned in Dorchester gaol for issuing a seditious pamphlet, 1799-1801. Described by Henry Crabb Robinson as a political fanatic with 'the pale complexion and mild features of a saint, a most gentle creature in domestic life and a very amiable man; but when he took part in political or religious controversy, his pen was dipped in gall'. Married, Mar. 1779, Anne Watson, niece of the Rev. - Watson, R. of Stockport. Author, Silva critica, the Union of Theological and Classical learning; Memoirs, etc., and edited the Georgics, Horace and Lucretius. Died Sept. 9, 1801, at Hackney. Portrait drawing (1778) by John Downman, in the Fitzwilliam Museum. M.I., Richmond Church. Brother of Thomas (1774). (Northants. Clergy; D.N.B.; Mrs H. Martin, Memories of Seventy Years; P. E. Towell.)
| Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord | Wakefield, Gilbert | 22/03/1778 | deacon | ordination | View |