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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Dec. 8, 1828. Of Lancs. [S. of William, timber-merchant, of Whalley, Cheshire. School, Manchester Grammar.] ' Matric. Michs. 1829; Scholar, 1832; B.A. 1833; M.A. 1837. Ord. deacon (Carlisle, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 9, 1833; priest (Norwich) Sept. 24, 1837. Sometime tutor to the sons of Mr Drummond Hay, Consul-General at Tangier. P.C. of Dukinfield, Cheshire, in 1841. C. of Muncaster, Cumberland, 1841-4. P.C. of St Thomas, Stockport, 1844-76. Married, May 12, 1842, Georgiana Hodgson, youngest dau. of the Rev. John Richard Thackeray (R. of Hadley, Middlesex, and R. of Downham Market, Norfolk), cousin to William Makepeace Thackeray. Author of a translation of the first six books of Homer's Iliad; The Mystery of Godliness; Liberty, Fraternity and Equality, etc. Died May 24, 1876. Father of William R. (1866). (Manchester Sch. Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Crockford.)
| Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord | Taylor, Joseph | 08/06/1833 | BA | Cambridge | View |