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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 23, 1783. Of Lancashire. [Eldest s. of Dr Thomas, F.R.S., of Manchester. B. Feb. 22, 1767, at Warrington.] ' Matric. Michs. 1783; Scholar, 1783; LL.B. 1789. Ord. deacon (Chester) Sept. 20, 1789; priest (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Chester) Mar. 20, 1791; C. of Winwick, Lancs., 1789. Chaplain to the Marquess of Waterford, 1791. Chaplain to the British Embassy at St Petersburg, 1792. Married, Feb. 23, 1795, at St Petersburg, Harriet, dau. of Richard Cozens (and granddaughter of Richard Cozens who left England for Russia as ship-master to Peter the Great). Died May 27, 1798, at St Petersburg; buried in the Smolensk cemetery. Brother of Edward (1799) and James (1792). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 423.)
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Percival, Thomas Basnet | 20/09/1789 | deacon | ordination | View |