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Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY, Apr. 25, 1819. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. George (1797), R. of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire (and Harriet Fendall). B. Dec. 30, 1799, in London. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1819; Bell Scholar, 1820; Scholar, 1822; B.A. 1823; M.A. 1826. Tutor to the sons of Lord Craven. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 24, 1822. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1825; priest (Ely) 1825. R. of Rugby, 1825-74. Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, 1864. A friend and contemporary of Dr Arnold, Head Master of Rugby. Author of My brother's grave and other Poems; Dream of Life; Lays of the English Church; Memoir and Poetical Remains of W. S. Walker; Sermons (preached at Rugby); Altars, Hearths, and Graves, etc. Married, July 28, 1825, Harriet Margaret Fergusson, and had issue. Died Dec. 26, 1874; buried in the parish church. Good John Moultrie, 50 years Rector of Rugby is commemorated by the Moultrie aisle, and by a mural tablet which records that he died of illness caught in visiting the sick of his parish. There is also a Moultrie Road in Rugby. (E. A. B. Barnard; Inns of Court; Crockford; D.N.B.)
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Moultrie, John | 29/05/1825 | priest | ordination | View |