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Adm. sizar at JESUS, July 23, 1785. Of Notts. [4th s. of the Rev. Edward (CCE18717, 1742-3), V. of Cuckney, Notts. B. there, Oct. 23, 1768. ' Matric. Michs. 1786; Scholar, 1786; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1790; M.A. 1793. Fellow, 1796-1804; tutor. Ord. deacon, 1791. C. of Helston, Cornwall, and Master of the Grammar School, 1791-6. Travelled with Malthus in Northern Europe, 1799. R. of Colmworth, Hunts., 1804-10. R. of Sturmer, Essex, 1810. R. of Chetwynd, Salop, 1811-22. Private tutor in Oxford, 1822. R. of St Mark's, Kennington, 1825. First Principal of King's College, London, 1830-6. Bishop of Chichester, 1836-40. One of the founders of Chichester Training College. Married, July 3, 1804, Mary Sadleir, dau. of William Bruère, Esq., of Ashtead, Surrey, Governor of Bengal. Author, Life and Remains of E. D. Clarke; Pastoral Addresses; also wrote the memoir of Malthus in his Political Economy, 1836. Died Aug. 20, 1840, at Broadstairs; buried in Chichester Cathedral. Brother of Bentinck R. (1789; CCE18716), John (1778) and Edward (1781; CCE18718); father of the next. (Jesus Coll. Notes; Burke, L.G.; Misc. Gen. et Her., N.S., III. 304; F.M.G., III. 1026; D.N.B.; The Church Magazine, Dec. 1842.)
Life in ODNB by RAB
| Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Otter, William | 04/02/1796 | MA | Cambridge | View |
| Ord | Otter, William | 28/05/1797 | MA | Cambridge | View |
| Appt | Otter, William | 20/12/1799 | MA | View | |
| Disp | Otter, William | 06/06/1804 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 30/06/1804 | MA | View | |
| Disp | Otter, William | 02/07/1804 | MA | Cambridge | View |
| Appt | Otter, William | 24/05/1810 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 01/08/1811 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 29/11/1811 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 23/12/1811 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 29/11/1812 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 21/06/1816 | MA | View | |
| Disp | Otter, William | 16/11/1816 | MA | Cambridge | View |
| Appt | Otter, William | 30/04/1818 | MA | View | |
| Appt | Otter, William | 01/07/1824 | MA | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord | Otter, William | 28/05/1797 | priest | ordination | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Otter, William | 20/03/1791 | assistant curate | Licensing | Skegby/ | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Otter, William | 20/03/1791 | assistant curate | Licensing | Woodhouse/ | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Otter, William | 02/07/1804 | domestic chaplain | in post | George Byng, viscount Torrington/ | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Otter, William | 29/11/1811 | Vicar | Institution | Alrewas/ | View |
| Appt | Otter, William | 29/11/1812 | Vicar | Induction Mandate | Alrewas/ | View |
| Appt | Otter, William | 30/04/1818 | Vicar | Resignation | Alrewas/ | View |
| Vac | Otter, William | 09/05/1818 | Vicar | resignation | Alrewas/ | View |
| Vac | Otter, William | 09/05/1818 | Vicar | resignation | Alrewas/ | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vac | Otter, William | 02/06/1827 | Perpetual Curate | resignation | Coverham/Horshouse | View |
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vac | Otter, William | 02/06/1827 | Deacon | resignation | Coverham Holy Trinity/ | View |