In VENN
Adm. pens. (age 16) at CHRIST'S, Jan. 13, 1762. 2nd s. of Edmund (1720; CCE3425), R. of Greystoke, Cumberland [and Master of Peterhouse] [and Mary, dau. of John Christian]. B. [May 6], 1745, at Greystoke. School, Charterhouse. ' Matric. Michs. 1762; Scholar, 1762; B.A. (2nd Wrangler) 1766; 1st Chancellor's medal, 1766; M.A. 1769; D.D. 1782. Fellow, 1770-4; Dean and Steward, etc. A great friend of Paley, with whom he worked in close association. Lecturer in mathematics and classics. Preb. of Carlisle Cathedral, 1773. Archdeacon of Carlisle, 1777. V. of Whittingham, 1773-82, and Warkworth, Northumberland, 1777-82. V. of St Nicholas's, Newcastle, 1782. R. of Gt Salkeld, 1777-82, when Paley succeeded him. Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland, 1782-7; of Killala, 1787-95; of Elphin, 1795-1810. Wherever his duty led him, there he went, equally prepared to live or die. Married Anne, widow of John Thomlinson, of Carlisle. Author, Sermons. Died Mar. 19 [or 18], 1810, in Dublin. Buried in St Patrick's Cathedral. Brother of George H. (1776 [CCE3427]), Edward (1767), and Edmund (1775). (Peile, II. 273; Cant. Act Bk.; D.N.B.; S. H. Cassan, Lives of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, 243-6.)
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Ord | Law, John | 28/02/1768 | BA | Cambridge | View |
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Appt | Law, John | 28/04/1773 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 04/05/1773 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 06/07/1773 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 16/09/1773 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 16/09/1773 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 10/07/1777 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 10/07/1777 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 23/12/1777 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Disp | Law, John | 30/12/1777 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Appt | Law, John | 21/01/1778 | MA | View | |
Appt | Law, John | 21/01/1778 | MA | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Law, John | 28/02/1768 | deacon | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Law, John | 28/04/1773 | Prebendary | Collation | Carlisle Cathedral/2nd Prebend | View |
Appt | Law, John | 04/05/1773 | Prebendary | Installation | Carlisle Cathedral/2nd prebend | View |
Appt | Law, John | 06/08/1782 | Canon | Resignation | Carlisle Cathedral/2nd Canon | View |
Vac | Law, John | 06/08/1782 | Prebendary | resignation | Carlisle Cathedral/2nd prebend | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Law, John | 06/07/1773 | Vicar | Presentation | Whittingham/ | View |
Appt | Law, John | 16/09/1773 | Vicar | Institution | Whittingham/ | View |
Appt | Law, John | 16/09/1773 | Vicar | Appointment | Whittingham/ | View |
Appt | Law, John | 15/08/1782 | Vicar | Resignation | Whittingham/ | View |
Vac | Law, John | 23/11/1782 | Vicar | resignation | Whittingham/ | View |
Vac | Law, John | 14/08/1783 | Vicar | resignation | Whittingham/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Law, John | 10/07/1777 | Archdeacon | Collation | Archdeaconry of Carlisle/ | View |
Appt | Law, John | 13/07/1777 | Archdeacon | Installation | Carlisle Cathedral/Archdeaconry of Carlisle | View |
Appt | Law, John | 05/08/1782 | Archdeacon | Resignation | Archdeaconry of Carlisle/ | View |
Vac | Law, John | 05/08/1782 | Archdeacon | resignation | Archdeaconry of Carlisle/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Law, John | 23/12/1777 | domestic chaplain | Appointment | Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle/ | View |