Person: Swainson, Christopher (1800 - 1816)

• Comments

  VENN: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 29, 1793. [Eldest] s. of [John, calico]-merchant, of Preston, Lancs. (and Susannah, dau. of Charles Inman, of Lancaster and Jamaica). [B. July 12, 1775.] School, Manchester. ' Matric. Michs. 1793; Scholar, 1793. Adm. at Worcester College, Oxford, whence he matric. Dec. 3, 1795, age 20; B.A. (Oxford) 1797; M.A. (Oxford) 1799. Incorp. M.A. from Oxford, 1808. Sometime tutor to the sons of the 2nd Lord Clive whom he accompanied to Eton, 1798. Ord. deacon (Bristol), June 1, 1800; priest, Apr. 25, 1801. V. of Hawkesbury, Gloucs., 1802-13. V. of Clun, Salop, 1805-54. Preb. of Hereford, 1808-54. R. of Wistanstow, Salop, 1816-54. Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester, 1816. Married, Aug. 3, 1809, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Low, M.D., of Preston and had issue. Died Dec. 19, 1854, at Wistanstow. (Man tester Sch. Reg., II. 170; St John's Coll. Adms., IV. 501; Al. Oxon.; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; The Extraordinary Black Book, 1830, 530; Burke, L.G.; G. Mag., 1855, I.)

Education Events

• BA : Oxford / Worcester

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Sub	Swachson, Christopher	31/05/1800	BA	Oxford	View
  Sub	Swainson, Christopher	25/04/1801	BA	Oxford	View

• MA : Oxford / Worcester

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Swainson, Christopher	01/06/1800	MA	Oxford	View
  Ord	Swainson, Christopher	25/04/1801	MA	Oxford	View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	12/04/1802	MA		View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	12/04/1802	MA		View
  Sub	Swainson, Christopher	12/04/1802	MA		View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	09/04/1805	MA		View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	18/05/1808	MA		View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	25/06/1808	MA		View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	19/01/1816	MA		View
  Disp	Swainson, Christopher	16/03/1816	MA	Oxford	View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	26/03/1816	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 01/06/1800 (Cornewall, Ffoliot Herbert Walker/Bristol 1797-1803)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Swachson, Christopher	31/05/1800	deacon	Ordination	View
  Ord	Swainson, Christopher	01/06/1800	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 25/04/1801 (Cornewall, Ffoliot Herbert Walker/Bristol 1797-1803)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Swainson, Christopher	25/04/1801	priest	ordination	View
  Sub	Swainson, Christopher	25/04/1801	priest	Ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Vicar : Hawkesbury (12/04/1802 - 29/10/1805 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	12/04/1802	Vicar	Institution	Hawkesbury/	View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	12/04/1802	Vicar	Institution	Hawkesbury/	View
  Sub	Swainson, Christopher	12/04/1802	Vicar		Hawkesbury/	View
  Vac	Swainson, Christopher	29/10/1805	Vicar	cession	Hawkesbury/	View
  Vac	Swainson, Christopher	29/10/1805	Vicar	cession	Hawkesbury/	View

• Vicar : Clun with Chapel Lawn (09/04/1805 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	09/04/1805	Vicar	Institution	Clun/	View

• Prebendary : Hereford cathedral, prebend of Cublington (18/05/1808 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	18/05/1808	Prebendary	Collation	Hereford Cathedral/Cublington prebend	View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	25/06/1808	Prebendary	Installation	Hereford Cathedral/Cublington	View

• domestic chaplain : Cornewall, Folliott Herbert Walker (1754-1831), bishop of Bristol, Hereford and Worcester (19/01/1816 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	19/01/1816	domestic chaplain	Appointment	Ffolliott Herbert Walker Cornewall, Bishop of Worcester/	View
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	16/03/1816	domestic chaplain	in post	Bp Cornewall/	View

• Rector : Wistanstow (26/03/1816 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Swainson, Christopher	26/03/1816	Rector	Institution	Wistanstow/	View