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FOSTER: Son of Thomas Dampier of Eton, doctor. MERTON COLLEGE, matric. 11 July 1769, aged 19; BA 1773; MA 1776.
B. 1749/50. Son of Thomas Dampier [23485], then under-master of Eton College (where John was a pupil); later Dean of Durham, d. 1777; brother of Thomas Dampier [1456], late Bishop of Rochester and of Ely. John succeeded his father as Rector of Wylye, Wilts.; prebendary of Ely, 1812-1826. D. at Ely, 18 Aug. 1826. MI in his West Meon parish church.
Eton College Register, 1753-1790, 145 and Notes & Queries, 11th. ser., vol. 10, July - Dec. 1914, 217-8.