Person: Torkington, James (1756 - 1813)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST, JOHN'S, July 13, 1752. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. James (1713) (R. of King's Ripton, Hunts.) [and grandson of the Earl of Harborough]. B. at King's Repton. [Bapt. July 4, 1733.] School, Leicester (Mr Andrews). ' Matric. Michs. 1752; M.A. 1756; LL.D. 1769. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 19, 1756; priest, June 24, 1758. R. of King's Ripton, Hunts. (succeeding his father), 1758-1813. Chaplain to Bennet, Earl of Harborough, 1767. R. of Little Stukeley, Hunts. (succeeding his father), 1767-1813. Preb. of Worcester, 1775. Married (1) Mary, dau. of the Rev. Edward Bourchier, R. of Bramfield, Herts.; (2) 1775, Miss Leeson, of Little Ponton, near Grantham. Buried Mar. 4, 1813. Father of the next; brother of John (1761) and Philip (1753). (St John's Coll. Adm., III, 617; Misc. Gen. et Her., 4th series, IV. 333; G. Mag., 1813, I. 500.)

Education Events

• MA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Torkington, James	19/09/1756	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Torkington, James	24/06/1758	MA		View
  Ord	Torkington, James	24/06/1758	MA	Cambridge	View
  Disp	Torkington, James	04/12/1767	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Torkington, James	08/12/1767	MA		View

• DCL

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	13/07/1775	DCL		View
  Appt	Torkington, James	28/04/1786	DCL		View

• LLD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	28/04/1786	LLD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 19/09/1756 (Thomas, John/Lincoln 1744-1761)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Torkington, James	19/09/1756	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 24/06/1758 (Thomas, John/Lincoln 1744-1761)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Torkington, James	24/06/1758	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Curate : Kings Ripton (20/09/1756 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	20/09/1756	Curate	Licensing	King Ripton/	View

• Rector : Kings Ripton (24/06/1758 - 02/04/1813 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	24/06/1758	Rector	Institution	Ripton Regis/	View
  Vac	Unknown,	02/04/1813	Rector	Death	Ripton Regis/	View

• Chaplain : Sherard, Bennet, 3rd earl of Harborough (1709-1770) (20/01/1759 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	04/12/1767	domestic chaplain	in post	earl of Harborough/	View

• Rector : Little Stukeley (08/12/1767 - 01/06/1813 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	08/12/1767	Rector	Institution	Stewkley parva/	View
  Vac	Torkington, James	01/06/1813	Rector	Death	Little Stewkley/	View

• Canon : Worcester cathedral, canon of 1st prebend (13/07/1775 - 16/03/1813 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	13/07/1775	Canon	Institution	Worcester Cathedral/1st Canonary	View
  Vac	Torkington, James	16/03/1813	Prebendary	Death	Worcester Cathedral/	View

• Master : St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester (28/04/1786 - 09/03/1813 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Torkington, James	28/04/1786		Institution	Saint Oswald Hospital, Worcester City/	View
  Appt	Torkington, James	28/04/1786	Master	Institution	St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester/	View
  Vac	Torkington, James	09/03/1813	Master	Death	St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester/	View

Death Events

• Death (09/03/1813)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Torkington, James	09/03/1813	Death	Vac	View
  Torkington, James	16/03/1813	Death	Vac	View
  Unknown,	02/04/1813	Death	Vac	View
  Torkington, James	01/06/1813	Death	Vac	View