Person: Walter, Richard (1740 - 1743)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. pens. (age 17) at SIDNEY, July 3, 1735. S. of Arthur, mercer, of London. School, Okenham, Berks. (Mentioned in the books of the Fishmongers' Company as applying for a scholarship.) ' Matric. 1736; B.A. 1738-9; M.A. 1744. Fellow, 1740. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June, 1740; priest (Lincoln) Sept. 25, 1743. Chaplain of H.M.S. Centurion, 1740 (then fitting for her celebrated voyage round the world under Commodore Anson). Chaplain at Portsmouth Docks, 1745-85. Married, at Gray's Inn Chapel, to Jane Saberthwaite, of St Margaret's, Lothbury, May 5, 1748. Author, A Voyage round the World. Died Mar. 10, 1785. Buried at Gt Staughton, Hunts. Will, P.C.C. (G. Mag.; W. P. Haskett Smith; D.N.B.)

Birth Events

• 0/0/1717 est.

  dob	Birthplace	Age at	Date	Type	Full Record
  0/0/0		23	1/6/1740	Ord	View

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Sidney Sussex

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Walter, Richard	01/06/1740	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Walter, Richard	25/09/1743	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Walter, Richard	18/11/1743	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 01/06/1740 (Gooch, Thomas/Norwich 1738-1748)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Walter, Richard	01/06/1740	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 25/09/1743 (Reynolds, Richard/Lincoln 1723-1744)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Walter, Richard	25/09/1743	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• domestic chaplain : Campbell, Archibald, 3rd duke of Argyll, 1st earl of Islay (1682-1761) (18/11/1743 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Walter, Richard	18/11/1743	domestic chaplain	Appointment	Archibald, Duke of Argyll/	View