Person: Wollaston, George (1760 - 1804)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. pens. (age 14) at SIDNEY, Oct. 17, 1753. 4th s. of Francis, gent. (1712) (and Mary, dau. of John Francis Fauquier). B. [Oct. 26, 1738] in London. Schools, Market Street and Charterhouse. ' Matric. Michs. 1754; B.A. (2nd Wrangler) 1758; M.A. 1761. Fellow, 1758. D.D. from Queens', 1774. Contemporary and friend of the poet Gray. R. of Dengie, Essex, 1762-4. R. of Stratford, Suffolk, 1764-74. R. of St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas-the-Apostle, London, 1774-90. F.R.S., 1763. Married, June 16, 1765, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Charles Palmer, of Thurnscoe Hall, Yorks., and had one daughter. Edited (with J. Jebb and R. Thorp) a volume of extracts from Newton's Principia, which was used as a standard work for many years. Died Feb. 14, 1826, aged 87, at Richmond, Surrey. Brother of Francis (1748), William H. (1753) and Charlton (1748). (Hennessey; Gunther, Early Science in Cambridge, 60; G. Mag., 1826, I. 277; D.N.B.)

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Sydney

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Wollaston, George	21/12/1760	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Wollaston, George	21/12/1760	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA : Cambridge / Sidney Sussex

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, George	03/12/1762	MA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Wollaston, George	13/12/1762	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	31/12/1762	MA		View
  Disp	Wollaston, George	16/11/1763	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	18/11/1763	MA		View

• DD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, George	29/03/1776	DD		View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	09/07/1790	DD		View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	12/07/1790	DD		View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	13/07/1790	DD		View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	05/04/1804	DD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 21/12/1760 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Wollaston, George	21/12/1760	deacon	ordination	View
  Ord	Wollaston, George	21/12/1760	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 13/12/1762 (Green, John/Lincoln 1761-1779)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Wollaston, George	13/12/1762	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• domestic chaplain : Smith-Stanley, Edward, 12th Earl of Derby / Lord Strange (1752-1834) (03/12/1762 - 29/03/1776 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, George	03/12/1762	Chaplain	Appointment	Edward, earl of Derby/	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	29/03/1776	domestic chaplain	Appointment	Edward Smith, Earl of Derby/	View

• Rector : Dengie (31/12/1762 - 05/04/1804 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, George	31/12/1762	Rector	Institution	Dengey/	View
  Sub	Wollaston, George	31/12/1762	Rector		Dengey/	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	05/04/1804	Rector	Resignation	Dengey/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, George	29/04/1804	Rector	resignation	Dengey/	View

• Rector : Stratford St Andrew (18/11/1763 - 02/04/1774 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, George	18/11/1763	Rector	Institution	Stratford/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, George	02/04/1774	Rector	cession	Stratford/	View

• Rector : St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle (28/03/1774 - 13/07/1790 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, George	28/03/1774	Rector	Collation	London, St Mary Aldemary with St Thomas the Apostle annexed/	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	09/07/1790	Rector	Resignation	London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann./	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	12/07/1790	Rector	Institution	London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann./	View
  Vac	Wollaston, George	12/07/1790	Rector	resignation	London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann./	View
  Appt	Wollaston, George	13/07/1790	Rector	Resignation	London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann./	View
  Vac	Wollaston, George	21/08/1790	Rector	resignation	London, St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas Apostle ann./	View