Person: Alderson, Christopher (1760 - 1814)

• Comments

  In VENN
  Adm. sizar (age c. 34) at PEMBROKE, Oct. 16, 1771. R. of Langton-on-Swale, Yorks. S. of Jonathan, of High Ewbank in Brough, Westmorland [and Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Alderson, of Keld-in-Swaledale]. Bapt. Aug. 4, 1737. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1781; B.D. 1782. Ord. deacon (Chester) Sept. 21, 1760; priest, Sept. 6, 1761; C. of Howgill, Yorks., 1761. R. of Langton-upon-Swale, 1768-77. R. of Eckington, Derbs., 1769-99. Chaplain to the Marquis of Lothian. V. of Drayton and Askham, Notts., 1772. P.C. of Tickhill, Yorks., 1774; rebuilt the parsonage house. V. of Wadsworth, 1778. R. of Oddington, Gloucs., 1779-85. C. of Aston, Yorks., to William Mason the ‘parson-poet’ whom he succeeded as R. of Aston, 1797-1811, and whose executor he was. Devoted to gardening; employed to lay out the grounds at Kew for Queen Caroline. Married Elizabeth, dau. of William Ball, Steward in the Holderness family at Aston, 1767. Died Mar. 27, 1814, aged 76, at Eckington. Buried at Aston. Father of Jonathan (1788; CE8285) and William (1790; CCE8286). (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; F.A. Crisp, Notes, X; G. Mag.; L. Whibley.)

Education Events

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	26/08/1811	MA		View

• BD : Cambridge / Pembroke Hall

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	30/10/1784	BD		View
  Disp	Alderson, Christopher	24/05/1797	BD	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	30/05/1797	BD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 21/09/1760 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Alderson, Christopher	21/09/1760	deacon	ordination	View
  Ord	Aldrson, Christopher	21/09/1760	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 06/09/1761 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Alderson, Christopher	06/09/1761	priest	ordination	View
  Ord	Alderson, Christopher	06/09/1761	priest	ordination	View
  Ord	Alderson, Christopher	06/09/1761	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Chaplain : Howgill (22/09/1760 - 25/09/1763 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	22/09/1760	Chaplain	Licensing	Sedbergh/Howgill Chapel	View
  Appt	Metcalfe, Lister	25/09/1763	Chaplain	Licensing	Sedbergh/Augmented Chapel of Howgills	View

• Curate : Aston cum Aughton (09/05/1764 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	09/05/1764	Curate	Licensing	Aston/	View

• Rector : Langton upon Swale (16/09/1768 - 17/12/1777 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	16/09/1768	Rector	Institution	Langton upon Swale/	View
  Vac	Alderson, Christopher	17/12/1777	Rector	cession	Langton on Swale/	View

• domestic chaplain : Kerr, William Henry, 4th marquess of Lothian/ earl of Ancram (1710-1775) (12/12/1768 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	12/12/1768	domestic chaplain	Appointment	William [Henry], Marquess of Lothian/	View

• Vicar : Tickhill (12/09/1774 - 17/10/1789 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	12/09/1774	Vicar	Institution	Tickhill/	View
  Vac	Alderson, Christopher	17/10/1789	Vicar	cession	Tickhill/	View

• domestic chaplain : Kerr, William John, 5th marquess of Lothian/Lord Newbottle /earl of Ancram (1737-1815) (08/07/1775 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	08/07/1775	domestic chaplain	Appointment	William [John], Marquess of Lothian/	View

• Rector : Oddington (30/06/1779 - 09/03/1785 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	30/06/1779	Rector	Institution	Odyngton/	View
  Vac	Alderson, Christopher	09/03/1785	Rector	cession	Oddington/	View

• Rector : Eckington (30/10/1784 - 05/04/1814 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	30/10/1784	Rector	Institution	Eckington cum Killamarsh/	View
  Vac	Alderson, Christopher	05/04/1814	Rector	Death	Eckington cum Killamarsh/	View

• Rector : Aston cum Aughton (26/08/1811 - 26/08/1811 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	30/05/1797	Rector	Induction Mandate	Aston/	View
  Appt	Alderson, Christopher	26/08/1811	Rector	Institution	Aston/	View
  Vac	Alderson, Christopher	26/08/1811	Rector	resignation	Aston/	View

Death Events

• Death (05/04/1814)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Alderson, Christopher	05/04/1814	Death	Vac	View