Thomas Lancaster

Background

He was born at Fulham, Middlesex, on 24 August 1787, was son of the Review Thomas Lancaster of Wimbledon, Surrey.

Education

He was matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, 26 January 1804, and graduated Bachelor of Arts (with a second class in lit hum) in 1807, and Master of Arts

Career

1787–1869) was an English churchman and academic, vicar of Banbury and fellow of Queen"s College, Oxford. In 1810. In 1808, he was elected to a Michel scholarship at Queen"s College, and in the following year to a fellowship on the same foundation. After being ordained deacon in 1810 and priest in 1812, he became in the latter year curate of Banbury in Oxfordshire, and vicar of Banbury in 1815.

His relations with his parishioners were not happy, and although he retained the living of Banbury for upwards of thirty-three years, he resided in Oxford about half that time.

In 1849, the new bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, induced him to exchange Banbury for the rectory of Over Worton, a small village near Woodstock. He did not find the new living more congenial than the old, and continued to reside in Oxford, where he frequented the Bodleian Library, and was respected for his learning.

From 1840 to 1849, he acted, with little success, as under-master (ostiarius, or usher) of Magdalen College school, and was for a time chaplain to the Dowager Countess of Guilford. He was found dead in his bed at his lodgings in High Street, 12 December 1859, and was buried in the Holywell cemetery.

He had no family.

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  • The Popular Evidence Of Christianity: Stated And Examined (1831)

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • The Popular Evidence of Christianity: Stated and Examined 1831

    (Originally published in 1831. This volume from the Cornel...)