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- 1820-1846 (Creation)
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Born 1778; educated at schools at Dorking, Putney and Kensington; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1796, graduated BA as second wrangler and second Smith's prizeman; member's prize for Latin essay, and elected Fellow, 1801; ordained deacon, 1802; ordained priest, 1803; curate of Wrotham, Kent, 1804-1806; moderator, University of Cambridge, 1806-1809; Proctor, 1808; Select preacher, 1809-1811; appointed Hulsean Christian Advocate, 1811; appointed domestic chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1813; frequently contributed to the Quarterly Review, whilst resident at Cambridge, c.1806-1813; rector of Buxted, Sussex, 1815; rector of Lambeth, Surrey, and Sundridge, Kent, 1820; treasurer to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, member of the London committee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and a principal promoter of the establishment of King's College London, attacking the secular London University (now University College London) by his letter to Sir Robert Peel signed 'Christianus'; died 1846.
Publications: Letters to Sir William Drummond and Remarks on Sir William Drummond's Oedipus Judaicus (1813); Two discourses preached before the University of Cambridge on the doctrine of a particular providence and modern unitarianism (1812); D'Oyly and Mant's Bible (with Reverend R Mant), (for SPCK, 1814); Life of Archbishop Sancroft, 2 vols (1821); Sermons, chiefly doctrinal, with notes (1827).
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GB 0100 KCLCA D'Oyly 1820-1846 Collection (fonds) 1 letter D'Oyly , George , 1778-1846 , clergyman, theologian and biographer
Born 1778; educated at schools at Dorking, Putney and Kensington; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1796, graduated BA as second wrangler and second Smith's prizeman; member's prize for Latin essay, and elected Fellow, 1801; ordained deacon, 1802; ordained priest, 1803; curate of Wrotham, Kent, 1804-1806; moderator, University of Cambridge, 1806-1809; Proctor, 1808; Select preacher, 1809-1811; appointed Hulsean Christian Advocate, 1811; appointed domestic chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1813; frequently contributed to the Quarterly Review, whilst resident at Cambridge, c.1806-1813; rector of Buxted, Sussex, 1815; rector of Lambeth, Surrey, and Sundridge, Kent, 1820; treasurer to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, member of the London committee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and a principal promoter of the establishment of King's College London, attacking the secular London University (now University College London) by his letter to Sir Robert Peel signed 'Christianus'; died 1846.
Publications: Letters to Sir William Drummond and Remarks on Sir William Drummond's Oedipus Judaicus (1813); Two discourses preached before the University of Cambridge on the doctrine of a particular providence and modern unitarianism (1812); D'Oyly and Mant's Bible (with Reverend R Mant), (for SPCK, 1814); Life of Archbishop Sancroft, 2 vols (1821); Sermons, chiefly doctrinal, with notes (1827).
Transferred by the Secretary's Office, King's College London.
Letter from Robert Southey (1774-1845) discussing various sites for King's College London, in particular Somerset House, Regent's Park and Southwark, 1828.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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D'Oyly Bayley's Account of the House of D'Oyly 2 vols, by his son C J D'Oyly, (1847).
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 1995); King's College London, Manuscripts and Private Papers, A Select Guide; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiler: Julie Tancell. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. March 2000 D'Oyly , George , 1778-1846 , clergyman, theologian and biographer Educational buildings Higher education institutions King's College London Southey , Robert , 1774-1843 , poet, journalist and biographer Universities Educational institutions
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Transferred by the Secretary's Office, King's College London.
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Letter from Robert Southey (1774-1845) discussing various sites for King's College London, in particular Somerset House, Regent's Park and Southwark, 1828.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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