Gerrard Andrewes (3 April 1750 – 2 June 1825) was an English churchman,

Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter (religion), Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The current office of dean (religion), Dean originated after the English Reformation, although Dea ...

from 1809.

Life

He was the son of Gerrard Andrewes, vicar of

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and St. Nicholas,

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, and master of the

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. The younger Gerrard was born at Leicester and educated at

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...

. He was elected to a Westminster scholarship at

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, took his B.A. degree in 1773, M.A. 1779, and D.D. 1807. From 1771 to 1784 he worked as an usher at Westminster School. He became occasional preacher at

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, and afterwards at St. James's, in the Hampstead Road. In 1788, an old pupil,

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, gave him the living of

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, in

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. In 1791 he became preacher at the

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, and in 1799 at the

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. Lady Talbot admired his sermons, and presented him in 1800 to the living of Mickleham,

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, to which he was again presented in 1802 after resigning it upon his collation by Bishop

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to St James's, Piccadilly. In 1809, he gave up Mickleham on his appointment by

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to the deanery of Canterbury. In 1812, he declined an offer of the

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on the plea of advancing years. He died in 1825 at the rectory of Piccadilly, and was buried at

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, Surrey. His only publications are sermons.

Family

On 1 December 1788, he married Elizabeth Maria, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Bale, by whom he had three daughters and a son, who married the daughter of William Heberden the Younger.

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrewes, Gerrard 1750 births 1825 deaths Deans of Canterbury People from Syston