John Eveleigh (1748–1814) was an English churchman and academic, Provost of
Oriel College, Oxford
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, from 1781.
Life
The son of John Eveleigh (1716?–1770), rector of
Winkleigh
Winkleigh is a civil parish and small village in Devon, England. It is part of the local government area of Torridge District Council. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,305, compared to 1,079 in 1901. The population of the el ...
in
Devon
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, by his wife Martha, daughter of John Scobell of
Nutcombe. He was born on 22 February 1748, and educated at
Blundell's School
Blundell's School is an Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent co-educational boarding school, boarding and Day school, day school in the English Public School (United Kingdom), public school tradition, located in Tiverton, Devon, T ...
, Tiverton, and at
Wadham College, Oxford
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, where he matriculated on 15 May 1766, and was an exhibitioner of the college.
[''The History of Tiverton, in the County of Devon''. William Harding. book III, p. 115] He was also admitted scholar on 25 September 1767, and graduated B.A. on 19 January 1770. He was elected Fellow of Oriel on 30 March following, and graduated M.A. on 25 November 1772, B.D. on 17 November 1782, and D.D. on 7 May 1783.
Eveleigh was junior treasurer of Oriel in 1772, senior treasurer in 1773, and dean from 1775 to 1781. From 1778 to 1781 he was also vicar of the
University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, and from 1782 to 1792 vicar of
Aylesford. On 5 December 1781 he was elected Provost of Oriel in succession to John Clarke, becoming at the same time prebendary of
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Rochester and seat (''cathedra'') of the Bishop of Rocheste ...
.
As Provost of Oriel Eveleigh raised the college's academic reputation; among the Fellows elected was
John Keble. He was also a university reformer, and one of the proponents of the system of classes and honours established in 1800. He died at Oxford on 10 December 1814, was buried in St. Mary's, Oxford, and was succeeded by
Edward Copleston.
Works
Eveleigh was
Bampton lecturer
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They were a series of annual lectures; since the turn of the 20th century they have sometimes been biennial ...
in 1792, and published his lectures as ''Eight Sermons'' in the same year; a second edition with four additional sermons also appeared in 1792, and a third edition in two volumes in 1815. He brought out a work on ''The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity'', Oxford, 1791, and other sermons in 1797 and 1806.
Family
Eveleigh married Dorothy, daughter of William Sandford, Fellow of
All Souls College
All Souls College (official name: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full me ...
and rector of
Hatherop,
Gloucestershire
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, and left an only daughter, Jane, who married John Heathcote Wyndham, rector of
Gorton
Gorton is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It is to the southeast of Manchester city centre. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Levenshulme and Openshaw.
A ...
.
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1748 births
1814 deaths
18th-century English Anglican priests
Provosts of Oriel College, Oxford
Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
People educated at Blundell's School
People from Winkleigh
People from Aylesford
18th-century Anglican theologians
19th-century Anglican theologians