John Richard Thackeray (17 May 1772 – 19 August 1846) was an English churchman and member of the Thackeray literary family.

Early life

Thackeray was born on 17 May 1772, the fourth son of Thomas Thackeray (1736–1806), surgeon, of Cambridge and grandson of Thomas Thackeray DD (1693–1760). He attended

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. He received his BA from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, in 1794 and his MA in 1797.

Clerical career

Thackeray was the vicar of

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, Essex, from 1810, and the rector of

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and vicar of

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, both in Norfolk, from 1811. He was the rector of the parish of

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, north of

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, from 1819.Gove, Brenda R.A. (c. 2012) ''Guide to the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin''. Monken Hadley: St. Mary the Virgin, p. 23.

Family

Thackeray had brothers Elias (1790), William M. (1788), Frederick (1800), Joseph (1802) and Martin (1802). He married at Hatfield on 13 December 1810, Marianne Franks, daughter of William Franks of Beech Hill Park, Hadley Wood, and

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. The couple had a son, Richard W. (1833) and two daughters. Marianne died 23 March 1855.

Death

Thackeray died on 19 August 1846 at Hadley after a short illness and he was buried on 24 August in a vault underneath the south transept of his own church

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. Cass, Frederick Charles. (1880)
Monken Hadley
'. London: Nichols, pp. 114-115.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thackeray, John 1772 births 1846 deaths Residents of Monken Hadley Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge

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19th-century English Anglican priests People educated at Rugby School St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley