Joseph Hallet Batten FRS (25 August 1778,

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– 11 October 1837,

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) was principal of the

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. The Batten family were for some time the leading merchants of Penzance. Batten was educated at St Paul's School in London, Truro Grammar School, and

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. He became a fellow of Trinity in 1801.Descent and Alliances of Croslegh et. al.
by Charles Croslegh, privately printed at The De La More Press, London, 1904 pp.330-333 Batten became Professor of Classical Literature at the

on its opening in 1805. He married Catherine Maxwell on 4 July 1807. They lived at

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with their children, until Batten was appointed Principal (Master) of the college on 18 January 1815. Soon afterwards, he was made Doctor of Divinity by royal mandate. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1816. He lived with his family at the Master's Lodge of the college, until he became disabled shortly before his death.

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1778 births 1837 deaths British East India Company civil servants Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Truro Cathedral School Fellows of the Royal Society {{academic-administrator-stub