Luke Heslop (18 October 1738 – 23 June 1825) was an

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in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Heslop was educated at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th c ...

, matriculating in 1760, graduating

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(''

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'') 1764,

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1767, B.D. 1775. He also took the

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in 1810. He was ordained in 1764, became a college Fellow in 1769 and a Moderator in Chemistry 1772–73. He held the following positions in the church: * Curate of

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, Suffolk, 1764 * Vicar of

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, London, 1776–77 * Prebendary of

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, 1776–92 * Rector of

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, Buckinghamshire, 1777–1804 *

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, 1778–1825''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: volume 8 - Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses''. Horn, J.M: London Institute of Historical Research, 1996 * Prebendary of

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, 1778–1825 * Rector of

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, 1792 ("for a short time") * Rector of

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, Buckinghamshire, 1804 ("for a short time") * Rector of Bothal, Northumberland, 1804–09 * Rector of

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, London, 1809/1810–1825 impropriated until 1821.">impropriation.html" ;"title="e was the incumbent priest, but the rectory was impropriated until 1821.ref name="Marylebone-rectory-history"/> * Rector of St Stephen's and St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol">St Augustine's, Bristol, 1810–1825 He died in Marylebone">St Stephen's Church, Bristol">St Stephen's and St Augustine the Less Church, Bristol">St Augustine's, Bristol, 1810–1825 He died in Marylebone on 23 June 1825.

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1738 births 1825 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Senior Wranglers Archdeacons of Buckingham {{Canterbury-archdeacon-18C-stub