Robert Tyrwhit D.D. (1698 – 15 June 1742) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by letters patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of S ...

from 1730 to 1742''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and

Archdeacon of London The Archdeacon of London is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England. They are responsible for the eastern Archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of London) of the Two Cities (London and Westminster) in the Diocese of London, an area with ...

from 1731 to 1742.

Family

He was born in 1698 in Cammeringham, Lincolnshire. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Bishop

Edmund Gibson Edmund Gibson (16696 September 1748) was a British divine who served as Bishop of Lincoln and Bishop of London, jurist, and antiquary. Early life and career He was born in Bampton, Westmorland. In 1686 he was entered a scholar at Queen's ...

of London.

Career

He was educated at

Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

, where he graduated BA in 1719, MA in 1722 and DD in 1728. He was appointed: *Rector of Welton, Louth 1722 *Chaplain to the King 1727 - 1742 *Rector of

All-Hallows-the-Great All-Hallows-the-Great was a church (building), church in the City of London, located on what is now Upper Thames Street, first mentioned in 1235. Destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, the church was rebuilt by the office of Sir Christop ...

, London 1727 - 1737 *Vicar of Kensington 1728 - 1731 *Minister of

St James's Church, Piccadilly St James's Church, Piccadilly, also known as St James's Church, Westminster, and St James-in-the-Fields, is an Anglican church on Piccadilly in the centre of London, England. The church was designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren. The churc ...

1729 - 1733 *

1731 - 1742 *Prebendary of Kentish Town in St Paul’s Cathedral 1732 He was appointed to the eighth stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculia ...

in 1730, and held the stall until 1742.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrwhit, Robert 1698 births 1742 deaths Canons of Windsor Archdeacons of London Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge