Scawen Kenrick (3 June 1694 – 2 May 1753) was an English clergyman who served as

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and

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Life

Kenrick was the son of John Kenrick, a

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merchant. He was educated at

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and

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 1714, graduating

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1717,

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1720, D.D. (''comitia regia'') 1728. He was ordained deacon on 21 September 1718 and priest on 13 March 1720. Kenrick held the following positions in the church: *Vicar of

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, 1720 *Rector of

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, Buckinghamshire, 1722–53 * Chaplain to the House of Commons, 1728 *Prebendary of

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, 1729–53 (also Sub-Dean and Archdeacon) *Rector of

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, 1734–53 Kenrick died on 2 May 1753, and was buried in Hambleden churchyard. On 13 May,

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preached his

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at St Margaret's, Westminster, ''The Man Without Guile'' after .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenrick, Scawen 1694 births 1753 deaths People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Chaplains of the House of Commons (UK) Archdeacons of Westminster 18th-century English Anglican priests