Timothy Halton D.D. (1632?–1704) was an English churchman and academic, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, from 1677.

Life

He has been identified with the Timothy Halton, son of Miles Halton of Greenthwaite Hall,

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, northern England, who was baptised at Greystoke Church 19 September 1633, and in that case he was a younger brother of

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. He entered Queen's College as

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9 March 1649, and was elected Fellow in April 1657. He proceeded B.D. 30 April 1662, D.D. 27 June 1674. On 17 March 1661, Halton wrote to Joseph Williamson that he had offers of chaplaincies from

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, bishop of St. David's, and from Elisabeth of Bohemia. Eventually he refused them both, preferring to retain his position at Oxford. The first offer, however, led to a

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connection: he became archdeacon of Brecon on 8 February 1672, and was canon of St David's (his epitaph). He was made

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on 10 July 1675, and Provost of Queen's College on 7 April 1677, succeeding Thomas Barlow. He was also rector of the college living, Charlton-on-Otmoor,

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. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during 1679–81 and 1685. He died on 21 July 1704, and was buried in Queen's College chapel; his epitaph states that he was a considerable benefactor to the college. Letters from Halton to Williamson, written between 1655 and 1667, have been preserved in the Public Record Office.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halton, Timothy 1632 births 1704 deaths Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford 17th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Brecon Archdeacons of Oxford Provosts of The Queen's College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford People from Greystoke, Cumbria