Joseph Whately
Rev. Canon Joseph Whately or Whateley (1730–1797) was an English clergyman and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.
Life[edit]
He was the youngest brother of the politician Thomas Whately. He was vicar of Widford, Hertfordshire, from 1768 to 1790, and prebendary of Bristol Cathedral from 1793 to 1797.[1] He was also a lecturer at Gresham College, where he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric in 1757.[2]
Whately received the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford University on 9 July 1793, and died on 13 March 1797.[1]
Family[edit]
Whately married Jane, daughter of the Member of Parliament William Plumer.[3] Their nine children included as the youngest Richard Whately, and five daughters.[4] The youngest daughter died on 17 August 1866, widow of Sir David Barry.[1] The third son changed his surname in 1805, and was known then as Joseph Thompson Halsey.[3] The elder sons were William and Thomas; Thomas, a clergyman, married Isabella Sophia, daughter of Sir William Weller Pepys.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ gresham.ac.uk, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.
- ^ a b historyofparliamentonline.org, Halsey, Joseph Thompson (1774-1818), of Gaddesden Park, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
- ^ Brent, Richard. "Whately, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29176. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Elizabeth Jane Whately; Richard Whately (1868). Life and Correspondence of Rich. Whately, Late Archbishop of Dublin. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Person Page".
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Whately, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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