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Robert Tyrwhit

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Robert Tyrwhit D.D. (1698 – 15 June 1742) was a Canon of Windsor from 1730 to 1742[1] and Archdeacon of London from 1731 to 1742.

Family

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

Career

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He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1719, MA in 1722 and DD in 1728.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1730, and held the stall until 1742.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle