William Spooner (priest)

William Spooner
Born1778
Died1857(1857-00-00) (aged 78–79)
The Vicarage, East Farleigh, Kent
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
Parent(s)Isaac Spooner
Barbara Gough

William Spooner (1778–1857) was an English priest, Archdeacon of Coventry[1] from 1827 to 1851. The post was historically within the Diocese of Lichfield, but during Spooner's tenure it moved in 1837 to the Diocese of Worcester.[2]

Life

He was the fourth son of Isaac Spooner of Aston, and brother of Barbara Spooner, and was educated at Rugby School.[3][4] He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1796, graduating B.A. in 1800, M.A. in 1803.[5] He held incumbencies at Elmdon, Chipping Camden and Acle.[6]

Family

Spooner married in 1810 Anna Maria Sydney O'Brien, fifth daughter of Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet and his wife Anna French.[7][8] Their children were:[9]

  • William Spooner (1811–1880), barrister, father of William Archibald Spooner and Henry Spooner
  • Anna Maria (1812–1899)
  • Barbara Mary (1813–1895)
  • Elizabeth (1815–1886)
  • Lucius Henry Spooner (1816–1854)
  • Frances Ann (1818–1868)
  • Catharine (1819–1878), married 1843 Archibald Campbell Tait[10]
  • Rev. Edward Spooner (1821–1899)
  • Gerard Spooner (1823–c.1908)
  • Charles Spooner (1824–1881)

References

  1. ^ University of Toronto
  2. ^ "No. 19460". The London Gazette. 24 January 1837. pp. 167–170.
  3. ^ Rugby School (1867). Rugby School Register: From 1675 to 1867 Inclusive. Billington. p. 42.
  4. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1909). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 16. London: Privately printed. p. 117.
  5. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Spooner, William (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p197: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
  7. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. Notes 8. London: Priv. printed. p. 143.
  8. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 20. London: Priv. printed. p. 21.
  9. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1909). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 16. London: Privately printed. pp. 141–148.
  10. ^ Kollar, Rene. "Tait, Catharine (1819–1878)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50739. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)