George Fitzhugh (priest)
Hon. George FitzHugh (died 20 November 1505) was
Chancellor of Cambridge University and Dean of Lincoln
.
He was the fourth son of Henry FitzHugh, 5th
Edward IV and Richard III.[1] His siblings included Sir Richard, 6th Baron FitzHugh; Lady Elizabeth Parr; and Lady Alice Fiennes.[1]
FitzHugh obtained a licence from the Pope to hold a deanery at sixteen. By the age of twenty-three, he became an ordained priest.[2]
He received a
M.A.
in 1479.
He was Master of
Kirkby Ravensworth and of Bedale, and was Dean of Lincoln
from 1483 to 1505.
He is buried in Lincoln Cathedral.
References
External links
- "Fitzhugh, George (FTSH478G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.