Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet
Sir Richard Kaye | |
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| Dean of Lincoln | |
 Grave of Rev. Sir Richard Kaye, Dean of Lincoln, in the east end of Lincoln Cathedral. | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
| Elected | 1783 |
| Predecessor | Richard Cust |
| Successor | George Gordon |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Nottingham 1780–1809 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1736-7 |
| Died | 25 December 1809 |
| Buried | Lincoln Cathedral |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Profession | Anglican clergyman – fellow of the royal society |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet, FRS, LL.D (1736–25 December 1809) was an English peer, churchman and scientist. He was Dean of Lincoln from 1783, and inherited the baronetcy from his elder brother Sir John Lister Kaye, 5th Baronet in 1789.
Life
He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford graduating BCL in 1761. He was a patron of the artists Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, whom he commissioned for two decades to draw "everything curious",[1] and Tilly Kettle. He was a friend of Joseph Banks whom he proposed for the Royal Society,(O'Brian 1997, p. 33) and also Captain James Cook: Cook named after him the island now called Kayak Island.[2] He was a member of the Madrigal Society, and also a Trustee of the British Museum.(Drinkall 1965) He married Ellen Fenton, daughter of William Fenton of Rothwell, West Yorkshire and widow of Thomas Mainwaring. In 1789 he was to inherit a baronetcy. He left no children, and the baronetcy came to an end with him.(Howard & Crisp 1896, p. 53)(Wilson 1971, p. 243)
Clerical career
Kaye was noted both for his piety but also as a great
In 1788 he became curate of
References
- ^ Manco, Jean (15 December 2013). "Topographical Drawings of Samuel Hieronymous Grimm". buildinghistory.org. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Captain James Cook > 225 Years Ago: April – June 1778". Captain Cook Society. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "Rev. Dr. Richard Kaye". Oldnotts.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ British Library Additional MS. 18552
- ^ "Grimm's Northumberland sketchbooks". Bl.uk. 30 November 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
Bibliography
- Brown, Cornelius (1896). A History of Nottinghamshire.
- Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M; Mussett, Patrick, eds. (2004). "Canons of Durham: Eighth prebend". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1541–1857. Vol. 11, Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. London: University of London.
- Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M, eds. (1999). "Canons residentiary of Lincoln". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1541–1857. Vol. 9, Lincoln Diocese. London: University of London.
- Lysons, Daniel (1795). "Marylebone". The Environs of London. Vol. 3. London: T Cadell and W Davies. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via British History Online.
- Walkerdine, H; Buxton, A S (1907). "Old churches of the Mansfield Deanery". Nottinghamshire History. Mansfield Reporter. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-521-42440-0.
- Wilson, Richard George (1971). Gentlemen Merchants: The Merchant Community in Leeds, 1700–1830. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-0459-9.
- Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1896). Visitation of England and Wales Notes. Vol. 1. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-0622-5.
- ISBN 978-0-226-61628-5.
- Drinkall, John Thomas (1965). The life and interests of the Reverend Sir Richard Kaye, Bt., LL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., an eighteenth century pluralist (PhD). hdl:2381/31898.
Further reading
- Dolman, Brett (2003). "Everything Curious: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm and Sir Richard Kaye" (PDF). The Electronic British Library Journal. ISSN 1478-0259.
- Goulding, R. W. (1923–24). "Sir Richard Kaye Bart, D.C.L., Dean of Lincoln". Reports of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of the County of Lincoln. 28: 1–17.
- Hauptmann W. (2014), Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733–1794): A very English Swiss, Kunst Museum, Bern. ISBN 9788874396627.
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