Sir William Dawes, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Dawes | |
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| Archbishop of York | |
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| Province | York |
| Diocese | York |
| In office | 1714–1724 |
| Predecessor | John Sharp |
| Successor | Lancelot Blackburne |
| Other post(s) | Dean of Bocking (1698–1708) Bishop of Chester (1708–1714) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1708 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1671 |
| Died | 30 April 1724 (aged 52) Westminster, Middlesex, Great Britain |
| Buried | Chapel, St Catharine's Hall, Cambridge |
| Nationality | English (later British) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Sir John Dawes Christian née Lyons |
| Spouse |
Frances D'Arcy
(m. 1692; died 1705) |
| Children | 5 sons & 2 daughters[1] |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford St Catharine's Hall, Cambridge |
Sir William Dawes, 3rd Baronet (12 September 1671 – 30 April 1724) was an English
Education
Dawes was born at Lyons, near Braintree in Essex and from the age of nine attended Merchant Taylors' School in London. Already excelling in Hebrew by the age of 15, he was barely 18 when he wrote his work in verse: The Anatomy of Atheisme, and his eminent The Duties of the Closet in prose.
In 1687, William matriculated at
Anglican priest
William Dawes became the permanent pastor of William III (1688–1702) and was later court pastor of Queen Anne (1702–14). From 1698, at a young age, he was Canon of Worcester Cathedral.
He was Master of
In 1698 he was appointed rector in the village of
On 8 February 1708
He died on 30 April 1724 from inflammation of the bowels. He was buried in the chapel of St Catharine's together with his wife. He was the most outstanding preacher of his period, a representative of the ideal of an aristocratic prelate, of a high and authoritative personality.[8]
Family
William Dawes was the son of
William married Frances Cole d'Arcy (1673–1705; daughter of Thomas d'Arcy {1632–1693} and Jane Cole {1640–?}) on 1 December 1692, at St Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard St, City of London.
Their daughter Elizabeth married
Styles and titles
- 1690–1695: Sir William Dawes Bt
- 1695–1696: The Reverend Sir William Dawes Bt
- 1696–1698: The Reverend Doctor Sir William Dawes Bt
- 1698: The Reverend Canon Doctor Sir William Dawes Bt
- 1698–1708: The Very Reverend Doctor Sir William Dawes Bt
- 1708–1714: The Right Reverend Doctor Sir William Dawes Bt
- 1714–1724: The Right Honourable Doctor Sir William Dawes Bt
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7336. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Dawes, William (DWS695W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "St Catharine's College". Cambridge Online. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "The Archbishop of Canterbury". www.archbishopofcanterbury.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "No. 5264". The London Gazette. 28 September 1714. p. 1.
- ^ "Pápai Páriz Ferenc, Album amicorum p. 468". ppf.mtak.hu. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... by John Burke
- Stuart Handley, Dawes, Sir William, third baronet (1671–1724), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- The whole works of ... Sir William Dawes, in 3 volumes, with a preface, giving some account of the life ... of the author. London, 1732, 1733.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Overton, John Henry (1888). "Dawes, William (1671-1724)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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