William Delaune
William Delaune
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Delaune was son of Benjamin Delaune of
M.A. in 1683, and B.D. in 1688. Having taken holy orders, he became chaplain to Peter Mews, bishop of Winchester, who presented him to the living of Chilbolton, Hampshire. He subsequently held that of South Warnborough, Wiltshire
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In 1697, he proceeded
Jacta est alea; the same story is told in Terrae Filius, the author of which, Nicholas Amhurst, Delaune is said to have expelled from St John's. Amhurst's own mocking account of his 1719 expulsion from Oxford was dedicated to Delaune, and mixes satire inextricably with politics.[4]
Delaune was elected
Margaret Lecturer in Divinity on 18 February 1715, and installed prebendary of Worcester. He was also one of Queen Anne's chaplains, and acquired some reputation as a preacher. He died on 23 May 1728, and was buried without the usual eulogistic epitaph in St John's College Chapel. Delaune published in 1728 Twelve Sermons upon several Subjects and Occasions, dedicated to Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon
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References
- ^ a b Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "St John's College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 251–264. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Vice-Chancellors from the year 1660". The Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1817. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Amhurst, Nicholas, 'Delaune, William (1659–1728)', Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Delaune, William (1659–1728)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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