Joseph Whately
Joseph Whately or Whateley (1730–1797) was an English clergyman and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.
Life
[edit | edit source]He was the youngest brother of the politician Thomas Whately. He was vicar of Widford, Hertfordshire, from 1768 to 1790, and prebendary of Bristol Cathedral from 1793 to 1797.[1] He was also a lecturer at Gresham College, where he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric in 1757.[2]
Whately received the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford University on 9 July 1793, and died on 13 March 1797.[1]
Family
[edit | edit source]Whately married Jane, daughter of the Member of Parliament William Plumer.[3] Their nine children included as the youngest Richard Whately, and five daughters.[4] The youngest daughter died on 17 August 1866, widow of Sir David Barry.[1] The third son changed his surname in 1805, and was known then as Joseph Thompson Halsey.[3] The elder sons were William and Thomas; Thomas, a clergyman, married Isabella Sophia, daughter of Sir William Weller Pepys.[5][6]
References
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Attribution
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