Thackeray, Frederick
THACKERAY, FREDERICK. Adm. Fell. -Com. at Emmanuel,
.May 21, 1800. Of Cambs. [5th s. of Thomas, surgeon, of
Cambridge. B. Feb. 11, 1774- School, Rugby.] Matric.
Easter, 1800. Re-adm. Fell.-Com. Feb. 13, 1815; M.B. 1815;
Med. Lie. 1817; M.D. 1820. Practised at Cambridge. Physi-
cian to .^ddenbrooke's Hospital. Married (i) June i, 1812,
Susan, dau. of — Goodman, of March, Cambs., and widow of William Francis, of Shepreth, Cambs.; (2) Sept. 26, 1821,
Mary, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Crick, of Little Thurlow,
Suffolk. Of St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, in 1850. Died
June 18, 1852. M.I. in St Botolph's Church, Cambridge. Portrait in Addenbrooke's Hospital. Brother of Ellas {1790), William M. (1788), John R. (1789), Joseph (1802), and Martin
(1802); fatherof Frederick (1835) and Charles (1851). (Rugby
Sch. Reg. ; Medical Directories.)
THACKERAY, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, at Caius, July i,
1835. [Eldest] s. of Frederick (1800), M.D., of Cambridge
(by his ist wife, Susan Goodman). B. [Feb. 23, 1817], in
St Andrew's Parish, Cambridge. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1836; Tancred Scholar; B..A.. 1840; M.B. 1841; M..^.
1847. Cricket 'blue,' 1838, 1839, 1840. Played for the M.C.C.
in the<natch at Rugby described in Tom Broum's School Days. Ord. deacon (Chester) 1844; priest, 1845; C. of St Thomas,
Stockport, Cheshire, 1844-6. V. of Shopland, Essex, 1847-92,
and C. of Great Wakering, 1846-92. Married (i) Jan. 8, 1845,
Georgiana Maclean, dau. of John Aitken, Controller of the
Mint at Calcutta, and had issue; (2) Oct. 30, 1882, Edel Elise,
dau. of R. P. Drew, of Plaistow. Died July 28, 1892, at
Chapel, Essex. Father of Montagu I. (1876); a cousin of the
novelist. Half-brother of Charles (185 1). [Venn, 11. 233;
Boose, VI. 673; Book of Blues; Crockford; J. Frank Buxton.)
THACKERAY, GEORGE. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton,
Aug. 5, 1797. [4th and youngest] s. of Dr — [Frederick] (1756), of Windsor (and Elizabeth, dau. of Abel .\ldridge, of
Uxbridge, Middlesex). [B. Oct. :o, i777, at Windsor.] Bapt.
there, Nov. 23, 1777. Matric. Michs. i797; B..\. 1802; M.A.
1805; B.D. 1813; D.D. (per Lit. Reg.) 1814. Fellow, 1800-3;
Provost, 1814-50. Vice-Chancellor, 1814-15 and 1830-1.
Assistant Master at Eton, 1801-9; Lower Master, 1809-14.
Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George III and the three
succeeding sovereigns. Married (i) Nov. 19, 1803, Miss — Carbonell; (2) 1816, Mary .Ann, eldest dau. of Alexander
Cottin, of Cheverells, Herts., and had issue. Devoted much of
his time to collecting rare books. Died Oct. 20, 1850. Left the
College /300 to purchase plate, and £3000 to the Chapel
funds; his daughter bequeathed his librarv to the CoUege.
Brother of Henry W. M. (1785). (Eton Coll. Reg. ; King's Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.)
THACKERAY, GEORGE. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Apr. 20, 1826. [5th] s. of Thomas, of Bath (by his 2nd wife,
Caroline EUzabeth Prior). B. Aug. 22, 1806, at Bath. Matric.
Easter, 1826; B.A. 1830; M..\. 1833. Fellow, 1829-41. Ord.
deacon, 1831; priest, 1833. R. of Hemingby, Lines., 1S40-75.
Married, May 19, 1841, Martha Mary, only child of John
Brydges, of Leicester, and had issue. Died Oct. 9, 1875. The
pulpit at Hemingbv was erected as a memorial to him.
Brother of Joseph (1824) and half-brother of Thomas J.
(1814). (King's Coll. Reg., 25; Eton Sch. Lists; Crockford; Burke, Family Records; P. B. G. Binnall.)
THACKERAY, HENRY ST JOHN. .\dm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Oct. 8, 1887. [Only] s. of the Rev. Francis
St John (Merton College, Oxford, 1852), V. of Mapledurham,
Oxon. B. Aug. 8, i868, at Eton. Matric. Michs. 1887;
Jeremie prize, 1889; Scholar, 1890; B.A. (Class. Trip., Pt I,
ist Class) 1890; Evans prize, 1892; (Theo. Trip., Pt II, ist
Class, 1892); M..\. 1894; Have prize, 1899. Hon. D.D. .Oxford,
1920; Hon. D.D., Durham, 1921. Divinity Lecturer at
Selwyn, 1894-7. Examiner under the Board of Education,
1897-1921. Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford;
Schweich Lecturer, 1920; Davis Memorial Lecturer and
Lecturer on the Stroeck Foundation, New York, 1928.
Author, The Letters of .Aristeas; St Paul and the Ancient
Jewish Church; Grammar of the Old Testament in Greek;
SdeUions from Josephus; Josephus the Man and the Historian,
etc. Died June 30, 1930, at Gerrard's Cross; buried at Mapledurham. (the Times, July 11, 1930; Cambridge Review, Oct. 10, 1930.)
THACKERAY, HENRY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Adm. pens,
at St John's, June 10, 1785. Of Berks. [Eldest] s. of Frederick (i756)> phvsician, deceased. [B. .Apr. 8, 1768.
School, Harrow.] Matric. Michs. 1785; Scholar, 1785; B.A.
1789. Died Aug. 14, 1813. Brother of George (i797).
(Harro-d- Sch. Reg.; St John's Adm., iv. 509.)
THACKERAY, JOHN RICHARD. .Adm. pens, (age 16) at
Pembroke, June 23, 1789. 4th s. of Thomas, surgeon, of
Cambridge. B. there, [May 17, 1772.] School, Rugby. Matric.
Thackeray, Thomas James
Michs. 1790; Scholar; B.A. 1794; M..'^. 1797. Adm., as
'Richard, M.A., of Pembroke,' at Emmanuel, Mar. ig, 1802. R. of Broxted, Essex, 1810. R. of Downham Market,
Norfolk, 1811-46. V. of Wiggenhall St Mary, 18x1-46. R. of
Hadley, Middlesex, 1829-46. Married, Dec. 13, 1810, Marianne, dau. of William Franks, of Beech Hill, near
Bamet, Herts. Died Aug. 19, 1846. Brother of Elias (1790),
William M. (1788), Frederick (1800), Joseph (1802) and
Martin (1802); father of Richard W. (1833). (Burke, Family
Records ; Foster, Index Eccles. ; Clergy List ; Cansick, Epitaphs,
265.)
THACKERAY, JOSEPH. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Sept. 23, 1802. [loth] s. of Thomas, physician, of Cambridge.
B. there. Mar. 27, 1784. Matric. Michs. 1802; B.A. 1807;
M.A. 1810; Med.Lic. 18:2; M.D. 1817. Fellow, 1805.
Practised at Northampton, 1812-14; then at Bedford, 1814- 32. Physician to the Bedford infirmary, 1814. Married, 1815,
Susan, dau. of Joseph Harden, surgeon, of Northampton.
Died, s.p., July 5, 1832, at Bedford. Portrait in King's College ; also a ' Memoir ' in the College library. Brother of William M. {1788), Elias (1790); Frederick (1800), Martin
(1802) and the above. (King's Coll. Reg., 6; Burke, Family Records.)
THACKERAY, JOSEPH. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, -Aug. I, 1824. [4th] s. of Thomas, of Bath (by his 2nd wife,
Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of John Prior). B. .Apr. 16, 1805, at
Burnham, Bucks. Matric. Michs. 1824; B..\. 1829; M.A.
1832. Fellow, 1827-46; Dean, 1833-48. Senior Proctor,
1844-5. Ord. priest, 1832. R. of Horstead and of Coltishall,
Norfolk, 1846-80. Married, Sept. 12, 1846, Rose Ellen,
youngest dau. of John Robinson, of Cumberland Street,
London. Died Sept. 26, 1880, at Horstead. Brother of
George (1826) and half-brother of Thomas J. (1814); father
of Arthur T. J. (1872). (King's Coll. Reg., 24; Crockford] Burke, Family Records, which gives b. Max. 14.)
THACKERAY, MARTIN. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Apr. 2, 1802. [9th] s. of Thomas, surgeon, of Cambridge.
B. in Great St Andrew's parish, Jan. 5, 1783- Matric. Easter,
1802; B.A. 1806; M.A. 1809. Fellow, 1805; Dean, 1815-26; Vice-Provost, 1826-34. Married, Sept. 11, 1834, Augusta,
dau. of John Yenn, of Gloucester Place, London. Died
June 13, 1864, in London. Bequeathed to King's a collection of books, prints and engravings and a portrait of Sir Robert
Walpole; also /looo for founding a prize. Brother of William
M. (1788), EUas (1790); Frederick (1800), John R. (1789) and
Joseph (1802). (Boase, vi. 673; King's Coll. Reg. 6; Burke, Family Records.)
THACKERAY, MONTAGU ILDERTON. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i,
1876. [2nd] s. of the Rev. Frederick (1835), V. of Shopland
(and Georgiana Maclean, dau. of John Aitken). B. Apr. 6,
1857, at Southend, Essex. School, Winchester. Matric.
Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1883. Joined the firm of
Eldridge, Pope and Co., brewers, of Dorchester; then a brewer at Worcester. Married, May 3, 1893, Blanche, dau. of
John Jackson, of Fenton, Stafis. Died Mar. 3, 1922, at
Kemerton, Gloucs. (Venn, 11. 424; Winchester Coll. Reg.;
J. Frank Buxton.)
THACKERAY, RICHARD {1851), see THACKWRAY.
THACKERAY, RICHARD WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at
Pembroke, July i, 1833. [Only] s. of the Rev. [John]
Richard (1789), R. of Haddenham, Herts, (sic) [Hadley,
Middlesex] (and Marianne, dau. of William Franks). B. [May
6, 1815]. School, Eton. [.\ first cousin of the novelist.]
Matric. Lent, 1834; B..A.. 1837. .Adm. at the Inner Temple,
Apr. 14, 1837. Ord. deacon (London) June 6, 1841; priest,
Dec. 18, 1842. R. of Hunsdon, Herts., 1845-61. Married,
Dec. 6, 1849, Anne, dau. of William Grasett, of Ovenden
House, Sundridge, Kent, and had issue. Died June i, 1861.
M.I. at Hunsdon. (Eton Sch. Lists; Cussans, i. 47; Burke,
Family Records; Inns of Court, which correctly gives his
father as of Hadley; Crockford; G. Mag., i86r, 11. 93-)
THACKERAY, SAMUEL W. (1867), see THACKRAH.
IHACKERAY, THOMAS JAMES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 15, 1814. [Eldest s. of Thomas, surgeon, Madras Army,
of Bath, (by his ist wife, Frances, dau. of the Rev. Henry
Ward). B. Sept. 5, 1796, in Madras. School, Eton.] Matric.
Michs. 1814; M.B. 1820. Ensign, 47th Regt. (or 2nd Somerset
Militia), 1824; Capt., 1842-55. Lived at Clenchwarton,
Norfolk. Author, On Theatrical Emancipation and the Rights
of Dramatic Authors; Soldier's Manual of Rifle Firing, etc.
Died Feb. 21, 1877, in Paris. Half-brother of Joseph (1824)
and George (1S26). (Eton Sch. Lists; Boase, vi. 673; Prynne
and Bayne, Memorial of the Thackeray Family; Herald and
Genealogist, li. 443 and 557; Burke, Family Records.)
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