Erasmus Saunders (priest, died 1775)
Erasmus Saunders D.D. (d. 23 December 1775) was a Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1756.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the son of Erasmus Saunders, Canon of Brecon. He married Mary Kenrick and they had three children:
- Martha Saunders (b. 1757)
- Erasmus Saunders (b. 1759)
- Kenrick Francis Saunders (b. 1764)
He died in 1775 and was buried in the south aisle of Bath Abbey.
Career
[edit]He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1737, MA in 1740, BD in 1751 and DD in 1753.
He was appointed:
- Vicar of Wantage, Berkshire 1755
- Prebendary of Rochester 1756
- Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields 1756 - 1775
- Vicar of Mapiscome, Kent 1757
He was appointed to the tenth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1751 and held the canonry until 1756.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle