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7th Viscount John Tracy
John Tracy - Warden of All Souls College
Born18 August 1722 [1]
Died2 February 1793 (aged 70)[1]

John Tracy (1722–1793) was the 7th Viscount of Rathcoole, baron and the Warden of All Souls College, Oxford.

Title

Viscount Tracy is the title given to Rathcoole in the County of Dublin, a title in the Peerage of Ireland. He was also titled the Right Honourable and Reverend.[2] He succeeded Thomas Charles Tracy, 6th Viscount Tracy in 1792 and on hid death in 1793 was followed by his brother Henry Leigh Tracy, 8th Viscount Tracy.[1]

Education

He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon. (now Abingdon School) from 1732-1741.[3]

He was a Doctor of Divinity.[2]

Career

Tracy was Viscount of Rathcoole became Warden of All Souls College, Oxford in 1766.[4]

He was a Steward of the Old Abingdonian Club in 1745.[5]


Preceded by
Thomas Charles Tracy, 6th Viscount Tracy
Viscount Tracy
1792–1793
Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tracy, Viscount (I, 1643 - 1797)". Cracroft's Peerage.
  2. ^ a b "The Right Honble and Revd John Viscount Tracy". British Museum.
  3. ^ Preston, Arthur Edwin (1929). St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. Oxford University Press. p. 361.
  4. ^ Hinde/St John Parker, Thomas/Michael (1977). The Martlet and the Griffen. James and James Publishers Ltd. pp. 56/59. ISBN 0-907-383-777.
  5. ^ "Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2018-10-13.