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Thomas Bray (canon)

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Thomas Bray DD (21 March 1706 – 28 March 1785) was a Canon of Windsor from 1776 to 1785.[1]

Family

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He was from Stratton, Cornwall.

Career

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He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford graduating BA in 1729, Fellow in 1731, MA in 1732, BD in 1743, and DD in 1758.

In 1754 he took an active part in the Oxfordshire election which resulted in Lord Macclesfield appointing him to the Rectory of Bixband.[2]

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1776, a position he held until 1785.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, 1785 Volume 55, Part 1, p.324