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Note: Add a line or two on Resurrection of Jesus Christ and translations of Pindar.

Works

Stowe, the gardens of the Right Honourable Richard, Lord Viscount Cobham (1732)
A canto of the Fairy Queen. Written by Spenser (1739)
The institution of the order of the garter. A dramatick poem (1742)
Observations on the history and evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1747)
The odes of Pindar, with several other pieces translated (1749)
Education: a poem in two cantos. (1751)
Two orations (1759) (translation of Thucydides)
The oration of Plato (1768) (translation of Thucydides)

Note: Some publication dates are posthumous.

Biog

The son of a minister, West was educated at Winchester, Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; his father intended a career in the Church for him. ^[1] ^[2] However, he was persuaded by his uncle, Lord Cobham to take a commission in the army^[2] but soon left to work under Lord Townshend, a prominent Whig. ^[1] West left this position when it became clear that he had no prospect of advancement in such a career.^[2]

West married a Miss Bartlett with whom he lived in Wickham in Kent and was appointed Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital which provided him a modest income.^[2] Only late in his life, did West achieve a measure of financial success when he was appointed to a clerkship of the Privy Council in 1752. He died four years later. ^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Johnson, Samuel (1781). Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets vol. 3. pp. 328–33. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jones, Stephen (1812). Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse vol. 1. pp. 741–42. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[Johnson-1] Johnson, Samuel (1781). Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets vol. 3. pp. 328–33. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[Jones-2] Jones, Stephen (1812). Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse vol. 1. pp. 741–42. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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