Philip Bearcroft
| Philip Bearcroft | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 21, 1695 Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | October 17, 1761 (aged 66) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
Philip Bearcroft, D.D. (1695 – 1761) was an English clergyman and antiquary.
Bearcroft was born in the city of Worcester on 21 February 1695 (though some sources wrongly say 1 May 1697), the eldest child of Philip Bearcroft and his wife Elizabeth Ford. The Bearcrofts of Worcester were a branch of an old-established family of landed gentry whose estate was at Mere Hall in the parish of Hanbury. He was educated at Charterhouse School, of which he was elected a scholar on the nomination of Lord Somers in July 1710. On 17 December 1712, he matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, gaining his B.A. Degree in 1716. In 1717 he became a probationary and in 1719 an actual fellow of Merton College, the year he took his M.A. degree. He added the degrees of B.D. and D.D. in 1730.
Bearcroft was ordained deacon in 1718 at Bristol and priest in 1719 at Gloucester. In 1724 he was appointed Preacher to the Charterhouse, vicar of Elham, Kent in 1731, an Honorary Chaplain to the King in 1738, Secretary to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in 1739, rector of Stourmouth, Kent, in 1743, and Master of Charterhouse on 18 December 1753. In 1755, he was collated to a prebendal stall in Wells Cathedral. He died on 17 October 1761, survived by his widow.
On 4 March 1730 he married Elizabeth Lovegrove, widow of a man called Roberts, and they had three sons: Philip born 1731, Edward born 1737, who became a prominent lawyer and MP, and William born 1740. After Elizabeth's death, on 18 October 1753 he married Mary Coventry, widow of Henry Barker and daughter of Thomas Coventry, the brother of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry.
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