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Authorised form of nameTomline; Sir; George Pretyman (1750 - 1827)
Other forms of surnamePretyman
'George Lincoln'
Dates1750 - 1827
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Date of birth09 October 1750
Place of deathThe house of his friend Henry Bankes, at Kingston Hall, Wimborne, Dorset
Date of death14 November 1827
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Near the western end of the south aisle, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
BA (1772) MA (1775) DD (1784) Pembroke College, Cambridge;
Career:
Tutor to William Pitt; Private Secretary to William Pitt (1782-1787); Canon of Westminster (1784-1787); Bishop of Lincoln (1787-1820); Bishop of Winchester (1820-1827)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1785
RelationshipsTook the name Tomline in addition to Pretyman (1803); succeeded as Baronet (1823); father of William Edward Tomline (FRS 1812)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA5145
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1784/13Tomline, Sir George Pretyman: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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