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Authorised form of nameHolloway; Benjamin (c 1691 - 1759)
Datesc 1691 - 1759
NationalityBritish
Place of birthStony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
Date of birthc 1691
Place of deathMiddleton-Stoney, Oxfordshire
Date of death10 April 1759
Dates and placesBurial:
Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Westminster School; St John's College, Cambridge; LLB (1713)
Career:
Ordained deacon and priest (1713); Vicar of Renhold, Buckinghamshire (1713); Vicar of Willington, Buckinghamshire (1713); Domestic Chaplain to Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (before 1722); Rector of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire (1726-1736); Rector of Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire (c1730-1759); Rector of Bladon, Oxfordshire (1736-1739); Tutor to the son of the Hon John Spencer (1744)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1723
RelationshipsSon of Joseph Holloway, maltster; married (1712) Frances Plaistowe
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane
Royal Society codeNA5691
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MM/4/53Draft of a letter from Sir Hans Sloane, London, to Benjamin Holloway12 November 1731
EL/H3/94Letter, from Mr [Benjamin] Holloway to Dr [John] Woodward19 February 1713
EL/H3/111Letter, from Benjamin Holloway to John Woodward, dated at Bedford6 July 1723
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