Person Walmesley; Charles (1722 - 1797) Walmesley Charles Walmsley 1722 - 1797 British Male Westwood House, near Wigan, Lancashire, England 13 January 1722 Bath, Somerset 25 November 1797 Burial: St Joseph's Chapel, Bristol

Clergyman, Roman Catholic Mathematics Astronomy Education: English Benedictine College of St Gregory, Douai; English monastery of St Edmund, Paris, France; DD (Sorbonne, Paris) Career: Became a monk, monastery of St Edmund, Paris (1739); Prior, monastery of St Edmund, Paris (1749-1753); Procurator-General of his order, Rome (1754); Coadjutor to Bishop William York (1756); Bishop of Rama (1756); Vicar-apostolic of the western district of England (1770); his library was burnt during the Gordon riots, London (1780) Son of John Walmesley, of Wigan, Lancashire and his wife Mary, daughter of William Greaves Fellow 01/11/1750 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-11891 13 Jan 1722 - 25 Nov 1797 NA6829 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes c2157264-8dfb-490d-99de-21d53c822eeb