Person Lort; Michael (1725 - 1790) Lort Michael 1725 - 1790 British Male 1725 6 Savile Row, London, from the effects of a carriage accident 05 November 1790 Burial: St Matthew, Friday Street, London; removed to the City of London cemetery at Ilford (1883)

Antiquary; Clergyman, Church of England Education: Mr Evans's School, Tenby, Pembrokeshire; Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1747), MA (1750), BD (1761), DD (1780); Incorporated at Oxford (1759) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1749); Ordained deacon (1753) and priest (1754); Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge (1759-1771); Vicar of Bottisham, Cambridgeshire (1763-1770); Rector of St Matthew, Friday Street, London (1771-1790); Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Frederick Cornwallis (1779-1783); Prebendary of St Paul's (1780-1790); Lambeth Librarian (1785); Rector of St Michael's, Mile End, Essex (1789); Rector of Fulham, Middlesex (1790) Memberships: FSA (1755) Son of Roger Lort, Major of the Royal Welsh Fusilliers, of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and his wife Anne, daughter of Edward Jenkins, vicar of Fareham, Hampshire; Married Susanna, daughter of Alderman Norfolk of Cambridge Fellow 15/05/1766 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn References: A D Atkinson, 'Dr Johnson and the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 131-138 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 1725 - 5 Nov 1790 NA6856 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes a6addbfa-f167-499a-b1b7-f333e87e032b