John Sumner (priest)
Career
Sumner was born in Windsor was educated at Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge, grading BA in 1729, MA in 1732, and DD in 1744.
He was appointed:
- Fellow of Kings in 1727
- Assistant master of Eton College, 1734–1745
- Headmaster of Eton College, 1745–1754
- Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, 1750–1772
- Rector of Castleford, 1753–1772
- Rector of St Benet Finck, 1772
- Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1772.[2]
- Provost of King's College, Cambridge 1756 -1772
- Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1756–1757, and 1770–1771.[3]
Notes
- Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p184
- Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- University of Cambridge web-site
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by William Cooke |
Head Master of Eton College 1745–1754 |
Succeeded by Edward Barnard |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by William George |
Provost of King's College, Cambridge 1756–1772 |
Succeeded by William Cooke |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by Edmund Law |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1756–1757 |
Succeeded by John Green |
Preceded by William Richardson |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1770–1771 |
Succeeded by James Brown (academic) |
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