John Hartcliffe
John Hartcliffe (1651 – 16 August 1712) was a Canon of Windsor from 1691 to 1712[1] and Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.
Career[]
He was King’s Scholar at Eton College then educated at King’s College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1673, MA in 1676, and BD in 1689.
He was appointed:
- Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood 1681 - 1686
- Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex 1708 - 1712
He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1691, and held the stall until 1712. He was buried in the chapel.
Publications[]
He published many of his sermons, and also :
- Hartcliffe, John (1691). A treatise of moral and intellectual virtues wherein their nature is fully explained and their usefulness proved, as being the best rules of life ... : with a preface shewing the vanity and deceitfulness of vice.
Notes[]
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Categories:
- 1651 births
- 1712 deaths
- Canons of Windsor
- Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle