Roger Altham was Archdeacon of Middlesex from 9 February 1717 until his death on 27 February 1730.[1]
Altham was born in Eastwick, Hertfordshire and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was Rector of St Andrew Undershaft with St Mary Axe; then of St Botolph, Bishopsgate; and finally of St Mary the Virgin, Latton, Essex. He was buried in the chancel at Latton.
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