Francis Lear (1789 in Downton, Wiltshire – 1850 in Salisbury) was Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1846 until his death.[1]
Lear was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1806, and then Magdalen College from 1809, graduating B.A. in 1810, M.A. 1813, and becoming a Fellow in 1819.[2] He held livings in Wiltshire at Chilmark and Bishopstone (near Salisbury). He was Archdeacon of Sarum from 1836[3] until his appointment as Dean. He died on 23 March 1850.[4]
Lear married Isabella Mary Majendie.[5] Their son, also named Francis, succeeded his father as rector of Bishopstone[6] and was Archdeacon of Sarum from 1875 until his death on 1914.[7]
Isabella paid for the construction in 1854 of All Saints' Church, East Harnham, in memory of her husband; it had been his wish to provide a church for this outlying district of the city.[8]
References
edit- ^ DEATH OF THE DEAN OF SALISBURY. The Morning Post (London), Wednesday, March 27, 1850; p. 4; Issue 23805
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence 'The Essex Standard, and Colchester, Chelmsford, Maldon, Harwich, and General County Advertiser' (Colchester, England), Friday, December 30, 1836; Issue 313
- ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Mar 27, 1850; pg. 9; Issue 20447
- ^ "Francis Lear". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 11 pp3-19 – Parishes: Bishopstone". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Canon Francis Lear" The Times (London, England), Friday, 20 February 1914; pg. 9; Issue 40452
- ^ "Church of All Saints, East Harnham, Salisbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
