Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Laurence, Richard (2)

by Joseph Foster

Laurence, Richard, s. Richard, of Bath, Somerset, gent. Corpus Christi Coll., matric. 14 July, 1778, aged 18, exhibitioner 1778, B.A. 1782, M.A. 1785; B. & D.C.L from University Coll. 1794, editor of the historical department of the 'Annual Register,' vicar of Coleshill, Wilts, 1787, and of Great Cheverell 179–, rector of Rolleston, Wilts, of Mersham, Kent, 1805, and of Stone, near Dartford, 181–, deputy professor of civil law 1796, Bampton lecturer 1804, regius professor of Hebrew, and a canon of Christ Church 1814-22, archbishop of Cashel 1822, until his death 28 Dec., 1838. See Cotton, i. 24.