Benjamin Pye LL.D. (1726 – 1808) was

Archdeacon of Durham The Archdeacon of Durham is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the diocese of Durham (Church of England). They have, within the geographical area the ''archdeaconry of Durham'', pastoral oversight of clergy and care of church buildings (among other ...

from 1791 to 1808. Pye was educated at

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. He was

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of Whitburn from 1769 to 1791. He married (and was the second husband of) Elizabeth Bathurst-Sleigh 3rd daughter of Mary, who in turn was the second child of Charles Bathurst, MP for

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1727. According to (Sir)

Cuthbert Sharp Sir Cuthbert Sharp (1781–1849) was an English soldier, official and antiquary. Life The son of Cuthbert Sharp and of Susannah (sister of Brass Crosby), Sharp was an English soldier, official, and shipbuilder. He was born at Hartlepool, County Du ...

in his ''

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'' Benjamin Pye wrote the second "Stockton's Commendation". He died on 26 March 1808.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 2 April 1808; Issue 355

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Archdeacons of Durham English male poets English male songwriters People from the City of Sunderland Geordie songwriters 1808 deaths Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Place of birth unknown Alumni of New College, Oxford {{York-archdeacon-stub

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