George Owen Cambridge (1756–1841) was an English churchman,

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from 1808.

Life

George Cambridge was the youngest son of

Richard Owen Cambridge Richard Owen Cambridge (14 February 1717 – 17 September 1802) was a British poet. Life Cambridge was born in London. He was educated at Eton and at St John's College, Oxford. Leaving the university without taking a degree, he took up residen ...

and Mary Trenchard. He matriculated at

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in 1774, and graduated B.A. there in 1778. He then became a Fellow of

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

and graduated with an M.A. there in 1781.

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, ''The club of "Nobody's Friends," since its foundation on 21 June 1800, to 1885'' Volume 1 (1920), p. 46
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/ref> Cambridge was a supposed suitor of

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. Nothing came in the way of romance, though Sir William Weller Pepys, a friend of Burney, tried to throw the couple together. They had met through the

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s; Burney's apparent interest in him was not returned. Cambridge was rector of

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from 1791 to 1795. He was a chaplain to

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, and prebendary of

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from 1795. He became a good friend of

Joshua Watson Joshua Watson (1771–1855) was an English wine merchant, philanthropist, a prominent member of the high church party and of several charitable organisations, who became known as "the best layman in England". Life Joshua Watson was born on To ...

, a figure of the

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group of High Church men. Cambridge was Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1808 to 1840, when he resigned. He became proprietor of Montpelier Row chapel, in

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(unconsecrated). In 1814, when Watson, John Bowdler and

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saw the need for an urgent church building programme, they called on Cambridge and

Charles Daubeny Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (11 February 179512 December 1867) was an English chemist, botanist and geologist. Education Daubeny was born at Stratton near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, the son of the Rev. James Daubeny. He went to Winchester ...

for action. He was Treasurer to the

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and the Clergy Orphan Schools. He was involved also in

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and the

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. Upon his father's death in 1802, Cambridge came into possession of Cambridge House, located in

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. Cambridge divided the estate in 1835. Twickenham Meadows Landseer a

He was an art collector: old masters and contemporary portraits. He presented a copy of a painting by

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

, the ''Martyrdom of St George'', to the

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in 1835.

Works

In 1803 he edited ''The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge, with an account of his life and character by his son, George Owen Cambridge''. It contained much verse that had not yet been published.

Family

He married Cornelia Kuyck van Mierop in 1795.

Archdeacon Cambridge's schools

From 1842 there have been "Archdeacon Cambridge's schools" in Twickenham, named as a memorial. They were designed by

George Basevi Elias George Basevi FRS (1 April 1794 – 16 October 1845) was a British architect who worked in both Neoclassical and Gothic Revival styles. A pupil of Sir John Soane, his designs included Belgrave Square in London, and the Fitzwilliam Mus ...

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