Gerrard Andrewes (3 April 1750 – 2 June 1825) was an English churchman,

Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The current office of Dean originated after the English Reformation, although Deans had also existed before this time; its immediate precur ...

from 1809.

Life

He was the son of Gerrard Andrewes, vicar of

Syston Syston ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. The population was 11,508 at the 2001 census, rising to 12,804 at the 2011 census. Overview There has been a settlement on the site for over 1,000 ...

and St. Nicholas,

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, and master of the Leicester Grammar School. The younger Gerrard was born at Leicester and educated at

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. He was elected to a Westminster scholarship at

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, took his B.A. degree in 1773, M.A. 1779, and D.D. 1807. From 1771 to 1784 he worked as an usher at Westminster School. He became occasional preacher at

St Bride's Church St Bride's Church is a church in the City of London, England. The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672 in Fleet Street in the City of London, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire d ...

, and afterwards at St. James's, in the Hampstead Road. In 1788, an old pupil,

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, gave him the living of

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, in

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. In 1791 he became preacher at the

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, and in 1799 at the

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. Lady Talbot admired his sermons, and presented him in 1800 to the living of Mickleham,

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, to which he was again presented in 1802 after resigning it upon his collation by Bishop

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St James's, Piccadilly Westminster St James (or St James Piccadilly) was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish followed the building of the St James's Church, Piccadilly, Church of St James, Piccadilly, in 1684. After ...

. In 1809, he gave up Mickleham on his appointment by

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to the deanery of Canterbury. In 1812, he declined an offer of the

bishopric of Chester The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York covering the pre-1974 county of Cheshire and therefore including the Wirral and parts of Stockport, Trafford and Tameside. History Ancient diocese Before the si ...

on the plea of advancing years. He died in 1825 at the rectory of Piccadilly, and was buried at

Great Bookham Great Bookham is a village in Surrey, England, one of six semi-urban spring line settlements between the towns of Leatherhead and Guildford. With the narrow strip parish of Little Bookham, it forms part of the Saxon settlement of ''Bocham'' ("the ...

, Surrey. His only publications are sermons.

Family

On 1 December 1788, he married Elizabeth Maria, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Bale, by whom he had three daughters and a son, who married the daughter of

William Heberden the Younger William Heberden the Younger (23 March 1767 – 19 February 1845) was a British physician. He was born in London the son of the medical doctor William Heberden the Elder and his wife Mary Wollaston. He was educated at Charterhouse School and S ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrewes, Gerrard 1750 births 1825 deaths Deans of Canterbury People from Syston