John Barrow MA (1651 – 19 March 1684) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1682 to 1684.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Career

He was educated at

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and graduated BA in 1672, and MA in 1674. He was appointed: *Chaplain to

Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 162827 January 1699) was an English diplomat, statesman and essayist. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II, with whom he then fell o ...

, Ambassador to Holland *Chaplain to

Prince Rupert of the Rhine Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) / 27 December (N.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor. He first came to prominence as a Royalist cavalr ...

*Vicar of New Windsor 1680 He was appointed to the twelfth stall in

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in 1682, and held the stall until 1684.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrow, John 1651 births 1684 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford