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John Richard Thackeray (17 May 1772 – 19 August 1846) was an English churchman and member of the Thackeray literary family.


Early life

Thackeray was born on 17 May 1772, the fourth son of Thomas Thackeray (1736–1806), surgeon, of Cambridge and grandson of
Thomas Thackeray Thomas Thackeray (1693 – 25 August 1760) was a Church of England clergyman who taught at his old school, Eton College, and ended his career as Head Master of Harrow School. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). Life Born in 1693, ...
DD (1693–1760). He attended
Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...
. He received his BA from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, in 1794 and his MA in 1797.


Clerical career

Thackeray was the vicar of Broxted, Essex, from 1810, and the rector of Downham Market and vicar of
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk. It is south of the town of King's Lynn on the west bank of the River Great Ouse. It covers an area of and had a population of 729 in 304 households in t ...
, both in Norfolk, from 1811. He was the rector of the parish of Monken Hadley, north of Chipping Barnet, from 1819.Gove, Brenda R.A. (c. 2012) ''Guide to the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin''. Monken Hadley: St. Mary the Virgin, p. 23.


Family

Thackeray had brothers Elias (1790), William M. (1788), Frederick (1800), Joseph (1802) and Martin (1802). He married at Hatfield on 13 December 1810, Marianne Franks, daughter of William Franks of
Beech Hill Park Beech Hill Park is a Grade II listed building off Beech Hill in Hadley Wood, North London, that is used today as the club house of Hadley Wood Golf Course. It was built in 1781 for Francis Russell, secretary and surveyor to the Duchy of Lancast ...
, Hadley Wood, and Fitzroy Square. The couple had a son, Richard W. (1833) and two daughters. Marianne died 23 March 1855.


Death

Thackeray died on 19 August 1846 at Hadley after a short illness and he was buried on 24 August in a vault underneath the south transept of his own church St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley. Cass, Frederick Charles. (1880)
Monken Hadley
'. London: Nichols, pp. 114-115.


References

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