Thomas Bray DD (21 March 1706 – 28 March 1785) 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 1776 to 1785.

Family

He was from Stratton, Cornwall.

Career

He was educated at

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...

graduating BA in 1729, Fellow in 1731, MA in 1732, BD in 1743, and DD in 1758. In 1754 he took an active part in the Oxfordshire election which resulted in Lord Macclesfield appointing him to the Rectory of Bixband.The Gentleman's Magazine, 1785 Volume 55, Part 1, p.324 He was appointed: *Rector of Bixband 1754 *Rector of

1771 *

Dean of Raphoe The Dean of Raphoe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Eunan, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland. The Deanery is currently vacant since January 2021. List of deans *1603 John Albr ...

1777 *Rector of

Dunsfold Dunsfold is a village in the borough of Waverley, Surrey, England, 8.7 miles (14 kilometres) south of Guildford. It lies in the Weald and reaches in the north the southern escarpment of the Greensand Ridge. It includes the Wey and Arun Canal ...

1776 * Rector of Exeter College, Oxford 1771-1785 He was appointed to the third stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1776, a position he held until 1785.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bray, Thomas 1785 deaths Rectors of Exeter College, Oxford Deans of Raphoe Canons of Windsor Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford 1706 births