Timothy Halton D.D. (1632?–1704) was an

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churchman and academic, Provost of

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, from 1677.

Life

He has been identified with the Timothy Halton, son of Miles Halton of Greenthwaite Hall, Cumberland, northern

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, who was baptised at Greystoke Church 19 September 1633, and in that case he was a younger brother of

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. He entered Queen's College as batler 9 March 1649, and was elected

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in April 1657. He proceeded B.D. 30 April 1662, D.D. 27 June 1674. On 17 March 1661, Halton wrote to Joseph Williamson that he had offers of chaplaincies from William Lucy,

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, and from Elisabeth of Bohemia. Eventually he refused them both, preferring to retain his position at Oxford. The first offer, however, led to a

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connection: he became

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on 8 February 1672, and was canon of

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(his epitaph). He was made archdeacon of Oxford on 10 July 1675, and Provost of Queen's College on 7 April 1677, succeeding Thomas Barlow. He was also rector of the college living,

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, Oxfordshire. He was

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during 1679–81 and 1685. He died on 21 July 1704, and was buried in Queen's College chapel; his epitaph states that he was a considerable benefactor to the college. Letters from Halton to Williamson, written between 1655 and 1667, have been preserved in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halton, Timothy 1632 births 1704 deaths Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford 17th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Brecon Archdeacons of Oxford Provosts of The Queen's College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford People from Greystoke, Cumbria