Whittington Landon (c. 1758 – 29 December 1838) was an academic at the

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and an Anglican clergyman who became

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Life

Whittington Landon, the son of John Landon from Tedstone, Herefordshire,

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at the

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as a member of

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on 13 October 1775, aged 17. He obtained his

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degree in 1779 and was elected to a college

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in 1782, the same year in which he took his

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. He obtained two further degrees: Bachelor of Divinity in 1790 and Doctor of Divinity in 1795. He was elected Provost of Worcester College in 1795, and held this position until his death. He was appointed Keeper of the Archives of the university in 1796, and held this post until 1815. He also served as vice-chancellor of the University from 1802 to 1806. He died on 29 December 1838. Landon was also an ordained priest in the

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. He was

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of the Herefordshire parish of

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with Yarpole from 1796 until his death in 1838. He added the positions of

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of Norwich (1811 to 1813) and of Salisbury (1821 until his death; he was

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of the prebendary parish of Bishopstone, near Swindon from 1822 to 1826). He was

(1813 until his death), and vicar of

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, Devon (1827 to 1830). His son J. W. R. Landon was also ordained, and followed Landon as vicar of Bishopstone. Landon was the uncle of the poet

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. The writings of Landon are transitional between Romanticism and the Victorian Age. Her first major breakthrough ...

, the daughter of his older brother John. Letitia's brother Whittington was named after him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Landon, Whittington 1750s births 1838 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford Provosts of Worcester College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Deans of Exeter Keepers of the Archives of the University of Oxford