Edmund Castle (1698–1750) was an English churchman and academic, Master of

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

from 1745, and

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in 1749.

Life

Castle was born on 14 September 1698 near

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, where he received the most of his early education. He was admitted to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1716, graduating B.A. in 1719, and being made a Fellow in 1722. Castle was appointed Public Orator for the University of Cambridge in 1727; he gave up the office in 1729, on being appointed to the vicarages of

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and

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. He was then moved to

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. In 1744 he was made rector of

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, in 1745 master of Corpus Christi College, and in 1746 vice-chancellor. In 1747 he was promoted to the Prebendary of Aylesbury at

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, and in 1749 to the deanery of Hereford. Castle died at Bath on 6 June 1750. He was buried at Barley, Hertfordshire, where there was a Latin inscription to his memory.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Castle, Edmund 1698 births 1750 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Hereford Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Cambridge University Orators