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James Edgcumbe

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James Edgcumbe, D.D. (b Tavistock 17 December 1705; d Oxford 16 May 1750) was an Oxford college head.[1]

Edgcumbe was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and became a Fellow in 1728.[2] He was Rector from 1731 until his death.[3] An ordained Anglican priest, he held the living at Barwick-in-Elmet.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Etymologicum Anglicanum ex Autographo descripsit et accessionibus permultis" Junius, F. p18: Oxford; Theatrum Sheldonianum; 1743
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Edgcumbe, James" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Exeter College', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 107–118
  4. ^ CCEd