John Richard Thackeray

Plaque in the porch of St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley

John Richard Thackeray (17 May 1772 – 19 August 1846) was an English churchman and member of the Thackeray literary family.

Early life

Thackeray was born on 17 May 1772,[1] the fourth son of Thomas Thackeray (1736–1806), surgeon, of Cambridge and grandson of Thomas Thackeray DD (1693–1760). He attended Rugby School.[2] He received his BA from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, in 1794 and his MA in 1797.[3]

Clerical career

Thackeray was the vicar of Broxted, Essex, from 1810, and the rector of Downham Market and vicar of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, both in Norfolk, from 1811.[3] He was the rector of the parish of Monken Hadley, north of Chipping Barnet, from 1819.[4]

Family

Thackeray had brothers Elias (1790), William M. (1788), Frederick (1800), Joseph (1802) and Martin (1802).[2] He married at Hatfield on 13 December 1810, Marianne Franks, daughter of William Franks of Beech Hill Park, Hadley Wood, and Fitzroy Square. The couple had a son, Richard W. (1833)[2] and two daughters.[1] Marianne died 23 March 1855.[3]

Death

Thackeray died on 19 August 1846 at Hadley[3] after a short illness and he was buried on 24 August in a vault underneath the south transept of his own church St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cass, Frederick Charles. (1880) Monken Hadley. London: Nichols, pp. 114-115.
  2. ^ a b c "Thackeray, John Richard (THKY789JR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Nichols, John Gough (Ed.) (1865). The Herald and Genealogist. Vol. II. London: Nichols. p. 326.
  4. ^ Gove, Brenda R.A. (c. 2012) Guide to the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Monken Hadley: St. Mary the Virgin, p. 23.