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'''John Whalley''' (1699 – 12 December 1748) was an English academic at the [[University of Cambridge]], clergyman, and poet.
Whalley was the son of John Whalley, Rector of [[Riddlesworth]], Norfolk.<ref name="Burke"></ref>
He was educated at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]], matriculating in 1715, graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1720, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] 1723, [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] 1732, [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] 1737 (from [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]]). He was appointed a Fellow of Pembroke College in 1721, [[Taxor]] in 1730, and served as Master of [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]] 1733–48, [[Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]] 1738–39, and [[Regius Professor of Divinity]] 1742–48.<ref name="Venn"></ref>
Ordained deacon in 1724 and priest in 1725, he held the following livings in the church:<ref name="Venn"/>
* Rector of [[Hatley, Cambridgeshire|Hungry Hatley]], Cambridgeshire, 1728
* Vicar of [[Shepreth]], Cambridgeshire, 1730
* Vicar of [[Hatley, Cambridgeshire|Hatley St George]], Cambridgeshire, 1731–32
* Vicar of [[Tilney St Lawrence|Tilney]], Norfolk, 1732-48
* Rector of [[Glaston]], Rutland, 1734
* Rector of [[Somersham]], Huntingdonshire, 1742–48
Whalley was also a poet, who composed ''Cuddy, why sitten wee thus mute, ne cast'' (1738), a rustic elegy for [[Caroline of Ansbach|Queen Caroline]] imitating the style of [[Edmund Spenser]].<ref></ref> Whalley was Master of Peterhouse when the poet [[Thomas Gray]] was a student then a Fellow there; Gray wrote that Whalley hated him, and had described him publicly as "a kind of atheist".<ref></ref>
==Family==
Whalley married Mary Squire, daughter of Francis Squire, Chancellor of [[Wells Cathedral]]. They had the following children:<ref name="Burke"/>
* John Whalley (1737–1763), officer in the [[Royal Welch Fusiliers|23rd Regiment (Welch Fusiliers)]], died on a voyage to India<ref></ref>
* Susan Whalley (1739–), married Dr. Crane
* Mary Whalley (1742–1817), married James Wickham
* Francis Edwardes Whalley (1743–1813), Colonel of the Somerset Militia
* Elizabeth Whalley (1745–1778), married Isaac Sage
* [[Thomas Sedgwick Whalley]] (1746–1828), clergyman and writer
* Richard Chapple Whalley (1748–1817), clergyman<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1699 births]]
[[Category:1748 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge]]
'''John Whalley''' (1699 – 12 December 1748) was an English academic at the [[University of Cambridge]], clergyman, and poet.
Whalley was the son of John Whalley, Rector of [[Riddlesworth]], Norfolk.<ref name="Burke"></ref>
He was educated at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]], matriculating in 1715, graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1720, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] 1723, [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] 1732, [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] 1737 (from [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]]). He was appointed a Fellow of Pembroke College in 1721, [[Taxor]] in 1730, and served as Master of [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]] 1733–48, [[Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]] 1738–39, and [[Regius Professor of Divinity]] 1742–48.<ref name="Venn"></ref>
Ordained deacon in 1724 and priest in 1725, he held the following livings in the church:<ref name="Venn"/>
* Rector of [[Hatley, Cambridgeshire|Hungry Hatley]], Cambridgeshire, 1728
* Vicar of [[Shepreth]], Cambridgeshire, 1730
* Vicar of [[Hatley, Cambridgeshire|Hatley St George]], Cambridgeshire, 1731–32
* Vicar of [[Tilney St Lawrence|Tilney]], Norfolk, 1732-48
* Rector of [[Glaston]], Rutland, 1734
* Rector of [[Somersham]], Huntingdonshire, 1742–48
Whalley was also a poet, who composed ''Cuddy, why sitten wee thus mute, ne cast'' (1738), a rustic elegy for [[Caroline of Ansbach|Queen Caroline]] imitating the style of [[Edmund Spenser]].<ref></ref> Whalley was Master of Peterhouse when the poet [[Thomas Gray]] was a student then a Fellow there; Gray wrote that Whalley hated him, and had described him publicly as "a kind of atheist".<ref></ref>
==Family==
Whalley married Mary Squire, daughter of Francis Squire, Chancellor of [[Wells Cathedral]]. They had the following children:<ref name="Burke"/>
* John Whalley (1737–1763), officer in the [[Royal Welch Fusiliers|23rd Regiment (Welch Fusiliers)]], died on a voyage to India<ref></ref>
* Susan Whalley (1739–), married Dr. Crane
* Mary Whalley (1742–1817), married James Wickham
* Francis Edwardes Whalley (1743–1813), Colonel of the Somerset Militia
* Elizabeth Whalley (1745–1778), married Isaac Sage
* [[Thomas Sedgwick Whalley]] (1746–1828), clergyman and writer
* Richard Chapple Whalley (1748–1817), clergyman<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1699 births]]
[[Category:1748 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge]]
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