John Hartcliffe

John Hartcliffe (1651 – 16 August 1712) was a Canon of Windsor from 1691 to 1712[1] and Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.

Career

He was King's Scholar at Eton College then educated at King's College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1673, MA in 1676, and BD in 1689.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1691, and held the stall until 1712. He was buried in the chapel.

Publications

He published many of his sermons, and also :

  • Hartcliffe, John (1691). A treatise of moral and intellectual virtues wherein their nature is fully explained and their usefulness proved, as being the best rules of life ... : with a preface shewing the vanity and deceitfulness of vice.

Notes
  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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