John Pelling (priest)

John Pelling DD (1670 - 30 March 1750[1]) was a Canon of Windsor from 1715 to 1750.[2]

Career

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1690, MA in 1693, DD in 1703.[3]

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1715 and held the canonry until 1750.

Notes

  1. Obituaries prior to 1800; Author: Musgrave, William, Sir, 1735-1800; Armytage, George J., Sir, 1842-1918
  2. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  3. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Oxford: Parker and Co., 1888-1892.

Portraits of John Pelling at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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