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WILBERFORCE7 was born
on 7 Sep 1805.7 He died on
19 Jul 1873.7 Samuel (Rt.
Rev.), D.D., Successively Bishop of Oxford and Winchester; Rector of Brighstone,
I.O.W., 1830-40, Rural Dean of Norther Division of I.O.W. 1836, Archdeacon of
Surrey 1839, Canon of Winchester 1840, Rector of Alverstoke, Hants, 1840, chaplain
to Prince Albert 1841, Sub-Almoner of Queen Victoria, 1843, Dean of Westminster
1869-73, presided over revision of New Testament 1870-73, hon. Fellow of All
Souls College, Oxford, 1871; born 7th September, 1805, educated Oriel College,
Oxford (B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829, D.D. 1845), married 11th June, 1828, Emily (died
10th March, 1841), eldest daughter and co-heiress of Rev. John Sargent, of Lavington,
Sussex, Secretary to the Treasury, and M.P. for Queensborough, by his wife, Mary,
daughter and sole heire Abel Smith, elder brother of 1st Baron Carrington (see
Burke's Peerage), and died 19th July, 1873 - L G Pine
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