Francis Thackeray Explained

Francis Thackeray
Education:Pembroke College, Cambridge
Relatives:Thomas Thackeray (grandfather)
William Thackeray (nephew)
Children:3+, including Francis and Edward

Francis Thackeray (1793–1842) was a Church of England clergyman and author.

Life

Thackeray was the sixth son of William Makepeace Thackeray (1749–1813) and his wife Amelia Webb, grandson of Thomas Thackeray (1693–1760), Head Master of Harrow School, and uncle of William Makepeace Thackeray, the novelist. Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he was curate of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.[1]

Works

Family

Thackeray married in 1829 Mary Ann Shakespear (died 1851), daughter of John Shakespear. Their sons included Francis St. John Thackeray (1832–1919),[3] and Edward Talbot Thackeray. Their daughter Mary Augusta Thackeray was given an album of drawings about Bluebeard by William Makepeace Thackeray, her first cousin, in 1841.[1] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Myfanwy. Lloyd. 27152. Thackeray, Francis (1793–1842).
  2. Macaulay, Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1834, pp. 508–544
  3. Obituary. The Rev. Francis St. John Thackeray. lviii. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. volume 76, for 1920. 1921 .
  4. Web site: Talbot Correspondence Project: Thackeray Mary Ann, née Shakespear to Talbot William Henry Fox. 2 September 2017.
  5. Book: Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes. 1901. S. Low, Marston & Company. 820.
  6. Web site: The library of Jerome Kern, New York City. Part two: J-Z : to be sold by his order. 1929. Internet Archive. Anderson Galleries. 422. Part 2 J–Z. 2 September 2017. New York.