Edmund Gibson (priest)

Edmund Gibson MA (1713 - 1771) was a Canon of Windsor from 1742 to 1746.^[1]

Family

He was born in 1713, the son of Bishop Edmund Gibson of London.

Career

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated BA in 1734, MA in 1737.

He was appointed:

Prebendary of Rugmere in St Paul’s 1738 - 1741
Prebendary of Chiswick in St Paul’s 1740 - 1744
Prebendary of Mapesbury in St Paul’s 1743 - 1747
Prebendary of Kentish Town in St Paul’s 1746 - 1770
Precentor of St Paul’s Cathedral 1741 - 1770

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1742 and held the canonry until 1746.

Notes

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

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