The Rev. Canon William Selwyn b. 19 Feb 1806 St. Clement's, London d. 24 Apr 1875 Effigy in Ely Cathedral: The genealogy of the Selwyn and related families.

1806 - 1875 (69 years)

Name	William Selwyn
Prefix	The Rev. Canon
Born	19 Feb 1806	St. Clement's, London
Gender	Male
Census	1851	Melbourn, Cambs [1]
Died	24 Apr 1875	Effigy in Ely Cathedral
Age	69 years
Buried	Beech Lane Cemetery, Ely
Person ID	I0383	The Selwyn Family Tree
Last Modified	13 Sep 2016

Father	William Selwyn, QC, b. 31 Mar 1775, d. 25 Jul 1855, Tunbridge Wells (Age 80 years)
Mother	Laetitia Frances Kynaston, b. 23 Dec 1774, d. 17 Oct 1842, Pagoda House, Richmond (Age 67 years)
Married	11 Jun 1801
Census	1851	Pagoda House, Kew Rd.
Notes	Many pictures and documents of the Selwyn family at the National Library of New Zealand using the following search... http://natlib.govt.nz/photos?i[century]=1800&text=selwyn
Family ID	F040	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Juliana Elizabeth Cooke, b. Abt 1808, Lincoln's Inn, London , d. 17 Mar 1891, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (Age 83 years)
Married	1832
Census	1851	Main St., Melbourn, Ely, Cambs
Census	1871	St. Mary the Less, Cambs
Last Modified	16 Dec 2012
Family ID	F041	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 19 Feb 1806 - St. Clement's, London
	Census - 1851 - Melbourn, Cambs
	Census - 1851 - Main St., Melbourn, Ely, Cambs
	Census - 1871 - St. Mary the Less, Cambs
	Died - 24 Apr 1875 - Effigy in Ely Cathedral
	Buried - - Beech Lane Cemetery, Ely

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Photos		The Selwyn monument in Ely Cathedral. Taken from the BSHS website entry about the Ely Solar Astronomers by Mark Hurn of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.
Photos		William Selwyn (1806-1875), DD, Lady Margaret Professor (1855-1875), Canon of Ely by George Richmond

Notes

Canon of Ely
Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Cambridge
Entry on Wikipedia
Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, May 28, 1823. [Eldest] s. of William (above). [B. Feb. 19, 1806.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1824; Scholar, 1824; Browne medal, 1825-8; Craven Scholar, 1826; B.A. (6th Wrangler and Senior Classic) 1828; Chancellor's (Classical) medal, 1828; Norrisian prize, 1829; M.A. 1831; B.D. 1849; D.D. 1864. Fellow, 1829-32. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1831. Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, 1855-75. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 14, 1829; priest (Rochester) Apr. 10, 1831. R. of Branstone, Leics., 1831-46. Canon Residentiary of Ely, 1833-75. V. of Melbourne, Cambs., 1846-53. Ramsden Preacher, 1857. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen, 1859. F.R.S., 1866. Hon. Joint Curator, Lambeth Library, 1872. President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1867. Soon after his election to the Lady Margaret chair announced his intention of paying £700 a year to the University to augment the salary of the then Norrisian Professor; this benefaction was afterwards devoted to the fund for the building of the Divinity School. F.R.A.S. Had photographs of the sun taken at Ely for an eleven-year period, 1863-73. Married, Aug. 22, 1832, Juliana Elizabeth, dau. of George Cooke, Esq. Author, Horae Hebraicae. Died Apr. 24, 1875; buried at Ely. Brother of George A. (1826), Thomas K. (1830) and Charles J. (1832). (Al. Oxon.; Crockford; Hist. Reg., 174; D.N.B.; Winstanley, Early Victorian Cambridge, 328.)
scholar of St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1824-9. 6th wrangler, senior classic and chancellor's medallist 1828 (B.A. 1828, fellow 1829-32, M.A. 1831, B.D. 1850, D.D. 1864); adm. 'ad eundem' 28 June, 1860(1s, William), Lady Margaret professor of theology 1855-75, rector of Branston, co. Leicester, 1831-46, vicar of Melbourne, co. Cambridge, 1846-53, canon of Ely 1833, chaplain in ordinary to the Queen 1859, F.R.D. 1866, hon. joint curator Lambeth Library 1872, died 24 April, 1875, brother of George O.; for list of his works see Crockford.
An article entitled "William Selwyn: a sketch" written by J.S.Wood appeared in the Eagle (the annual record of St. John's College, Cambridge) edition ix (1873-5), p.298-322
From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1874

SELWYN, William, The College, Ely. - St. John's College, Cam; Chan. Cl. Medal and B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831, B.D. 1849, D.D. 1864; d 1829 by Bp. of Ely, p 1831 by Bp. of Roch. 6th Can. Res. of Ely Cathl. 1833. (Inc. 800l and Res.) Lady Margaret's Reader in Theol. Cam. 1855; Chap. in Ordinary to the Queen 1859; Hon. Joint Curator of the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth 1872. Formerly R. of Branstone, Leics. 1831-46; V. of Melbourn, Cambs. 1846-53. Author, Principles of Cathedral Reform, Parts i. and ii. 1840, 5s; Horae Hebraicae on Isaiah ix. 4to. 8s; Two charts of Prophecy (in sheets), 2s and 1s; Notes on the Revision of the Authorised Version of the Holy Scriptures, 1856, 1s; Notae Criticae in Versionem Septuagintaviralem - Exodus i-xxiv. 1856, Numeri, 1857, Deuteronomium, 1858; M.P. and Canon, Conversations on Ecclesiastical Legislation, 1858-59; Reasons for not signing the Oxford Declaration, 1864, 6d; Winfred, 1864, 2s; Waterloo (with plans), 2nd ed. 1865, 3s; Enochus Arden, 1867, 6s; all published by Bell and Dalby.

Sources
[S25] 1851 Census for Cambridgeshire/Melbourn/District 11d.