Rev. John Selwyn

1753 - 1823  (70 years)

• Name	John Selwyn
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	3 May 1753	Blockley
  Christened	23 May 1753	Blockley
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Oct 1823
  Age	70 years
  Buried	11 Nov 1823	Salisbury Cathedral (beneath the spire)
  Person ID	I0305	The Selwyn Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Rev. Charles Jasper Selwyn,   b. 19 Feb 1725/26,   d. 10 Sep 1794  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Coxeter,   b. 1730,   d. 1776, Blockley  (Age 46 years)
  Married	9 Jun 1750	St. Mary's, Dover
  Family ID	F007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bridget Dyer,   b. 1753,   d. 3 Aug 1823  (Age 70 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1777	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Children	1. Lieut. George Brydges Selwyn,   b. 22 Jan 1778, Ludgershall ,   d. 1803, on the "Varuna" during a passage home from India  (Age 24 years) + 2. Albinia Selwyn,   b. 1780,   d. 26 Feb 1860, Bristol  (Age 80 years)   3. Lieut. John Selwyn,   b. 11 Oct 1782, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 26 Dec 1810, Trichinopoly  (Age 28 years) + 4. Bridget Selwyn,   b. 1783,   d. 21 May 1867, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire  (Age 84 years)   5. Henry Thomas Selwyn,   b. 28 Jul 1788,   d. 17 Aug 1831, Rothesay Castle(ship) off Anglesey  (Age 43 years)   6. Cdr. Charles William Selwyn,   b. 22 Apr 1786,   d. 1820, Exmouth  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2012
  Family ID	F018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 May 1753 - Blockley Christened - 23 May 1753 - Blockley Married - 9 Oct 1777 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Buried - 11 Nov 1823 - Salisbury Cathedral (beneath the spire)  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones		Memorial to Rev. John Selwyn and his wife Bridget in Salisbury Cathedral
  		Gravestone of John Selwyn About 2m to the north of the centre point under the spire of Salisbury Cathedral In Memory of THE REV. JOHN SELWYN Rector of Ludgershall and Culston Master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester And Succentor of this Cathedral He died 2nd October 1823 In the 71st Year of his age

  
  

• Notes

  Curate of Blockley. 1776-77 Rector of Ludgershall. 1777-1823 s. Charles Jasper, of Blockley, co. Worcester, cler. PEMBROKE COLL., matric. 4 May, 1774, aged 21; B.C.L. 1783, rector of Ludgershall, Wilts, 1777, master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester 1793, and succentor of Salisbury Cathedral, rector of Coulstone, Wilts, 1798, until his death 4 Nov, 1823, father of the last named and of the next named.