{Rev.} Churchill BABINGTON

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Rev. Churchill

Babington

1821 - 1889

Rev. Churchill

Babington

, Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge; of St John's College, Cambridge. Rector of Cockfield, Suffolk, 1866, 1881. s.p. Venn's entry reads: Babington, Churchill. College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Michs. 1839 Born: Mar. 11, 1821 Died: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 18, 1839. S. of Matthew Drake (1807), clerk, of Thringstone, Leics. B. Mar. 11, 1821, at Roecliffe, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1839; Scholar; Prizeman; B.A. (7th Classic) 1843; M.A. 1846; B.D. 1853; D.D. 1879. Fellow, 1846; Hon. Fellow, 1880. President of the Union, 1845. Disney Professor of Archaeology, 1865-80. Ord. deacon, 1846; priest (Ely) 1848; P.C. of Horningsea, Cambs., 1848-61. R. of Cockfield, Suffolk, 1866-89 (the tasteful restoration of the Church, due to his archaeological competence). F.L.S., 1853. Won a wide reputation by `his able defence of the English clergy and gentry of the seventeenth century against Macaulay's aspersions.' Edited for the University The Orations of Hyperides...from the papyri found at Thebes. Contributed numerous articles to the Dictionary of Christian Antiquities. Interested in numismatics and botany. His monograph, on The Birds of Suffolk, is `a storehouse of facts on the ornithology of the County'. Took up latterly the study of conchology, and formed a fine collection of British and exotic shells. Died s.p. Jan. 12, 1889, at Cockfield. Memorial window in the Church. M.I. (brass) in the College Chapel. (D.N.B., Suppl. I; Eagle, Mar. 1889.)

Born: Swithland, Leics., , England 11th Mar 1821	Baptised:
Died: Cockfield, Suffolk, , England 12th Jan 1889	Buried:
Family: Babington

Ancestors

1. Rev. Churchill Babington ( Wilson ) 1821 - 1889	2. Rev. Matthew Drake Babington ( Churchill ) 1788 - 1851	4. Rev. Matthew Babington ( Drake ) 1761 - 1796	8. Thomas Babington ( Cardale ) 1715 - 1776	16. Thomas Babington ( Keeling ) 1682 - post 1722
				17. Elizabeth Keeling ( Babington ) + 1730
			9. Lydia Cardale ( Babington ) + 1791	18. Rev. Joseph Cardale

		5. Elizabeth Drake ( Babington ) ante 1770 - 1793	10. Richard Roberts Drake * ante 1750



	3. Hannah Churchill ( Babington ) 1796 - 1873	6. Benjamin Fleetwood Churchill ( Page ) 1770 - 1858	12. Smith Churchill ( ? ) + post 1770

			13. Isabella ? ( Churchill ) + post 1770

		7. Hannah Page ( Churchill ) + post 1800

Siblings

Spouses

1. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 28th Jan 1869
Matilda (Maud) Whytt
Wilson
(
Babington
,
Wright
) 1844 - 1919

Descendants

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Sources

Family Archivists: see
Babington

Census

1871 census (head of household - Rectory, Cockfield, Suffolk, , England)
1881 census (head of household - The Rectory, Cockfield, Suffolk, , England)

Timeline

11th Mar 1821	Born (birth) Swithland, Leics., England
28th Jan 1869	Married Matilda (Maud) Whytt Wilson ( Babington , Wright ) 1844 - 1919 (marriage) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
1871	Head of household in 1871 census (census) Cockfield, Suffolk, England
3rd Apr 1881	Head of household in 1881 census (census) Cockfield, Suffolk, England
12th Jan 1889	Died (death) Cockfield, Suffolk, England

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