Rt.Rev. Edmund Law , DD. Lord Bishop of Carlisle. Venn's entry reads: LAW, EDMUND College: ST JOHN'S Entered: 1720 Born: Died: Aug. 14, 1787 Adm. sizar (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 6, 1720. S. of Edmund, clerk, and C. of Staveley, Lancs. B. at Cartmell-in-Furness, Lancs. Schools, Cartmell (Mr Roskell) and Kendal (Mr Towers). Matric. 1720; B.A. 1723-4; M.A. from Christ's, 1727; D.D. 1749. Fellow of Christ's, 1726-7. Vice-Chancellor, 1755-6. Master of Peterhouse, 1756-87. University librarian, 1760-9. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 5, 1726; priest, Sept. 24, 1727. R. of Greystoke, Cumberland, 1737-46. Archdeacon of Carlisle, 1743-56. R. of Gt Salkeld, 1746-87. Archdeacon of Stafford, 1763-9. Preb. of Lichfield, 1763-9. Knightbridge Professor of Moral Theology, 1764. Preb. of Lincoln, 1764-9; of Durham, 1767-9. Bishop of Carlisle, 1769-87. Author, philosophical. Died at Rose Castle, Carlisle, Aug. 14, 1787. Buried in Carlisle Cathedral.(Peile, II. 201; Scott-Mayor, III. 331; D.N.B.)
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