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Francis Thackeray

1793 – 1842

British writer

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About Francis Thackeray

Lived 1793 – 1842 (aged 48–49). Francis Thackeray was a British writer.

Francis Thackeray (17931842) was a Church of England clergyman and author.

Life Thackeray was the sixth son of William Makepeace Thackeray (1749–1813) and his wife Amelia Webb, grandson of Thomas Thackeray (1693–1760), Head Master of Harrow School, and uncle of William Makepeace Thackeray, the novelist. Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he was curate of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.

Works A Defence of the Clergy of the Church of England, 1822 A History of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1827; Macaulay claimed its praise of Pitt the elder was uncritical. Order against Anarchy, 1831. A reply to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man Researches into the Ecclesiastical and Political State of Ancient Britain under the Roman Emperors, 1843

Family Thackeray married in 1829 Mary Ann Shakespear (died 1851), daughter of John Shakespear. Their sons included Francis St. John Thackeray (1832–1919) and Edward Talbot Thackeray. Their daughter Mary Augusta Thackeray was given an album of drawings about Bluebeard by William Makepeace Thackeray, her first cousin, in 1841.

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Born
1793
Birth century
Died
1842
Occupation
Education
Pembroke College
Also known as
Thackeray, Frank W., Frank William

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Who was Francis Thackeray?

British writer (1793–1842)

When was Francis Thackeray born?

Francis Thackeray was born in 1793.

When did Francis Thackeray die?

Francis Thackeray died in 1842.

What was Francis Thackeray's occupation?

Francis Thackeray was a writer.

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Francis Thackeray was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Francis Thackeray

· Wikidata: Q5482583

· DBpedia: Francis Thackeray

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