About John James Majendie
Lived 1709 – 1783 (aged 73–74). John James Majendie was a cleric.
John James Majendie DD (1709–1783) was a Canon of Windsor from 1774 to 1783.
Life
His father, André Majendie, was a Huguenot minister who fled to England after the Edict of Nantes.
He lived at 10 Denmark Street London from 1758 to 1771.
He was appointed: Tutor to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York Instructor of Queen Charlotte in the English language Vicar of Stoke Prior 1769–1783 Prebendary of Netheravon in Wiltshire 1752–1783 Prebendary of the 8th Canonry at Worcester 1769–1774 to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1774 and held the canonry until his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1768.
He died at Weston, near Bath in 1783. His son Henry William Majendie became Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Bangor.
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(1709-1783)
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John James Majendie was born in 1709.
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John James Majendie died on 7 August 1783 in Weston.
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John James Majendie was a cleric.
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