About Richard Farrington
Lived 1702 – 1772 (aged 69–70). Richard Farrington was a cleric and antiquarian.
Richard Farrington (1702 – 16 October 1772) was a Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian.
Life Farrington was born in 1702 and was educated at the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College, Oxford in 1720 and obtaining his BA in 1724. After ordination and his first curacy, possibly at Gresford, he moved to Bromfield before becoming linked to St Asaph Cathedral in 1739. He was later appointed vicar of Llanwnda and Llanfaglan (1741), rector of Llangybi (1742) and chancellor of Bangor Cathedral (1762). He resigned from his positions in August 1772 and died in Bath on 16 October 1772, at the age of 71.
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Who was Richard Farrington?
British antiquarian
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Richard Farrington was born in 1702 in Llechylched.
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Richard Farrington died on 16 October 1772 in Bath.
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Richard Farrington was a cleric and antiquarian.
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