About Thomas Hancorne
Lived 1752 – 1838 (aged 85–86). Thomas Hancorne was a theologian, writer, deputy Lieutenant and justice of the peace.
Thomas Mansel Hancorne (1752 – 1838) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and judicial officer.
Early life Hancorne was the son of Samuel Hancorne of Oxwich, Glamorgan by his wife Mary Bevan, and a great-grandson of the Rev. Thomas Hancorne and Thomas Mansel of Penrice Castle. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 26 March 1773.
Career Hancorne was ordained as a deacon on 27 June 1778 by Shute Barrington, Bishop of Llandaff, and as a priest on 30 May 1779 by Lord James Beauclerk, Bishop of Hereford.
He began his career at the Parish Church of Pyle and Kenfig, where he was a curate from 28 June 1778.
Hancorne was appointed a deputy lieutenant (DL) and justice of the peace (JP) for the county of Glamorgan.
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Welsh clergyman (1752 – 1838)
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Thomas Hancorne was born in 1752.
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Thomas Hancorne died on 4 June 1838.
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Thomas Hancorne was a theologian, writer, deputy Lieutenant and justice of the peace.
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