William Walmesley
William Walmsley, (5 April 1687, in Lichfield – 18 September 1730, in Packington) was Dean of Lichfield from 1720[1] until his death.[2]
Walmesley was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was Chaplain to Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey; and also held benefice at Mavesyn Ridware and Packington.
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- ^ "A Political Biography of Samuel Johnson" Hudson, N: Abingdon, Routledge, 2016 ISBN 978-1-84893-082-7
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857- Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese" Deans of Lichfield, Pages 5-8: Institute of Historical Research, London, 2003
- ^ University of Cambridge; Venn, John; Venn, J. A. (John Archibald) (1922–54). Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900;. Robarts - University of Toronto. Cambridge, University Press.