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The Autobiography of Archbishop Thomas Seeker
Dr James Benson (1721?-1781) was the nephew of Martin Benson,
another lamented old friend. He was a graduate of Christ Church,
Oxford, (B.A., 1743; M.A., 1745; D.C.L., 1754) who held the
chancellorship of Gloucester cathedral with the living of Siddington,
Gloucestershire (see Burke, Landed Gentry, p. 159).
Bp Ewer: John Ewer (d. 1774), who was bishop of Llandaff 1761-69 and
then of Bangor 1769-74. He had been tutor to the marquess of Granby,
who promoted his advancement in season and out of season. He upset
Americans by a spirited, if derogatory, sermon in February 1767, for the
S.P.G. in which he lambasted them as "infidels and Barbarians"
(Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, VIII, p. 465; D.N.B.).
Mr Hoare: Thomas Mills Hoare, son of a gentleman of Gloucester, who
graduated B.A. from Pembroke college, Oxford, in 1744 and M.A. in
1747 (Foster, Alumni Oxon.).
Bp Newton: Thomas Newton (1704-1782), bishop of Bristol 1761-82
with which he held the deanery of St. Paul's in commendam from 1768.
After being educated at Westminster and Trinity college, Cambridge, he
became a political protege of William Pulteney, earl of Bath, who helped
him obtain a number of livings. Newton admired Seeker greatly.
Bp Newcome: Dr. Richard Newcome (1701-1769), bishop of Llandaff
1755-61 and then of St. Asaph 1761-69. He had been chaplain to the
king, a sure road to episcopal preferment in the eighteenth century, and
prebendary of Windsor, 1749-55 (Foster, Alumni Oxon.).
Mr Jefferies: John Jefferies or Jeffreys (1719?-1798), who was appointed
to the sinecure rector of Whitford, Flintshire, in 1762. A graduate of
Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, he became a canon of Christ
Church in 1769 and a canon residentiary of St. Paul's in 1779. In
addition to the Whitford sinecure, he was the rector of St. Nicholas,
Cole Abbey, London (1746-92), of Barnes, Surrey (1792-95) and of
Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire (1756-98) [Foster, Alumni Oxon.].
Lord Royston: Philip Yorke (1720-1790), who succeeded as the second
earl of Hardwicke in 1764. A complaining letter of thanks for Seeker's
favor towards Jeffreys is found in B.L. Add. MS 35,607, fol. 28,
undated.
Bp Osbaldeston: Richard Osbaldeston (1690-1764), who held the
bishopric of Carlisle from 1747 until 1762 when he was translated to the
diocese of London, a translation, according to Richard Hurd, that was