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Erasmus Saunders (priest, died 1775)

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Erasmus Saunders D.D. (d. 23 December 1775) was a Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1756.[1]

Family

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He was the son of Erasmus Saunders, Canon of Brecon. He married Mary Kenrick and they had three children:

  • Martha Saunders (b. 1757)
  • Erasmus Saunders (b. 1759)
  • Kenrick Francis Saunders (b. 1764)

He died in 1775 and was buried in the south aisle of Bath Abbey.

Career

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He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1737, MA in 1740, BD in 1751 and DD in 1753.

He was appointed:

  • Vicar of Wantage, Berkshire 1755
  • Prebendary of Rochester 1756
  • Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields 1756 - 1775
  • Vicar of Mapiscome, Kent 1757

He was appointed to the tenth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1751 and held the canonry until 1756.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle