Benjamin Pye LL.D. (1726 – 1808) was Archdeacon of Durham from 1791 to 1808. [1]
Pye was educated at New College, Oxford. [2] He was Rector of Whitburn from 1769 to 1791. [3] He married (and was the second husband of) Elizabeth Bathurst-Sleigh 3rd daughter of Mary, who in turn was the second child of Charles Bathurst, MP for Richmond 1727. [4]
According to (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp in his The Bishoprick Garland [5] Benjamin Pye wrote the second "Stockton's Commendation". [6]
He died on 26 March 1808. [7]
Benjamin Pye LL.D. (1726 – 1808) was Archdeacon of Durham from 1791 to 1808. [1]
Pye was educated at New College, Oxford. [2] He was Rector of Whitburn from 1769 to 1791. [3] He married (and was the second husband of) Elizabeth Bathurst-Sleigh 3rd daughter of Mary, who in turn was the second child of Charles Bathurst, MP for Richmond 1727. [4]
According to (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp in his The Bishoprick Garland [5] Benjamin Pye wrote the second "Stockton's Commendation". [6]
He died on 26 March 1808. [7]