Edward Betham
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Edward Betham (1709–1783) was an English scholar and divine. He was born at Silchester, Hampshire and was baptized there on 17 November 1709. His father, Robert Betham (d. 1719), who was rector of Silchester, was murdered when Betham was aged ten.[1]
He was educated at Eton College, and in 1728 proceeded to King's College, Cambridge. He became a fellow of King's College in 1731, and was also for some time bursar. He was subsequently presented by the provost and fellows to the living of Greenford, in Middlesex. He was appointed one of the preachers at Whitehall, and in 1771 the provost and fellows of Eton elected him to a vacant fellowship.
