John Richard Thackeray
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John Richard Thackeray (17 May 1772 – 19 August 1846) was an English churchman and member of the Thackeray literary family.
Thackeray was born on 17 May 1772,[1] the fourth son of Thomas Thackeray (1736–1806), surgeon, of Cambridge and grandson of Thomas Thackeray DD (1693–1760). He attended Rugby School.[2] He received his BA from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, in 1794 and his MA in 1797.[3]
Clerical career
Thackeray was the vicar of Broxted, Essex, from 1810, and the rector of Downham Market and vicar of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, both in Norfolk, from 1811.[3] He was the rector of the parish of Monken Hadley, north of Chipping Barnet, from 1819.[4]