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Background imageRector Collection: The education of British Youth: Stonyhurst College

The education of British Youth: Stonyhurst College
As part of their series on the education of British Youth, the Illustrated London News ran a feature on Stonyhurst College, Lancashire

Background imageRector Collection: Andrew Carnegie at St Andrews University, Scotland

Andrew Carnegie at St Andrews University, Scotland
The Scottish-born American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, at St Andrews University in Scotland. He served as Rector from 1901 until 1907. He is processing with others in academic robes

Background imageRector Collection: Inclined Plane Clock

Inclined Plane Clock
Clock using an inclined plane designed by Maurice Wheeler, rector of Sibberton

Background imageRector Collection: Brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxon

Brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxon
Monumental brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxfordshire. circa 1518

Background imageRector Collection: William Kirby (Howard)

William Kirby (Howard)
WILLIAM KIRBY entomologist, rector of Barham, Suffolk Date: 1759 - 1850

Background imageRector Collection: Samuel Wesley (Father)

Samuel Wesley (Father)
SAMUEL WESLEY churchman, rector of Epworth, poet, father of John and Charles

Background imageRector Collection: Right Hon George Wyndham, Edinburgh University, in 1907

Right Hon George Wyndham, Edinburgh University, in 1907 Date: 1907

Background imageRector Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Henry Martin, rector Upwell Church

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Henry Martin, rector Upwell Church, Norfolk unknown publication

Background imageRector Collection: Georgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a chimney sweep

Georgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a chimney sweep
Georgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a sooty chimney sweep and his apprentice boy on a street corner in Oxford. In the background, a new rector Doctor Broadbase rides past a blacksmith

Background imageRector Collection: Rector at the University of Paris, 1586

Rector at the University of Paris, 1586
Costume of a Rector at the University of Paris, 1586. In blue cap, ruff collar, blue robes with fur capelet over his shoulders. Recteur de l'Universite de Paris

Background imageRector Collection: Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach, 1495-1562

Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach, 1495-1562. German jurist, scholar, an influential humanist and the rector of the University of Basel

Background imageRector Collection: Harold Davidson, former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk

Harold Davidson, former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk
Harold Davidson (1875-1937), defrocked former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk, seen here lion taming at Skegness in July 1937. Unfortunately, this kind of activity led to his being attacked and killed

Background imageRector Collection: The Reverend Wilson Carlile of the Church Army, preaching from the pulpit of St

The Reverend Wilson Carlile of the Church Army, preaching from the pulpit of St

Background imageRector Collection: Dipping needle compass made by Edward Nairne, 1772

Dipping needle compass made by Edward Nairne, 1772
Dipping needle compass made by Edward Nairne for the Board of Longitude based on plans for the Reverend John Mitchell, Rector of Thornhill, 1772

Background imageRector Collection: Charles Rollin, French historian and educator

Charles Rollin, French historian and educator
Charles Rollin (1661-1741), French historian and educator, Rector of the University of Paris. early 18th century

Background imageRector Collection: University of Glasgow - Exodus from Old College

University of Glasgow - Exodus from Old College
University of Glasgow - Exodus of Rector, Dean and Masters from the Old College. late 19th century

Background imageRector Collection: Edward Balston - Headmaster of Eton

Edward Balston - Headmaster of Eton
Date: 1864

Background imageRector Collection: Sabine Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924), an English author and Rector in North Devon. Date: 1893

Background imageRector Collection: Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885a'1959) - English chemist

Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885a'1959) - English chemist
Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885-1959) - English chemist, inventor and Rector of Imperial College, who developed the octane rating to classify petrol, helped develop radar in World War II

Background imageRector Collection: Rev Canon Baillie MA, Rector of Rugby, Warwickshire

Rev Canon Baillie MA, Rector of Rugby, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1905

Background imageRector Collection: St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands
Interior view of St Martin in the Bull Ring (parish church), Birmingham, West Midlands, with an inset portrait of its Rector, Canon Denton Thompson. Date: circa 1910

Background imageRector Collection: Johannes Held

Johannes Held
JOHANNES HELD German hebrew scholar and rector of the Gymnasium at Nurnberg. Date: 1628 - ?

Background imageRector Collection: REV SMITH

REV SMITH
The Reverend GUY ERIC SMITH, rector of Borley from 1928 to 1930

Background imageRector Collection: Mabel Smith

Mabel Smith
Mabel, wife of the Reverend GUY ERIC SMITH, rector of Borley from 1928 to 1930

Background imageRector Collection: Rev L a Foyster

Rev L a Foyster
LIONEL ALGERNON FOYSTER, rector of Borley 1930 to 1935

Background imageRector Collection: MARK NOBLE

MARK NOBLE Churchman, rector of Barming, Kent, biographer and antiquary. Date: 1754 - 1827

Background imageRector Collection: Lady Adelaide Law

Lady Adelaide Law
LADY ADELAIDE EMMELINA CAROLINE LAW (nee Vane) wife of Frederick Law, rector of Lee in Kent. Date: ? - 1882

Background imageRector Collection: The Very Rev Bruno Townsend, Roman Catholic rector

The Very Rev Bruno Townsend, Roman Catholic rector
The Very Rev Bruno Townsend, Rector of St Marys Roman Catholic Church, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands

Background imageRector Collection: USA - The Empire Building - New York

USA - The Empire Building - New York - Empire Building. New York

Background imageRector Collection: Croatia. Dubrovnik. Rectors Palace

Croatia. Dubrovnik. Rectors Palace. 15th century. Atrium

Background imageRector Collection: Zachary Grey

Zachary Grey
ZACHARY GREY Churchman and antiquary, rector of Houghton Conquest. Date: 1688 - 1766

Background imageRector Collection: Richard Graves, Writer

Richard Graves, Writer
RICHARD GRAVES Churchman, rector of Claverton, and writer. Date: 1715 - 1804

Background imageRector Collection: George Gaskin

George Gaskin
GEORGE GASKIN English churchman : rector of Stoke Newington, prebendary of Ely, secretary of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. Date: 1751 - 1829

Background imageRector Collection: Daniel Featley

Daniel Featley
DANIEL FEATLEY (orig. Fair- -clough) English churchman, rector of Lambeth, engaged in controversy with Jesuits on one hand, Baptists on other, imprisoned for Royalist views. Date: 1582 - 1645

Background imageRector Collection: William Falkner

William Falkner
WILLIAM FALKNER English churchman : rector of Greenford, Suffolk, and preacher at Kings Lynn. Date: ? - 1682

Background imageRector Collection: Robert Dingley

Robert Dingley
ROBERT DINGLEY Puritan churchman, rector of Brixton, Isle of Wight. Date: 1619 - 1660

Background imageRector Collection: Sir John Cullum

Sir John Cullum
SIR JOHN CULLUM Churchman, rector of Hawsted, Suffolk; antiquary and historian. Date: 1733 - 1785

Background imageRector Collection: Derwent Coleridge

Derwent Coleridge
DERWENT COLERIDGE Churchman, Principal of St Marks College, Chelsea, and Rector of Hanwell. His father was the poet Coleridge. Date: 1800 - 1883

Background imageRector Collection: Charles Coffin

Charles Coffin
CHARLES COFFIN French churchman, Rector of the University of Paris and Principal of the College of Beauvais : writer. Date: 1676 - 1749

Background imageRector Collection: Robert Peel(Y) / Glasgow

Robert Peel(Y) / Glasgow
SIR ROBERT PEEL (THE YOUNGER) British statesman as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow Date: 1788 - 1850

Background imageRector Collection: William Stirling-Maxwell

William Stirling-Maxwell
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell of Keir (1818 - 1878) writer; Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh

Background imageRector Collection: William Kirby / Young

William Kirby / Young
WILLIAM KIRBY entomologist, at age 19, later rector of Barham Date: 1759 - 1850

Background imageRector Collection: Mark Pattison

Mark Pattison
MARK PATTISON Writer and scholar, at one time follower of Cardinal Newman, later rector of Lincoln College, Oxford Date: 1813 - 1884

Background imageRector Collection: William Foster Pigott

William Foster Pigott (1748 - 1827), Rector of Mereworth and Clewer

Background imageRector Collection: Thomas Foxley

Thomas Foxley, (circa 1784-1838), Rector of Radcliffe Date: 1835

Background imageRector Collection: Jan Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ

Jan Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ
Joannes (Jan) Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ (1603-1655), Jesuit missionary and college rector from Antwerp, Belgium

Background imageRector Collection: Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments
Am interesting collection of over 600 musical instruments, owned by the Reverend F. W. Galpin, Rector of Falkbourne, Witham, Essex, England. Mrs Galpin shows some of them off. Date: 1930s

Background imageRector Collection: Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson
THOMAS WILSON churchman, prebendary of Westminster and rector of St Stephen s, Walbrook. Date: 1703 - 1784

Background imageRector Collection: Robert Warren

Robert Warren
ROBERT WARREN churchman, rector of Saint Mary s, Stratford-atte-Bow and author of discourses. Date: CIRCA 1725

Background imageRector Collection: John Watson

John Watson
JOHN WATSON churchman, rector of Stockport, and antiquary : a very unusual engraving not at all characteristic of the period. Date: 1725 - 1783

Background imageRector Collection: Samuel Stennett

Samuel Stennett
SAMUEL STENNETT Churchman, rector of the Baptist church in Lincolns Inn Fields, London. Date: 1728 - 1795

Background imageRector Collection: Walter Shirley

Walter Shirley
WALTER SHIRLEY churchman, rector of Loughrea in Ireland, chaplain to the countess dowager of Huntingdon. Date: 1725 - 1786

Background imageRector Collection: Richard Sherlock

Richard Sherlock
RICHARD SHERLOCK Churchman, rector of Winwick, opponent of the Quakers. Date: 1612 - 1689

Background imageRector Collection: John Scott, Churchman

John Scott, Churchman
JOHN SCOTT English churchman, rector of St Giles-in-the-fields and canon of St Pauls : writer. Date: 1639 - 1695

Background imageRector Collection: Samuel Rogers (Church)

Samuel Rogers (Church)
SAMUEL ROGERS English churchman, rector of Husbands Bosworth and Brampton in the county of Northampton and chaplain to earl Spencer. Date: ? - 1790

Background imageRector Collection: William Richards

William Richards
WILLIAM RICHARDS English churchman, non-juring rector of Helmdon in Northamptonshire Date: 1643 - 1705

Background imageRector Collection: Thomas Penrose

Thomas Penrose
THOMAS PENROSE churchman, rector of Beckington, and poet in such hours of leisure as he was able to spare from his parochial duties. Date: 1742 - 1779

Background imageRector Collection: Henry Peckwell - 2

Henry Peckwell - 2
HENRY PECKWELL controversial churchman, rector of Bloxholm and minister of Westminster Chapel, styling himself the sick mans friend. Date: 1747 - 1787

Background imageRector Collection: Henry Owen, Churchman

Henry Owen, Churchman
HENRY OWEN Welsh churchman and scholar, rector of St Olave s, Hart Street, London Date: 1716 - 1795

Background imageRector Collection: John Newton

John Newton
JOHN NEWTON Churchman, rector of St Mary Woolnoth, London, hymn writer and friend of the poet William Cowper. Date: 1725-1807

Background imageRector Collection: Nelsons Father

Nelsons Father
EDMUND NELSON, rector of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, whose son Horatio became a sailor. Date: 18th century

Background imageRector Collection: Robert Markham, Church

Robert Markham, Church
ROBERT MARKHAM English churchman, rector of Whitechapel and chaplain to the king. Date: 1727 - 1786

Background imageRector Collection: Augustus Jessopp

Augustus Jessopp
AUGUSTUS JESSOPP English churchman, rector of Scarning, Norfolk, author of Trials of a country parson and other writings. Date: 1823 - 1914

Background imageRector Collection: Richard Hooker - 2

Richard Hooker - 2
RICHARD HOOKER English churchman, rector of Bishopsbourne, Kent, author of Ecclesiastical Polity. Date: 1554? - 1600

Background imageRector Collection: John Orator Henley

John Orator Henley
ORATOR JOHN HENLEY English churchman, rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk. Date: 1692 - 1756

Background imageRector Collection: PRIAMO DELLA QUERCIA (c. 1374-1438). Investiture

PRIAMO DELLA QUERCIA (c. 1374-1438). Investiture of the Rector of the Hospital. 1442. ITALY. Siena. Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala (Santa Maria della Scala Hospital). Central detail

Background imageRector Collection: Henry Burton - 3

Henry Burton - 3
HENRY BURTON - Dissenting minister, rector of St Matthews, Friday St. London : pilloried, his ears cut off, exiled to Guernsey for his outspoken preaching. Date: 1578 - 1648

Background imageRector Collection: Henry Burton - 2

Henry Burton - 2
HENRY BURTON - Dissenting minister, rector of St Matthews, Friday St. London : pilloried, his ears cut off, exiled to Guernsey for his outspoken preaching. Date: 1578 - 1648

Background imageRector Collection: Henry Burton - 1

Henry Burton - 1
HENRY BURTON - Dissenting minister, rector of St Matthews, Friday St. London : pilloried, his ears cut off, exiled to Guernsey for his outspoken preaching. Date: 1578 - 1648

Background imageRector Collection: Charles Burney, Scholar

Charles Burney, Scholar
CHARLES BURNEY Churchman, rector of Deptford and prebendary of Lincoln, classical scholar Date: 1757 - 1817

Background imageRector Collection: Kingsleys Staircase

Kingsleys Staircase
A most unusual wooden staircase in the rectory where CHARLES KINGSLEY was rector. The stairs lead to attic rooms. A rope hangs from a rope to act as a safety hold. Date: 1819 - 1875

Background imageRector Collection: Richard Yates

Richard Yates
RICHARD YATES churchman, rector of Ashen, Essex, and chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, historian of Bury St Edmunds. Date: 1769 - 1834

Background imageRector Collection: Rev. Dr. A. C. Don, Dean of Westminster

Rev. Dr. A. C. Don, Dean of Westminster
The Dean of Westminster, according to ancient traditional rights, assists the Archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of British Sovereigns, in particular at the Unction, the Investiture

Background imageRector Collection: Rectors, New York

Rectors, New York
Futurist Ball Room, Rectors, New York City, America

Background imageRector Collection: Open air Pulpit at Holy Trinity Church, London, 1893

Open air Pulpit at Holy Trinity Church, London, 1893
Engraving showing the open air pulpit outside the Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1893. This pulpit was erected as a memorial to Rev. Canon William Cadman, the previous rector

Background imageRector Collection: Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)
Engraved portrait of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873), the British politician, poet and novelist, pictured in 1856 when he was Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow

Background imageRector Collection: W. E. Gladstone addressing the University of Glasgow, 1879

W. E. Gladstone addressing the University of Glasgow, 1879
Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal statesman, delivering his address as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow

Background imageRector Collection: Monocled Glasgow University Undergraduates, 1926

Monocled Glasgow University Undergraduates, 1926
Photograph of some of the 2000 undergraduates who welcomed Sir Austen Chamberlain to Glasgow for his installation as Lord Rector. Date: 1926

Background imageRector Collection: Edinburgh University Undergraduates Battle for the Quadran

Edinburgh University Undergraduates Battle for the Quadran
Photograph showing the traditional battle fought by Edinburgh University Undergraduates for possession of the Quadrangle steps after the election of a new Lord Rector of the University

Background imageRector Collection: Richard Hooker - 1

Richard Hooker - 1
RICHARD HOOKER English churchman, rector of Bishopsbourne, Kent, author of Ecclesiastical Polity

Background imageRector Collection: William Gouge

William Gouge
WILLIAM GOUGE English puritan churchman, rector of St Anne s, Blackfriars, London

Background imageRector Collection: Rectory & Rector

Rectory & Rector
Borley Rectory seen from the Nuns Walk towards the end of the Bull incumbency : members of his family on the tennis court

Background imageRector Collection: Harry Bull & Choir

Harry Bull & Choir
HARRY BULL, rector of Borley from 1892 to 1927, with the church choir

Background imageRector Collection: Disraeli / Glasgow Speech

Disraeli / Glasgow Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Delivering his installation address as Lord Rector of Glasgow University in 1873



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