William Vyse (priest)

The Ven. William Vyse (30 October 1742 in Lichfield – 20 February 1816 in Lambeth) was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1793 until his death.[1]

The son of William Vyse, Archdeacon of Salop,[2] he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1758.[3] He held livings in Newington, Brasted, Lambeth and Sundridge.

His elder brother Richard was a General.[4]

Notes
  1. 'Deaths' The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, February 22, 1816; Issue 14069
  2. CCED
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Vyse, William (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. (Gent. Mag. 1825, ii. 180; Historical Records of the Third Dragoon Guards, 1838, p.127)


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