Family and Education
b. 10 June 1789, 1st s. of James Merest of Soham, Cambs. by w. Elizabeth, h. of John Drage (d.1791) of Soham. educ. Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; St. John’s, Camb. 1806, re-adm. 1824 as ‘ten year man’; BD (Lambeth) 1834. m. 20 Feb. 1810, Susannah, da. of Abraham Jenkin, clerk of the peace, of Long Sutton, Lincs. and Bury, Suff. s.p.s. suc. fa. 1812.
Offices Held
Ordained priest, Gloucester Sept. 1824; domestic chaplain to Duke of Grafton 1825; vicar of Staindrop and rector of Cockfield, co. Dur. 1829 – 46; perpetual curate of Darlington 1830, domestic chaplain to Duke of Cleveland 1842; vicar of Stottesdon and rector of Wem, Salop 1846 – d.
Main residence: Lynford Hall, nr. Thetford, Norf.
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Commons 1790-1820
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MEREST, John William Drage (1789-1873)
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