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John James Majendie DD (1709–1783) was a
Canon of Windsor from 1774 to 1783.
[1]
His father, André Majendie, was a
Huguenot minister who fled to England after the
Edict of Nantes.
He lived at 10
Denmark Street London from 1758 to 1771.
He was appointed:
- Tutor to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York
- Instructor of
Queen Charlotte in the English language
- Vicar of Stoke Prior 1769–1783
- Prebendary of Netheravon in Wiltshire 1752–1783
- Prebendary of the 8th Canonry at Worcester 1769–1774
- to the fifth stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1774 and held the canonry until his death.
He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society in 1768.
[2]
He died at
Weston, near Bath in 1783. His son
Henry William Majendie became
Bishop of Chester and
Bishop of Bangor.
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^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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"Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 January 2016.