Thomas Harwood (priest)

Born on 18 May 1767 at Shepperton, Middlesex, a parish where his father and grandfather had been patrons and rectors, he went to Eton College on 18 November 1773, when only six years and a half old, and in September 1775 was admitted on the foundation.

In 1789 he was ordained deacon, and then entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

at Cambridge in 1811, and in 1814 was presented, on his own nomination, to the rectory of Stawley, Somersetshire; but after two years there, he resigned the living in 1819, and returned to Lichfield.

of Cambridge in 1822, and for many years was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

He was presented in 1828 to the chapelry of Burntwood, which he served, together with Hammerwich, for the rest of his life.