Christopher Wren

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Christopher Wren

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westminster, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
Death: August 24, 1747 (73)
Wroxhall, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Wroxall, Warwickshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Christopher Wren, PRS and Faith Wren
Husband of Mary Wren and Constance Burgoyne
Father of Christopher Wren; Stephen Wren and Matthew Wren
Brother of Gilbert Wren
Half brother of Jane Wren and William Wren

Find A Grave ID: 147832642
Managed by: Linda Kathleen Thompson, (c)
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About Christopher Wren

Biographical Summary

Wren, Christopher (1675 - 1747)

  • Birth: London, England (18 February 1675)
  • Death: 24 August 1747
  • Address: Wroxall, Warwickshire
  • Research Field: Numismatics
  • Education: Eton College; Pembroke College, Cambridge (admitted 1691); Middle Temple (admitted 1694)
  • Career: Deputy Clerk Engraver of the Works (1694-1702); travelled in Europe (1698); Chief Clerk of the Works (1702-1716); MP for Windsor (1713-1715); devoted his latter years to compiling the 'Parentalia' published by his son, Stephen
  • Membership: Fellow
  • Election Date: 30/11/1693
  • Relationships: Son of Sir Christopher Wren (FRS 1663) and his first wife, Faith, daughter of Sir John Coghill; married, first, Mary, daughter of Philip Musard, Jeweller to Queen Anne, second, Constance, widow of Sir Roger Burgoyne, Bart, of Wroxall, and daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton of Stansted Mountfichet, Essex

SOURCE: "Wren; Christopher (1675 - 1747)", The Royal Society

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Christopher Wren's Timeline

1674
February 16, 1674
Westminster, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1710
January 5, 1710
Kinwarton, England (United Kingdom)
1722
April 19, 1722
Wroxhall, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
1747
August 24, 1747
Age 73
Wroxhall, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
August 24, 1747
Age 73
St Leonard's Churchyard, Wroxall, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
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