Christopher Wyvill

(1738-1822)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wyvill, Christopher, 1740-1822 NRA: Wyvill, Christopher (1740-1822), advocate of parliamentary reform DNB: Wyvill, Christopher (1738–1822), political reformer LBT ID: ChWyvil1822 VIAF ID: 33490064 LOC ID: n86807809	B/BAP: 1738-12 DIED: 1822-03-22
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Born in Edinburgh and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, he was a Yorkshire clergyman, landowner, and political reformer allied with Charles James Fox.
REFERENCES TO Christopher Wyvill: Sydney Smith to Jane Apreece [afterwards Davy], 29 December 1811 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. IX. 1776-1777 Found 2: ¶ 9 ¶ 12 Ch II. 1807-1810 Found 1: ¶ 14 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1811