James Hampton

(1721-1778)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hampton, Mr. (James), 1721-1778 DNB: Hampton, James (bap. 1721, d. 1778), translator and Church of England clergyman LBT ID: JaHampd1778 VIAF ID: 56964719 LOC ID: nr96037475	B/BAP: 1721-11-02 DIED: 1778-06
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Educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was a classical scholar, translator of Polybius, and rector of Moor Monkton, Yorkshire. He is remembered for overturning William Collins' tea-table at Oxford.
REFERENCES TO James Hampton: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Prelude 1 Found 1: ¶ 2