William Davies Shipley

(1745-1826)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shipley, William Davies, 1745-1826 NRA: Shipley, William Davies (1745-1826) Dean of St Asaph DNB: Shipley, William Davies (1745–1826), Church of England clergyman LBT ID: WiShipl823 VIAF ID: 58640980 LOC ID: no91006654	B/BAP: 1745-10-05 DIED: 1826-05-07
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The son of Jonathan Shipley (1713-1788), bishop of St Asaph, educated at Westminster, Winchester, and Christ Church, Oxford, he was dean of St Asaph (1774), a notable Whig, and father-in-law of Bishop Reginald Heber.
REFERENCES TO William Davies Shipley: 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. XXIII. 1794 Found 2: ¶ n1 ¶ n1