KINSEY
,
WILLIAM MORGAN
(
1788
-
1851
),
cleric and traveller
;
b. at
Abergavenny
, son of
Robert Morgan
Kinsey
,
solicitor
and
banker
at that town, and his wife
Caroline Hannah
, daughter of
Sir
James
Harington
,
Bt.
He was educated at
Oxford
(matriculated
28 Nov. 1805
,
scholar
of
Trinity College
,
B.A.
1809
,
M.A.
1813
,
B.D.
1822
,
Fellow
of his college
1815
,
dean
1822
,
vice-president
1823
,
bursar
1824
). In
1827
he made a tour in
Portugal
, publishing next year (second edition,
1829
) an interesting work entitled
Portugal Illustrated: in a series of letters, embellished with a map, plates of coins, etc.
(
London
,
1828
). The illustrations were mainly after drawings made by a companion on the tour. In
1830
Kinsey
was travelling in
Belgium
with
viscount Alford
, and was an eye-witness in
Brussels
of events connected with the revolution in Aug. of that year. About
1832
(
1831?
) he was appointed
minister
of
S. John's church
,
Cheltenham
. He gained some repute as a
preacher
and published some sermons, e.g.
A sermon on the public advantages of social combinations founded on Christian principles
(
Cheltenham
,
1831
) and
The Jubilee of the Bible; or, three hundredth anniversary of Coverdale's translation of the whole Bible … A sermon preached at … Cheltenham
(
London
,
1835
). See also
Gentleman's Magazine
,
Jan. 1848
. In
1843
he was appointed
rector
of
Rotherfield Greys, Oxon.
, where he d.,
6 April 1851
.
Bibliography:
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
