| 词条 | James Gifford the elder |
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James Gifford, the elder (c.1739–1813) was a British Army officer and Unitarian writer. LifeThe son of James Gifford, mayor of Cambridge in 1757, was born at Cambridge and baptised there on 19 December 1739.[1] Educated at Rugby School, he entered the British Army at 18. Later, a captain of the 14th Foot, he served in Canada at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.[2] After giving up his commission, Gifford retired around 1788 to Girton, outside Cambridge. In theology he was a follower of John Jebb. His controversial writing brought him into friendly relations with George Dyer, William Frend and Theophilus Lindsey. Money was left to him by Elizabeth Rayner, who died in 1800, a patron of the Unitarians.[2] Gifford died at Girton on 21 January 1813, aged 73. He was buried in All Saints' Church, Cambridge, where there was a monument to his memory and that of his parents.[2] WorksGifford published:[2]
FamilyGifford married, in Boston, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Cremer, a native of Bury St Edmunds, who died at St Helier, Jersey, on 16 April 1840, aged 94. Among their children were:[2]
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