James Vincent was a Welsh

Wales

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 Anglican priest

Church of England

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 and schoolmaster.

Life

Vincent was the son of Thomas Vincent, a priest who served as vicar

Vicar

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 of Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...

 and as rector

Rector

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 of Llanfachraeth

Llanfachraeth

Llanfachraeth is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales....

, Anglesey

Anglesey

Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...

 (both in north Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

). He matriculated

Matriculation

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 at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

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 in 1735, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in 1739 and a Master of Arts degree in 1742. He was ordained and became master of the Friars School, in Bangor, as well as serving as vicar of Bangor, rector of the Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire , historically spelled as Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire in English during its existence, was one of the thirteen historic counties, a vice-county and a former administrative county of Wales....

 parish of Llandwrog

Llandwrog

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 and (from 1763) the rector of Llanfachraeth. He died in 1783. One of his grandsons was the priest and academic James Vincent Vincent

James Vincent Vincent

James Vincent Vincent was a Welsh cleric who became Dean of Bangor Cathedral, holding the position for 14 years.-Life:...

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