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ence that a temporary chapel used by King James II. for the
celebration of Mass at Hounslow was finally located in Conduit
Street; and St. Thomas's Church in King Street, some
particulars of which will be found on pages 82 and 125, also
owes its origin to his munificence. Bearing in mind, moreover,
the endowments given and bequeathed by Dr. Tenison
for educational purposes, it may be truly said that he appears
to have been an exceptionally able and zealous administrator,
the first of a long line of distinguished divines and scholars
that have held the Rectory of St. James's.
The following; list of Rectors from the creation of the
Parish to the present time, with the date of their presentation
and the nature of their subsequent preferment, will probably
be read with interest:—
Thomas Tenison, D.D. 1685 Archbishop of Canterbury.
Peter Birch, D.D. 1692
William Wake, D.D. 1693 Archbishop of Canterbury.
Charles Trinmell, D.D. 1706 Bishop of Norwich.
Samuel Clarke, D.D. 1709
Robert Tyrrwhitt, D.D. 1729
Thomas Secker, D.D. 1733 Bishop of Oxford and Archbishop
of Canterbury.
Charles Moss, D.D. 1750 Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Samuel Nicolls, D.D. 1759 Master of the Temple.
William Parker, D.D. 1763
Gerard Andrewes, D.D. 1802 Dean of Carlisle
John Giffard Ward, M.A. 1825 Dean of Lincoln.
John Jackson, D.D. 1846 Bishop of Lincoln and Bishop of
London.
John Edward Kempe, M.A. 1853
The Act of Parliament creating the Parish, vested the
Patronage, Advowson, Donation, or Presentation of and to
the Rectory, after the death of the first Rector, or the
avoidance thereof, in the Bishop of London and his successors,
and Lord Jermine and his heirs, in the proportion of two
presentations by the former to one by the latter. At present