George Bright (priest) explained

George Bright was Dean of St Asaph[1] from 1689 until his death in 1696.[2]

Bright was born in Epsom and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[3] He was Chaplain to Mary, Princess of Orange[4] and Rector of Loughborough.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/125 Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 p82
  2. "Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, considerably enlarged and brought down to the present time" Edwards, E. p176: Wrexham, John Painter, 1801
  3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
  4. "The Life of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop, Volume 1 Birch, T, p399: London; J & R Tonson; 1752
  5. "Supplement to the Catalogue of English Theology" Strong,W p581: Bristol, J.Chilcott, 1829