John Wilcox (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) explained

John Wilcox, D.D. (1692-1762) was Master of Clare College from 1736 until his death.^[1]

Wilcox was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1714. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1716. He held livings at Madingley, Everton, Bedfordshire and Kensington.^[2] Wilcox was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1736 and 1737, and 1751 to 1752.^[3]

He died on 16 September 1762.^[4]

Notes and References

1. [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]
2. http://ccedb.cch.kcl.ac.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=15564 theclergydatabase
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080221013506/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/v-c/vicechancellors.html Full List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
4. "An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge". pps 37-48: London Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1959