Zachary Pearce ( 1690 - 1774 )

Birth: Parish of St Giles's, High Holborn, London, England (08 September 1690) Death: Little Ealing, Middlesex (29 June 1774) Burial: By the side of his wife, Bromley, Kent Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Education: School at Great Ealing, Middlesex; Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1714), MA (1717); DD (Lambeth) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1716); ordained deacon (1717), priest (1718); Chaplain to the Lord Chancellor Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (FRS 1712); Rector of Stapleford Abbots, Essex (1719-1722); Rector of St Bartholomew, Royal Exchange (1720-1724); Chaplain to the King (1721-1739); Rector of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (1724-1756); Dean of Winchester (1739); Bishop of Bangor (1748-1756); Dean of Westminster (1756-1768); Bishop of Rochester (1756-1774) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/06/1720 Proposers: James Pound; William Stukeley Council: 1721.