Philip Duval

For the painter, see Philip Duval (painter).

Philip Duval FRS FSA (also Du Val, 1732 – 14 March 1808) was a Canon of Windsor from 1772 to 1808.[1] He was chaplain to the Duke of Gloucester.

Duval was the son of the French-born Dr. Philippe Duval, physician to the Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales, the mother of George III. His mother was Marianne Aufrère of Burnside and Foulsham Old Hall, descended from Huguenot nobility.[2]

Career

He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge and was awarded LLB in 1750 and DD in 1756.

He was appointed:

  • Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral 1767-1772
  • Rector of Broodwas, Worcestershire 1768
  • Preceptor to the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester
  • Chaplain and Treasurer to the Duke of Gloucester
  • Rector of Hartley Westpall 1786
  • Rector of Isleworth 1792
  • Vicar of Twickenham 1792-1808

He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1772,[3] a position he held until 1808.

He married Anna George, daughter of Dr William George, Provost of King's College, Cambridge.

Notes

  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1882). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 52. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, Volume 22. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne, 1976