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Thomas Bray (canon) 
Summary
Thomas Bray DD (21 March 1706 – 28 March 1785) was a Canon of Windsor from 1776 to 1785.[1]
Family edit
He was from Stratton, Cornwall.
Career edit
He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford graduating BA in 1729, Fellow in 1731, MA in 1732, BD in 1743, and DD in 1758.
In 1754 he took an active part in the Oxfordshire election which resulted in Lord Macclesfield appointing him to the Rectory of Bixband.[2]
He was appointed:
- Rector of Bixband 1754
- Rector of Exeter College, Oxford 1771
- Dean of Raphoe 1777
- Rector of Dunsfold 1776
- Rector of Exeter College, Oxford 1771-1785
He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1776, a position he held until 1785.