Hanbury, William ♂

Education

M.A. 11.11.1769.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 10.10.1725 son of William Hanbury, gent. [gentleman], Bedworth, Warwicks and Ann [ ].

Career

Studied Oxford University - B.A. 1748.

Rector Church Langton, Leicestershire 1753-1.3.1778 (died). [Minister]

Gardener. Founder of Hanbury Trust.

Publications

An essay on planting, and a scheme for making it conducive to the glory of God, and the advantage of society. (Oxford: Printed for S. Parker, 1758)

Death

[Died 1.3.1778.]

Sources

• Quaestor’s accounts
• DNB
• J. H. Hill, History of the parish of Langton
• R. Desmond, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists (London, 1977)