# Samuel Slade

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'''Samuel Slade''' (1771–1829) was a [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) clergyman, [Dean of Chichester](/source/Dean_of_Chichester) from 1824 until his death.

Samuel Slade was born on 11 April 1771. He was the son of Richard Slade, who was rector at [Westwell, Oxfordshire](/source/Westwell%2C_Oxfordshire) from 1746 until his death,<ref name="welch299">Welch. Queen's Scholars.p.299.</ref> so Samuel may have been born in Westwell.

==Education==
Slade was educated at [St Peter's College, Westminster](/source/Westminster_School) and elected to [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford) University in 1789, where he received his Doctorate of Divinity in 1796.<ref>Welch. ''Queen's Scholars''.; p. 418.</ref>

==Career==
He became tutor to the [Duke of Dorset](/source/Charles_Sackville-Germain%2C_5th_Duke_of_Dorset), and in 1813 was first Chaplain to [Lord Whitworth](/source/Charles_Whitworth%2C_1st_Earl_Whitworth), then [Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland](/source/Lord-Lieutenant_of_Ireland).<ref name="welch468">Welch. Queen's Scholars.p.468.</ref> He was instituted Vicar of [Staverton, Northamptonshire](/source/Staverton%2C_Northamptonshire) on  11 April 1815 and Rector of [Hartfield](/source/Hartfield), Sussex in 1817.<ref name="welch468"/> On the 12 March 1824 he was granted the dignity [dean of the Cathedral Church of Chichester](/source/Dean_of_Chichester), after the previous incumbent had been promoted to the bishopric of Gloucester.<ref>The Times.  Monday, Mar 15, 1824; p. 2.</ref> Samual Slade died on 29 December 1829, although it had been expected that he would have gone further in his career, if he had lived longer.<ref>Yates. Change and continuity. p.120.</ref>

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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Welch|first=Joseph|title=The List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster|year=1852|location=London|publisher=G. W. Ginger}}
* {{cite book|last=Yates|first=Nigel|editor=Mary Hobbs|year=1994|title=''Change and continuity'' in ''Chichester Cathedral: An Historic Survey''|publisher=Phillimore|isbn=0-85033-924-3|location=Chichester}}	
* {{cite news|title=The Times Issue 12134;|date= Mar 15, 1824}}
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