Name Edward Valpy | Died 1832 | |
Education Trinity College, Cambridge | ||
Edward Valpy (1764–1832) was an English cleric, classical scholar and schoolteacher.
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Life
Valpy, the fourth son of Richard Valpy of St. John's, Jersey, by his wife Catherine, daughter of John Chevalier, was born at Reading He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.D. in 1810. After leaving college he acted for many years as a master at Reading grammar school under his brother, Richard Valpy.
In 1810 Valpy was elected high master of Norwich Grammar School, which flourished under his direction. Much later, a school house was named after him. In 1819 he became rector of All Saints, Thwaite, and vicar of St. Mary, South Walsham, both in Norfolk. These livings he held till his death at Yarmouth on 15 April 1832.
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Family
Valpy married Anne, daughter of Thomas Western of Great Abington, Cambridgeshire, and widow of Chaloner-Byng Baldock, vicar of Milton Abbey in Dorset. By her he had a son, the Rev. Edward John Western Valpy, who died in 1830.