Contents:
- Personal and family information
- Domicile region and Migration
- Social Information
- Education
- Sources
- Notes
- Sent letters
- Received letters
Personal and family information
Personal information
Person ID | GW |
Sex | Male |
First Name | Gilbert |
Last Name | West |
Married name | - |
Spouse | Catherine West née Bartlett |
Spouse's Rank | Lower gentry |
Spouse's Title | - |
Year of Marriage | 1729 |
Life span | 53 |
Year of Birth | 1703 |
Year of Death | 1756 |
Family
Father | Richard West |
Father's Rank | Lower gentry |
Father's Title | Archdeacon of Berkshire |
Mother | Maria West née Temple |
Domicile region and Migration
Place of Birth (Town)
Town | - |
Domicile Region
Address | Town | County | Country | From | To | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Migration
Address | Town | County | Country | From | To | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | West Wickham | Kent | England | [1729] | - | 1 |
1 After his marriage, Gilbert West retired from the army and devoted himself to "learning and piety"", living in West Wickham."
Social Information
Social Class
Rank | [Lower gentry] |
Title | - |
From | - |
To | - |
Social Mobility
In 1752 Gilbert West was given a clerkship of the privy council and in 1754 he was appointed paymaster to Chelsea Hospital.
Occupation
English poet, translator and Christian apologist
Education
Formal
Institution | Winchester, Eton and Christ Church, Oxford |
Highest Degree | DCL |
From | - |
To | - |
Private
-
Languages known
-
Sources
Bibliography IDs
Wilson, 2005; Sairio, 2009
Notes
Gilbert West's first poem describing his uncle's gardens at Stowe was published anonymously in 1732. In 1747 he published "Observations on the History and Evidence of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ", for which the University of Oxford granted him the degree of DCL. With Elizabeth Montagu, Gilbert West often had long discussions on literature and religion. Gilbert West was the cousin of George Lyttelton, with whom he went to Oxford in the 1740's to study Christianity, aiming to prove some accounts of Christianity wrong, but ending up becoming Christians themselves.
Sent letters
No letters
Received letters
Letter ID | Year | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
BC_1753_EMONTAGU_GW | 1753 | Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) | West, Gilbert |