Robert Wharton (priest) explained

Robert Wharton (14 June 1751 - 19 January 1808)^[1] was Archdeacon of Stow from 1791 until his death.^[2]

Wharton was born in Durham, and was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[3] He held the living at Sigglesthorne. He was Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln from 1801 until his death at Nettleham.

Notes and References

1. 'Cambridge, Feb. 8' Norwich Post, February 10, 1808; Issue 1337. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900.
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol9/pp21-23 British History)n-line
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]