William Carey

Son of a tradesman named Richard Carey. Carey attended Westminster with the help of William Vincent, later becoming captain and then headmaster of the school. He graduated Oxford with a BA in 1793 and MA in 1796, going on to become a tutor until 1800 at Christ Church college. He was ordained in 1799 holding the perpetual curacy of Cowley in 1800 going on to be a preacher at Whitehall Church. His friend Cyril Jackson, who was the head of his Oxford College, significantly stengthened his application to become headmaster of Westminster where he became well-liked despite the consensus pointing toward a tacit endorsement of fighting. The post of sub-almoner to the King was given to him in 1808 and in 1809 the prebend of Westminster. He was placed in charge by the duke of York of educating the children of soldiers at the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea. Retiring to Yorkshire from 1814-20 he was then made bishop of Exeter,and translated to St Asaph as a bishop in 1830.