Thomas Dunham Whitaker
Thomas Dunham Whitaker | |
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Thomas Dunham Whitaker, 1816 engraving by William Holl the elder after a portrait by James Northcote | |
| Born | June 8, 1759 Raynham, Norfolk |
| Died | December 18, 1821 Blackburn, Lancashire |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
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| Spouse |
Lucy Thoresby (m. 1783) |
| Children | Robert Nowell Whitaker |
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| Relatives | William Whitaker |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
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Offices held | Curate of Holme Chapel (1797) Vicar of Whalley (1809) Rector of Heysham (181) Vicar of Blackburn (1818) |
Thomas Dunham Whitaker (8 June 1759 – 18 December 1821) was an English clergyman and topographer who was Vicar of Whalley, from 1809 and Blackburn, from 1818. He undertook landscape improvements in the Cliviger area, and oversaw the planting of approximately half a million trees between 1785 and 1815, winning the gold medal of the Society of Arts for planting 64,000 larches in one year.