Francis Gastrell

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1662 – 1725

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Who was Francis Gastrell?

Francis Gastrell was bishop of Chester and a writer on deism. He was a friend of Jonathan Swift, mentioned several times in A Journal to Stella, and chaplain to Robert Harley, when Harley was speaker of the House of Commons.

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Born
1662
Education
  • Westminster School
  • Christ Church, Oxford
Employment
  • Bishop of Chester, Church of England
    (1714 - )
Died
1725

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on July 23, 2013

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