Author: Monro, Thomas
Biography:
MONRO, Thomas (1764-1815: ODNB)
Pseudonyms: Oxoniensis, Hipponax
He was born on 9 Oct. 1764 and baptised on 6 Nov. at St. Mary, Wargrave, Berkshire, the son of Rev. Thomas Monro, Rector of Wargrave, and his wife Mary Taylor, who had married at St. Bartholomew the Less, London, on 5 May 1763. Educated at the grammar schools of Colchester and Norwich under the famous master Samuel Parr (1747-1825), he proceeded to St. Mary’s College, Oxford (matric 1782) and then to a demyship at Magdalen (1783-97: BA 1787, MA 1791), which he forfeited when he married. At Oxford he founded and edited the periodical Olla Podrida in 44 numbers (1787-8, several reprintings) and published a volume of Essays (1791) of his own, besides the two poetical titles listed here. On 7 June 1797 he married Sarah Jane Hopegood (not Hopewood) at Monken Hadley (now in outer London); they had at least two children. Ordained priest in 1799, he first served as curate at Selborne, Hampshire, and was then preferred to the rectory of Little Easton, Essex, from 1800 until his death. He died at the rectory on 25 Sept. 1815. (ODNB 29 June 2023; findmypast.com 29 June 2023; Alumni Oxonienses; CCEd 29 June 2023) HJ