Arthur Cayley (abt. 1776 - 1848)

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Cayley — married 30 May 1803 in St George's, Hanover Square, London, England

Died 22 Apr 1848 at about age 72 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Arthur was born about 1776. He was the son of Arthur Cayley and Anne Schulz.^[1] He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was admitted, age 16, in 1792. He graduated in 1796 as 4th Wrangler,^[2] and was refused a fellowship on account of his political opinions. He was an occasional contributor to the Anti-Jacobin Review, which started publication in 1798.^[3]

On 30 May 1803 he married his cousin Lucy Cayley at St George's Hanover Square, London.^[1][4][5]

He was ordained priest in 1813 and was Rector of Normanby, Yorkshire from 1814 to his death.^[2]

The 1841 census lists Arthur, rounded age 60, at Micklegate, York, Yorkshire.^[6]

He was author of

• The life of Sir Walter Raleigh (pub. London, 2 vols 1805; 2nd ed 1806)^[3]
• Memoir of Sir Thomas More, with a new translation of his Utopia, his history of King Richard III, and his Latin poems (2 vols, 1808)^[3]

Reviewing the Raleigh biography, The London Monthly Review said, "He is either no favourite of the historic muse, of he does not pay her sufficiently assiduous court, for he can as yet boast of few of the fascinations and enchantments which she places at the disposal of her successful suitors."^[7]

Arthur died on 22 April 1848 at Micklegate, York.^[8] He was buried at Kirkdale, Yorkshire on 2 May 1848, with his age given as 72 in the parish register.^[9] His death was registered at York, Yorkshire in the 2nd quarter of 1848.^[10] His will was dated 20 October 1846 and proved on 15 May 1848.^[11]

Will

Source: The National Archives, PROB-11-2076-73' 'Transcription by Michael Cayley, released into the public domain

This is the last Will and Testament of me Arthur Cayley Clerk Rector of Normanby in the County of York. I appoint John Watson of Pickering Solicitor and John [?] of York Solicitor to be my joint Executors I desire them to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses out of my personal Estate and I give one hundred pounds to each of them and also their reasonable expenses I give my servant Mary [?] my Laure[?] Butts farm in Normanby Parish occupied by Thomas [?] during the term of her natural life and I give her all my household furniture at Laure Butts farm house for her own absolute use and benefit After her decease I give that Laure Butts farm to my kinsman Digby Cayley of Ripon Esquire his heirs and assigns for ever I give to my servant Rachel Rawlins my west [?] farm at Normanby occupied by William Wilson during her natural life and after her decease I give that farm to Digby Cayley aforesaid his heirs and assigns for ever I give All the remainder of my property real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever to Digby Cayley aforesaid his heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six.

Will proved 15 May 1848.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Vol. III, William Pollard, 1917, p. 298, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, Ancestry.co.uk
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, entry for 'CAYLEY, ARTHUR (d. 1848)', Wikisource
4. ↑ Gentleman's Magazine July 1803
5. ↑ Westminster marriages, FindMyPast
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGR-2V7 : 23 May 2019), Arthur Cayley in household of Mary Sterriker, Micklegate, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
7. ↑ London Monthly Review 1806
8. ↑ Death notice in the Yorkshire Gazette, 29 April 1848, FindMyPast and linked image
9. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6618-M7TZ : 23 February 2022), Arthur Cayley, 1848.
10. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NT2-L8M : 31 December 2014), Arthur Cayley, 1848; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, York, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
11. ↑ The National Archives, PROB-11-2076-73

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Cayley, Arthur (1776-1848)' ($, text much the same as in the original Dictionary of National Biography referred to in inline citations)