Westminster School's Archive & Collections Philip Duval, c. 1732 - 14th March, 1808.
PHILIP DUVAL, son of Francis Philip Duval (or Davall) MD LRCP, Physician to Augusta, Princess of Wales, and Marianne, sister of Anthony Aufrère (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1743 (Durand's); KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750; LLB 1756; ordained deacon (Chester) 13 Jun 1756, priest (St. Davids) 31 May 1761; Secretary, Treasurer and Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Gloucester and his son; Prebendary of Worcester 3 Mar 1767 - Jan 1772; Rector of Broadwas, Worcs., 1768; Vicar of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucs., 6 Nov 1769-86; Rector of Hartley Wespall, Hampshire, 3 Oct 1786-92; Canon of Windsor from 25 Jan 1772; Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex, from 25 Jan 1792; FRS 12 May 1774; FSA 27 May 1784; m. 1772 Anna, dau. of Very Rev. William George DD, Dean of Lincoln, previously Provost of King's Coll. Cambridge and Canon of Windsor; d. 14 Mar 1808.
Philip Duval FRS FSA (also Du Val, 1732 – 14 March 1808) was a Canon of Windsor from 1772 to 1808. He was chaplain to the Duke of Gloucester. Duval was the son of the French-born Dr. Philippe Duval, physician to the Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales, the mother of George III. His mother was Marianne Aufrère of Burnside and Foulsham Old Hall, descended from Huguenot nobility.
He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge and was awarded LLB in 1750 and DD in 1756.
He was appointed:
• Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral 1767-1772
• Rector of Broadwas, Worcestershire 1768
• Preceptor to the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester
• Chaplain and Treasurer to the Duke of Gloucester
• Rector of Hartley Westpall 1786
• Rector of Isleworth 1792
• Vicar of Twickenham 1792-1808
He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1772, a position he held until 1808.
He married Anna George, daughter of Dr William George, Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
St. Mary Magdalene, Broadwas, Worcestershire.
St. John the Baptist,
Old Sodbury, Worcestershire.
From the 18th century the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral
frequently presented the holders of Cathedral offices to the vicarage
and the vicarage was often held
with other benefices, so that it is probable that the incumbents were frequently absent.
William Hughes, a minor canon of Worcester, was presented to in
1722. He held the vicarage until his death in 1768, in plurality with
the neighbouring benefice of Dodington from 1750. Hughes was
succeeded briefly by William Harley, the fifth son of the Earl of
Oxford, who already held the rectory of Everley (Wilts.) and a
prebend in Worcester
cathedral, but he died in 1769. The next
incumbent was Philip Duval, another prebend and pluralist who held
the rectory of Broadwas (Worcs.). Well-connected at court, Duval
resigned his prebend in 1772 to take up a canonry of Windsor, and
he resigned the vicarage in 1786.701
701: Although records in the Diocesan Archives give his death as the reason for the vacancy in 1786, he did not die until 1808.
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