Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lear, Francis (1)
Lear, Francis, s. Thomas, of Downton, Wilts, cler. Oriel Coll., matric. 21 Oct., 1806, aged 17; demy Magdalen Coll., 1809-19, B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813, fellow 1819-33, B.D. 1821, rector of Chilmark, Wilts, 1834-43, and of Bishopstone 1843-50, preb. of Salisbury 1830, archdeacon 1836, dean 1846, until his death 23 March, 1850.