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Charles Harward

Charles Harward ( 1 August 1723 - 15 July 1802) was an Anglican priest, born in Hayne House Plymtree, Devon.

Charles Harward married Ann Ball (1738–1785) on 24 March 1763 at Saint Martins in the Fields, Westminster, London. Ann was the daughter of Thomas Ball (1698–1770) Dean of Chichester Cathedral and his wife Margaret (maiden name Mill (1712–1783).

Charles and Ann had a daughter Elisabeth Margaret Harward (1764–1796). Elisabeth married the Rev. William Blake (1763–1812) the Rector of Braunton, Devon. Charles and Ann also had three other children, Ann Augusta Harward (1765–1847), Charles Harward (1766–1816) and John Harward (1767–1791).

After Ann died, Charles married Louisa Yonge (1730–1811), on 16 November 1785 , who was the daughter of Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet of Escot (1693–1755) and his second wife Anne Howard, the daughter and coheiress of Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham.

Harward matriculated from school, the family thinks this was Blundell's School in Tiverton, in 1742, he then went on to study at Clare College, Cambridge where he was awarded a B.A. in 1745/46 this was followed by his M.A. in 1755.

From 1755 to 1762 Harward was Rector of Whiston with moiety of Denton, Northamptonshire.

In 1770 he was appointed Dean of Chichester.

One of Chichester's residents, at the time of Harward, was John Marsh a gentleman, composer, diarist and writer. He recorded some pretty uncomplimentary details about Harward in his diary suggesting that 'Dean Howard was as little of a gentleman as he was a divine'. He also said that:

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