Whitaker, Lucy., fl 1820-1837

Jane Whitaker was the daughter of a Wolverhampton banker, James Hordern, and mother of the seven-year-old heir to the Whitaker estate of Holme-in-Cliviger, co Lancs. She continued to live in Wolverhampton until her father's death in 1825 and afterwards spent the summer months at the Holme.

Dr. Whitaker (1759-1821) was vicar of Whalley from 1809 and held it in plurality with Holme Chapel. He had rebuilt the estate chapel in 1788 and was patron of the living, a perpetual curacy. From 1818 he was also vicar of Blackburn.

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