John Sumner (priest)

Career

• Fellow of Kings in 1727
• Assistant master of Eton College, 1734–1745
• Headmaster of Eton College, 1745–1754
• Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, 1750–1772
• Rector of Castleford, 1753–1772
• Rector of St Benet Finck, 1772
• Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1772.
• Provost of King's College, Cambridge 1756 -1772
• Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1756–1757, and 1770–1771.