William Darrell (Jesuit)


William Darrell, born 1651 in Buckinghamshire, England and died 28 February 1721 at St. Omer's College, France, was an English Jesuit theologian and writer.
He was a member of the Catholic family Darrell of Scotney Castle, Sussex, being the only son of Thomas Darrell and his wife, Thomassine Marcham. He joined the Society of Jesus on 7 September 1671, and was professed 25 March 1689.

Works

He wrote:
He translated "Discourses of Cleander and Eudoxus upon the Provincial Letters from the French". Thomas Jones in his edition of Peck's "Popery Tracts", also attributes to Father Darrell: "A Letter on King James the Second's most gracious Letter of Indulgence" ; "The Layman's Opinion sent... to a considerable Divine in the Church of England" ; "A Letter to a Lady" ; "The Vanity of Human Respects".