1725–1797

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 12, 1725, Kings­ton-up­on-Hull, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 7, 1797, As­ton, Eng­land. There is a plaque to his me­mo­ry in Po­et’s Cor­ner, Wes­tmin­ster Ab­bey (next to Mil­ton), with a bas re­lief im­age of him.

Pseudonym: Mal­colm Mac­Gre­gor.

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Biography

Mason was edu­cat­ed at St. John’s Col­lege, Cam­bridge, and be­came a fel­low of Pem­broke Col­lege in 1749.

After tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he be­came rec­tor of As­ton (near Ro­ther­ham), York­shire, in 1754. He was ap­point­ed pre­bend of Holme in York Min­ster in 1756, ca­non re­si­den­ti­ary in 1762, and pre­cen­tor and pre­ben­da­ry of Drif­field in 1763.

He al­so served as li­ter­ary ex­ec­u­tor for po­et Tho­mas Gray.

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