Millington, John (1653-1728), clergyman and benefactor of Magdalene College

Born in 1653, the son of Anthony Millington of Shropshire

Admitted pensioner (age 15) at Magdalene on 26 June 1668
Matriculated in 1669
B.A. 1671/2
M.A. 1675
D.D. 1702

Fellow, 1674 until at least 1701
Taxor, 1691
Senior Proctor, 1700-1

Incorporated at Oxford, 1677

Ordained deacon (Ely) 18 September 1675; priest (London) 24 February 1677/8
Vicar of Fulbourn All Saints', Cambridgeshire, 1690
Vicar of Kensington, 1700-28
Prebend of St Paul's, 1703-28
Rector of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, 1705-28

In 1724 set up a trust to be presided over by Daniel Waterland and his successors, for two closed scholarships for boys from several Shrewsbury schools. He also provided for the establishment of a fellowship after the lapse of 40 years, to be funded by the proceeds from the sale of the timber from a newly planted woodland.

Millington’s brother, James was a successful draper in Shrewsbury, and he held a life interest in the properties which would generate the income of the scholarships, so the first scholars did not arrive until after his death in 1734.

Died on 25 March 1728

Cunich, P., Hoyle, D., Duffy, E., Hyam, R., A History of Magdalene College Cambridge 1428-1988