Whittington Landon (c. 1758 – 29 December 1838) was an academic at theUniversity of Oxford and anAnglican clergyman who becameDean of Exeter.

Whittington Landon, the son of John Landon fromTedstone, Herefordshire,matriculated at theUniversity of Oxford as a member ofWorcester College on 13 October 1775, aged 17. He obtained hisBachelor of Arts degree in 1779 and was elected to a collegefellowship in 1782, the same year in which he took hisMaster of Arts. He obtained two further degrees:Bachelor of Divinity in 1790 andDoctor of Divinity in 1795. He was electedProvost of Worcester College in 1795, and held this position until his death.^[1] He was appointedKeeper of the Archives of the university in 1796, and held this post until 1815. He also served asvice-chancellor of the University from 1802 to 1806.^[1] He died on 29 December 1838.^[2]

Landon was also an ordained priest in theChurch of England. He wasrector of the Herefordshire parish ofCroft withYarpole from 1796 until his death in 1838.^[2] He added the positions ofprebendary of Norwich (1811 to 1813) and of Salisbury (1821 until his death; he wasvicar of the prebendary parish ofBishopstone, near Swindon from 1822 to 1826).^[3] He wasDean of Exeter (1813 until his death), and vicar ofBranscombe, Devon (1827 to 1830).^[2]

His son J. W. R. Landon was also ordained, and followed Landon as vicar of Bishopstone.^[3] Landon was the uncle of the poetLetitia Elizabeth Landon, the daughter of his older brother John. Letitia's brother Whittington was named after him.

• 1750s births
• 1838 deaths
• 18th-century English Anglican priests
• 19th-century English Anglican priests
• Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
• Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford
• Provosts of Worcester College, Oxford
• Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford
• Deans of Exeter
• Keepers of the Archives of the University of Oxford

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