William Romaine (1714-1795)

William was a C. of E. priest. He was the author of the trilogy The Life, the Walk and the Triumph o f Faith which was highly thought of by evangelicals.

In 1736 he was ordained a deacon: in 1738 he was ordained a priest.

In 1741 he was appointed chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London, Daniel Lambert which gave him the opportunity to preach in St. Paul’ s Cathedral.

In about 1748 he underwent an evangelical conversion and he became a lecturer. This gave him the opportunity to preach evangelical doctrine to large crowds despite the opposition of the church hierarchy.

In 1750 he was appointed assistant morning preacher at St. George’s Hanover Square in the West End of London.

In 1751 he accepted, for a short time, the professorship of Gresham Professor of Astronomy . His biographer, William Bromley Cadogan, said in this role William
attempted to prove that God was best acquainted with his own works and had given the best account of them in his own words.

In 1766 following a dispute over his election he became Rector of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe. Nearly 30 years later, 26th July 1795, he was buried in his church.

He was a notable Hebrew scholar and between 1747-9 he published a volume revision of Mario di Calasio’s Hebrew dictionary and concordance.