Francis Lear (Dean of Salisbury)
Francis Lear was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1846 until his death.
Lear was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1806, and then Magdalen College from 1809, graduating B.A. in 1810, M.A. 1813, and becoming a Fellow in 1819. He held livings at Chilmark, Wiltshire and Bishopstone, Salisbury. He was Archdeacon of Sarum from 1836 until his appointment as Dean. He died on 23 March 1850.
Lear married Isabella. Their son, also named Francis, succeeded his father as rector of Bishopstone and was Archdeacon of Sarum from 1875 until his death on 1914.
