Men of Kent and Kentishmen/James Bate
James Bate,
Scholar and Divine,
Son of Richard Bate, rector of Chilham, was born at Boughton Malherbe in 1703. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He proceeded M. A. in 1727. He accompanied Horace Walpole as his chaplain when Ambassador in Paris, and on his return was presented to the living of St. Paul's, Deptford. He was famous as a Hebrew Scholar, and was the author of the following works:—An Address to his Parishioners on the Rebellion of 1745; Infidelity scourged or Christianity vindicated, (1746); An Essay on the Doctrine of Original Sin (1752); Sermons. He died in 1775.
[See "Chalmer's Biographical Dictionary" and "Nichols's Literary Anecdotes."]