William Elliston, D.D. (b Debenham 13 September 1777 - d Bungay 10 October 1813) was an academic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Elliston was born at Great Bardfield and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1758 to 1760; and Master of Sidney from 1860 until his death on 11 February 1807. He was twice Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge: from 1763 to 1764, and 1786 to 1787. Elliston was ordained a priest of the Church of England in 1759 and was Rector of Keyston from 1764 until his death.
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- "The colleges and halls: Sidney Sussex". British History Online. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p98
- 'Deaths' The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Friday, February 13, 1807; Issue 11777.
- "History of the Vice-Chancellorship | Vice-Chancellor's Office". v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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