George Pretyman Tomline
- In this name, the family nameis Pretyman (before 1803), Pretyman Tomline (from 1803), but commonly called Tomline thereafter.
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Sir George Pretyman Tomline, 5th Baronet
Early life
He was born George Pretyman in
Pretyman attended
Pitt became
On 3 September 1784, Pretyman married Elizabeth Maltby (died 13 June 1826), cousin of
Bishop of Lincoln
In 1787, Pitt appointed Pretyman
Pretyman maintained on close terms with Pitt, though Lincoln duties kept him from frequent visits to
Pitt's second ministry
Already wealthy, in 1803 he inherited extensive property from the unrelated, Marmaduke Tomline, and took the name Tomline.[11] Pitt returned to government in 1804 and, much to Tomline's satisfaction, promoted Tomline as Archbishop of Canterbury, even though there was an earlier provisional agreement with the King that Charles Manners-Sutton should be appointed. However, the King was not to be manœuvred and exercised his royal prerogative to appoint Manners-Sutton.
Tomline was offered the post of Bishop of London in 1813 but declined because he thought the duties too onerous. He was translated to Bishop of Winchester by the confirmation of his election (by Manners-Sutton) on 15 August 1820.[12]
Family and death
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Tomline had inherited further property before he died of
Tomline and his wife had three sons but they relinquished their claim to the baronetcy:
- William Edward Tomline (1787–1836),[15] MP for, successively, Christchurch, Truro, and Minehead.
- George-Thomas Tomline, became Chancellor of Lincoln and prebendary of Winchester.
- Richard Tomline, his third son, became precentor of Lincoln.
Works
Tomline published the following works:[16]
- Elements of Christian Theology (1799), 2 vols., with the 12th and last edition printed in 1826. It was designed for candidates for ordination. Henry Stebbing published a revision, in 1843.
- A Refutation of Calvinism (1803), the 8th and final edition printed in 1823. This was a controversial work, causing a debate that involved Thomas Scott, Edward Williams, John Chetwode Eustace, and some anonymous writers.
- Memoir of the Life of the Right Honorable William Pitt, 2 vols. (John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London, 1821). It goes no further than 1793.
Personality
He was an able administrator to his diocese, conducting eleven visitations during his thirty three years tenure.
Though to the inferior clergy there was unquestionably something over-awing in his presence, arising from their conscientiousness of his superior attainments, yet it was impossible not to admire the courtliness of his manners and the benevolence of his sentiments
— The Gentleman's Magazine, 1st ser., 98/1 (1828), 204)
Though he appeared somewhat aloof in public, Tomline was a devoted family man and genial enough given the right company. From 1806, he was conservative as to his attitudes to church and state but was well respected by someone of as different an outlook as Samuel Parr.
Offices and honours
- Sinecure Merioneth, (1782);
- Canon of Westminster, (1784);
- Doctor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, (1784);
- Rector of Sudbourn-cum-Offord, (1785);
- Fellow of the Royal Society, (1785);
- Dean of St Paul's, (1787–1820);
- Charles I had originally conferred a Nova Scotia baronetcy on John Pretyman but it had been dormant since 1749. In February 1823, Tomline's claim to the baronetcy was confirmed and he became Sir George Pretyman Tomline, 5th Baronet.
Styles and titles
- 1750–1774: George Pretyman Esq.
- 1774–1784: The Reverend George Pretyman
- 1784–1787: The Reverend Canon Dr George Pretyman
- 1787–1787: The Very Reverend Dr George Pretyman
- 1787–1803: The Right Reverend Dr George Pretyman
- 1803–1823: The Right Reverend Dr George Pretyman Tomline
- 1823–1827: The Right Reverend Dr Sir George Pretyman Tomline, Baronet
References
- ^ "Pretyman (post Pretyman Tomline), George (PRTN767G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Pretyman, George (CCEd Ordination ID 145159)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Pretyman, George (CCEd Ordination ID 64902)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Hague (2005) p27
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved 11 August 2007 (subscription required)
- ^ "DServe Archive Catalog Show". collections.royalsociety.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Pretyman, George (at St Pauls Cathedral) (CCEd Appointment ID 158739)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Pretyman, George (at Lincoln) (CCEd Appointment ID 308852)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Pretyman, George (at Lincoln) (CCEd Appointment ID 308853)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "The Wesley Center Online: Wesley's Letters: 1790a".
- ^ "The Gentleman's magazine. v.98 pt.1 1828. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". babel.hathitrust.org: 302 v. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Pretyman, George (at Winchester) (CCEd Appointment ID 300347)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851, Rupert Gunnis
- ^ Gooding (2003)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Sources
- Obituary:
- The Gentleman's Magazine, 1st ser., 98/1 (1828), 201–4
- Burke, Sir Bernard (1863). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison. pp. p.1518. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
william edward tomline.
- Cassan, S. H. (1827). The Lives of the Bishops of Winchester (2 vols. ed.). C. and J. Rivington.
- "Tomline, Sir George Pretyman". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27520. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.) (Retrieved 27 July 2015)
- (2005) "Sir George Pretyman-Tomline: Ecclesiastical Politician and Theological Polemicist" in Gibson, W.; Ingham, R. G., eds. (2005). Religious Identities in Britain, 1660–1832. Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-3209-1.
- Gooding, Roy (2003). "George Tomline & Relatives". Orwell Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 2 August 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ISBN 978-0-00-714720-5.
- Nockles, P. B. (1994). The Oxford Movement in Context: Anglican High Churchmanship, 1760–1857.
- Payne, R. (2008) 'George Pretyman, bishop of Lincoln, and the University of Cambridge 1787–1801', CCEd Online Journal 3, 2008
- Ecclesiastical Patronage in England, 1770–1801: A Study of Four Family and Political Networks. Mellen Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7734-3789-0.
- Sack, J. J. (1993). From Jacobite to Conservative: Reaction and Orthodoxy in Britain, c. 1760–1832.