Gilbert Ironside the younger
Gilbert Ironside | |
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| Bishop of Hereford | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Hereford |
| In office | 1691–1701 |
| Predecessor | Herbert Croft |
| Successor | Humphrey Humphreys |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Bristol (1689–1691) |
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| Born | 1632 |
| Died | 27 August 1721 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
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Gilbert Ironside the younger (1632 – 27 August 1701) was an English churchman and academic, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1667, Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Hereford.
Life
He was the third son of
fellow in 1656, and was appointed public reader in grammar in 1659, bursar in 1659 and 1661, sub-warden in 1660, and librarian in 1662. He was presented in 1663 to the rectory of Winterbourne Faringdon by Sir John Miller, with which he held from 1666, in succession to his father, the rectory of Winterbourne Steepleton
.
On the promotion of
President
, in a discussion with the King, Ironside insisted on the fellows' rights. He declined in November an invitation to dine with the King's special commissioners on the evening after they had expelled the fellows of Magdalen.
After the
St. Mary Somerset, Thames Street, London. On the demolition of that church in 1867, the bishop's remains were transferred to Hereford Cathedral
.
Works
Ironside published, with a short preface, Nicholas Ridley's account of a disputation at Oxford on the sacrament, together with a letter of John Bradford's (Oxford, 1688), and a sermon preached before the king on 23 November 1684 (Oxford, 1685). A portrait is in the hall of Wadham College.
References
- ^ Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Wadham College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 279–287. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ Horn, Joyce M., ed. (1996). "Bishops of Bristol". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses. Victoria County History. pp. 9–15. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ironside, Gilbert (1632-1701)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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