Henry Bathurst (bishop)
Henry Bathurst | |
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| Bishop of Norwich | |
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| Diocese | Diocese of Norwich |
| In office | 1805–1837 |
| Predecessor | Charles Manners-Sutton |
| Successor | Edward Stanley |
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| Born | 16 October 1744 |
| Died | 5 April 1837 (aged 92) London |
| Buried | Great Malvern Priory |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Grace Coote |
| Education | Winchester College |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Henry Bathurst (16 October 1744 – 5 April 1837) was an English churchman, a prominent Whig and bishop of Norwich.
Life
He was the seventh son of Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, born at Brackley, Northamptonshire, on 16 October 1744. He was educated at Winchester College, and New College, Oxford. He became rector of Witchingham in Norfolk; in 1775 was made canon of Christ Church, Oxford; and in 1795 prebendary of Durham Cathedral.
In 1805, on the translation of
Although frequently considered to have been a rather ineffectual diocesan and to have had a lax ordination standard, ordaining men rejected by other bishops, recent work has suggested that he had firm opinions on what made a man fit for ordination and preferred to deal with applications on a case-by-case basis, instead of applying blanket admission criteria which sometimes excluded deserving and promising candidates.[1]
Family
The bishop married Grace, a daughter of Charles Coote, dean of Kilfenora, and brother of
in 1814. He wrote Memoirs of the late Dr. Henry Bathurst, Lord Bishop of Norwich, 1837; he issued in 1842 a supplement, with additional letters of his father, entitled An Easter Offering for the Whigs . . . being a Supplement to the Memoirs of the late Bishop of Norwich, 1842, in which he concentrated criticism on the injustice of the Whig party in refusing to promote his father to a richer see. Archdeacon Bathurst died on 10 September 1844.His second son, Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Bathurst, was a military commander. The bishop's third son, Benjamin Bathurst went missing in 1809 in Germany, and is believed to have been murdered; his elder daughter, Tryphena Bathurst Thistlethwayte, rewrote her father's memoirs from her eldest brother's papers.[3] His youngest daughter Caroline de Crespigny (1797-1861) was a poet and for many years a close confidante of Shelley's cousin and biographer Thomas Medwin.[4]
References
- ISBN 978-1-78327-175-7.
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 43
- ^ Thistlethwayte, Tryphena; Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, Henry (1853). Memoirs and correspondence of Dr. H. Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich. Richard Bentley. p. 40. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Ernest J Lovell, Jr, Captain Medwin; Friend of Byron and Shelley, University of Texas, 1962 pages 303-306
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Bathurst, Henry (1744-1837)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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