James Atlay
James Atlay | |
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Bishop of Hereford | |
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Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Hereford |
In office | 1868–1894 |
Predecessor | Renn Hampden |
Successor | John Percival |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 July 1817 |
Died | 24 December 1894 | (aged 77)
Buried | Hereford Cathedral |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Frances Turner (m.1859) |
Education | Oakham School |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
James Atlay (3 July 1817 – 24 December 1894) was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford from 1868 to 1894.
Life
James Atlay was born in Wakerley, Northamptonshire, the son of Henry Atlay (Rector of Great Casterton) and Elizabeth Rayner Hovell.[1] His younger brother Brownlow Atlay (1832–1912) was Archdeacon of Calcutta.
Educated at
In 1867, he refused the
He possessed great organising ability and an attractive personality and was described by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, as "the most beautiful combination of enthusiasm, manliness and modesty."[1]
Family
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Atlay married in 1859 Frances Turner, younger daughter of William Martin, a major of the Bengal Army. Atlay died on 24 December 1894 aged 77 and is buried in Hereford Cathedral where he has a magnificent memorial in the north transept,[1] the work of James Forsyth.[3]
Among his children was George William Atlay, who was murdered by a party of Ngoni people while attached to the
On the completion of his episcopate, Astay was presented with a picture of himself by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne from the Diocese of Hereford. In 1893, another portrait was painted by John Collier. Both were in the possession of Mrs. Atlay, and replicas of the latter were hung in the Bishop's Palace, Hereford, and in the combination room at St John's College, Cambridge.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Atlay 1901.
- ^ "Atlay, James (ATLY836J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Forsyth Brothers: Monument to Bishop Atlay". Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Obituary: James Beresford Atlay". The Times. 23 November 1912. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. London: Priv. printed. p. 70. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Atlay, James Beresford (1901). "Atlay, James". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.