James Fraser (bishop)

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  • Lincoln College, Oxford

    • James Fraser (18 August 1818 – 22 October 1885) was a reforming

    litigation under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874
    .

    Grade II listed statue by Thomas Woolner in Albert Square, Manchester

    Early life

    Born in

    athletics. He loved horses and hunting but found it difficult to finance the lifestyle.[1]

    Elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1840, he worked tutoring and in the library before taking deacon's orders in 1846 and giving up his passion for hunting. After some parochial work in Oxford, he was ordained a priest in 1847 before becoming rector of Cholderton, Wiltshire. He continued his educational work as a tutor and as occasional examiner.[1]

    In 1858, he served on the

    Bishop of Calcutta he turned it down. In 1867 he was appointed by the Home Secretary to a commission on child labour in agriculture and further enhanced his reputation in policy development.[1]

    Bishop of Manchester

    Respect for his knowledge of educational matters led

    Board of Education.[1]

    Politics and arbitration

    Bishop Fraser's opponents said of him that, "Omnipresence was his forte, and omniscience his foible", reflecting his restless activity in preaching the

    President of the first day of the 1878 Co-operative Congress.[4]

    Doctrine and litigation

    Never overly-interested in theology, Fraser was a liberal in matters of worship who favoured the old high church school, though with little sympathy for what he saw as the excesses of the Oxford Movement. He supported the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 but in 1878 was unhappy to be unable to prevent the imprisonment of the Rev. Sidney Faithorn Green, the incumbent of Miles Platting.[1][5]

    Fraser ultimately secured Green's release but Green's

    Baron Pollock in 1884.[1][6]

    Later life

    In 1880, he married Agnes Ellen Frances Duncan shortly after the death of his mother who had shared his home. He died suddenly at the bishop's palace following complications from a chill. Long known as the bishop of all denominations, his death was honoured by all the

    Jewish and Greek Orthodox congregations. Huge crowds attended his funeral in Manchester. He was interred in Ufton Nervet in his mother's grave.[1]

    Honours

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e f g h Hamilton (2007)
    2. ISSN 0009-658X
      . Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
    3. ^ Bishop Fraser on faith and Darwinism, Preston Chronicle 29 April 1871, page 2.
    4. ^ "Congress Presidents 1869-2002" (PDF). February 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
    5. ^ Diggle (1887) pp398-419
    6. ^ Yates (1999) pp265-269

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