William H. DeLancey
Mamaroneck, New York, United States | |
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| Died | April 5, 1865 (aged 67) Geneva, New York, United States |
| Buried | St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Geneva, New York) |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John Peter DeLancey & Elizabeth Floyd |
| Spouse | Frances Munro |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
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William Heathcote DeLancey (October 8, 1797 – April 5, 1865) was a
High Churchman, and served as the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. He was elected a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania
and then as the ninth provost (chief academic officer and highest professional position) of the university (1828 to 1834).
Family and education
DeLancey was born at
Mamaroneck, New York into a celebrated New York family descended from Caleb Heathcote.[1] He was the son of John Peter DeLancey, a Revolutionary War soldier, and his wife, Elizabeth Floyd. His sister married James Fenimore Cooper. DeLancey graduated from Yale College in 1817 and later studied divinity with Bishop John Henry Hobart
of New York. He served in several positions in New York before being ordained to the ministry in 1822.
He married Frances Munro, daughter of Peter Jay Munro, in 1820. They had five sons and three daughters. Their eldest son, Edward Floyd DeLancey, was president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.[2]
Ministry
After his ordination, DeLancey took a position in
William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania). He held various clerical offices in Philadelphia and, in 1826, was elected a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania
. Delancey was elected provost of the university in 1828, continuing in that office until 1834. The next three years showed a distinct improvement in the number of students and in other areas.
In 1829, DeLancy was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.[3]
On November 2, 1838, DeLancey was elected first Bishop of the newly created
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
as one of the two representatives of the American House of Bishops, being the first American Bishop to be recognized officially as one of their own body by the Anglican Bishops.
DeLancey was active in matters of church organization and legislation, and was instrumental in placing
Oxford University
, in 1852.
He died in Geneva, New York on April 5, 1865, where his remains were interred in St. Peter's Episcopal Church.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1906). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. III. Boston: American Biographical Society. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Wilson, James Grant (July 1905). "President Edward F. DeLancey". The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. XXXVI (3): 169–172. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
References
- "William Heathcote DeLancey (1797-1865)". Penn Biographies. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
External links
- Documents by and about DeLancey from Project Canterbury
- Yale Obituary Record
- William H. DeLancey at Find a Grave
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