William Howley
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William Howley | |
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Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Canterbury |
See | Canterbury |
Installed | 1828 |
Term ended | 1848 |
Predecessor | Charles Manners-Sutton |
Successor | John Bird Sumner |
Orders | |
Consecration | 10 October 1813 by Charles Manners-Sutton |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 February 1766 |
Died | 11 February 1848 (aged 81) Lambeth, Surrey, England |
Buried | St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church, Addington, London |
William Howley (12 February 1766 – 11 February 1848) was a clergyman in the Church of England. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828 to 1848.
Early life, education, and interests
Howley was born in 1766 at
He was an active English
In October 1813, at Lambeth Palace, he was consecrated Bishop of London, a post he was to occupy until 1828, when he became Archbishop of Canterbury.
Life as Archbishop of Canterbury
Howley was Archbishop during the
Like very many other bishops at that time, Howley was an "old-
Archbishop Howley presided over the coronation of
At 5.00 a.m. on 20 June 1837, accompanied by the
Architecture was of particular interest to him. During his career, he initiated the renovation and rebuilding of: his official house at Oxford, his town residence while Bishop of London (32
Family life
William Howley was married on 29 August 1805 to Mary Frances Belli, a daughter of John Belli, EICS, (1740–1805) of Southampton who had been Private Secretary to Warren Hastings. The Howleys had two sons and three daughters; neither son reached adulthood. One of his daughters married Sir George Howland Willoughby Beaumont, a nephew of Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet. William Howley died in 1848 1 day before his 82nd birthday, and was interred at Addington after an elaborate funeral.
References
- ^ ISBN 9781472451330.
- ^ Powell, Arthur Cecil; Littleton, Joseph (1910). A History of Freemasonry in Bristol (First ed.). Bristol: Bennett Brothers.
- ^ "Presentation to Dr George Oliver". The Freemasons' Quarterly Review. June 1844(Referencing Howley's Mastership)
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "From the Herald". The Freemasons' Quarterly Review. June 1835(An account of the initiation)
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Assault on His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury". The Times. No. 14927. London. 10 August 1832. p. 3.
- ^ "Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) - Queen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838". www.rct.uk.
Further reading
- Garrard, James (2015). Archbishop Howley 1828–1848. The Archbishops of Canterbury Series. Farnham: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4724-5133-0.
External links
- Media related to William Howley at Wikimedia Commons
- Howley's papers as Bishop of London
- Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury