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JOHN DOLBEN (1625–1686)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN DOLBEN (1625–1686)  ,
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English divine, was the son of William Dolben (d . 1631), prebendary of Lincoln and bishop-designate of Gloucester . He was educated at Westminster under Richard Busby and at Christ Church, Oxford . He fought on the royalist side at Marston
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Moor, 1644 . Subsequently he took orders and maintained in private the proscribed
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Anglican service . At the Restoration he became
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canon of Christ Church (r66o) and prebendary of St Paul's,
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London (1661) . As dean of Westminster (1662–1683) he opposed an attempt to bring the abbey under diocesan
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rule . In 1666 he was made bishop of Rochester, and in 1683 archbishop of York; he distinguished himself by reforming the discipline of the cathedrals in these dioceses . His son John Dolben (1662-1710) was a
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barrister and politician; he was M.P. for
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Liskeard from 170.7 to 1710 and manager of Sacheverell's impeachment in 1709 .

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