JONATHAN SHIPLEY (1714-1788)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V24,
Page 982
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
JONATHAN SHIPLEY (1714-1788)
, bishop of St Asaph, was educated at Reading and See also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
.
He was ordained about 1738, and acted as tutor in the household of the 3rd earl of See also: - PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
- See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
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In 1743 he became rector of Silchester and Sherborne St John, Hampshire, and prebendary of Winchester
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He was appointed to a canonry of Christ See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, Oxford, in 1748, and in 176o to the deanery of Winchester and the living of Chilbolton, Hampshire, which he held in addition to his earlier preferments
.
In 1769 he was consecrated successively bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph
.
He was much concerned with politics, and joined the Whig party in strong opposition to the policy of George III. towards the American colonies
.
In 1779 he was the only bishop to advocate the abolition of all laws against Protestant dissenters
.
He died on the 6th of December 1788
.
His brother, See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
(1714-1803), originated the Society of Arts; and his son, William Davies Shipley (1745-1826), became dean of St Asaph
.
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