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Piers Calveley Claughton (8 June 1814 – 11 August 1884
[1] ) was an
Anglican
colonial
bishop
[3] and
author .
[4]
Early life
The son of
Thomas Claughton (
M.P. for
Newton, Lancashire , 1818 – 25) of Haydock Lodge,
[8] he was educated at
Brasenose College ,
Oxford , where he graduated,
B.A. (1835) and
M.A. (1838). He was elected a
Fellow of
University College, Oxford in 1836.
[10]
Ordination and advancement
Following his
ordination in 1838
[11] he was made
rector of
Elton ,
Huntingdonshire (1842 – 43; 1845 – 59),
[13] before becoming the first
Bishop of St Helena (1859 – 61)
[14] and a subsequent translation
[15] to the
Bishop of Colombo (1862 – 71). Upon his return to England he served as
Archdeacon of London
[16] and a
canon of
St Paul's from 1870 to 1884
[17] and was appointed
Chaplain-General of Her Majesty's Forces in 1875.
[18]
Death
He died in
Maida Vale ,
London .
[19] A memorial tablet was placed in the crypt of
St. Paul's Cathedral, London in 1885.
[21] A stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the
Diocese of St Helena which bore his image.
his brother was
Bishop of Rochester from 1867 to 1877;
[22] and then of
St Albans until 1890.
Publications
Amongst others he wrote:
Knowledge the Reward of Obedience , 1840
A Brief Comparison of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England with Holy Scripture , 1843
A Catechism in Six Parts, for the Sundays in Lent . 1847.
ISBN
9781149742983 .
The Gospel Invitation , 1859
The Jews in relation to the Church and the World , 1877
The Manner of the Growth of Christ's Kingdom , 1877
See also
Notes and references
^ 'Funeral of Bishop Claughton'
Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Friday, August 15, 1884; Issue 6063
^ Consecration Of The
Bishop of St Helena
The Times (London, England), Friday, May 30, 1862; pg. 12; Issue 24259
^ OBITUARY FOR 1884.The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, December 31, 1884; pg. 2; Issue 35109
^
Winwick, Lancashire
^ OXFORD, SATURDAY, FEB. 20 Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, February 20, 1836
^ ORDINATIONS
The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, February 14, 1838; pg. 6; Issue 20951
^
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1872 p48 London, Horace Cox, 1872
^ ECCLESIASTICAL The
Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, May 24, 1859; Issue 13393
^ 'RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE' The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury St Edmunds, England), Tuesday, December 17, 1861; Issue 4147
^
Guardian Newspaper Archive : October 29, 1884 - Page 12
^
The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^
"No. 24199" .
The London Gazette . 13 April 1875. p. 2081.
^ THE LATE BISHOP CLAUGHTON
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 16, 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31214
^ "Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral"
Sinclair, W. p. 465: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909.
^
Whitehall May 11
The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 12, 1877; pg. 7; Issue 28940
Muss-Arnolt, William; Benton, Josiah Henry (1914). "CHAPTER XXXV THE SINHALESE PRAYER BOOK".
The Book of Common Prayer Among the Nations of the World: A History of Translations of the Prayer Book of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America ; a Study, Based Mainly, on the Collection of Josiah Henry Benton . S.P.C.K.
Colonies And India Newspaper Archive: October 24, 1884 - Page 12
Lane, John Henry (1914).
Newton in Makerfield: Its History, with some account of its people. Compiled from Authentic sources . John Henry Lane. Retrieved 1 October 2014 .
Claughton, Piers Calverley (1872). "Last Days in Ceylon".
Mission Life . Vol. III. pp. 67–72. Retrieved 1 October 2014 – via
Project Canterbury .
Fisher, D. R. (2009).
The House of Commons, 1820-1832 7 Volume Set . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
978-0-521-19314-6 .
Sutton, Charles William (1887). "
Claughton, Piers Calverley ". In
Stephen, Leslie (ed.).
Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Foster, Joseph (1888).
Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 ; Their Parentage, Birthplace and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees . Vol. I (A-D). Oxford: Parker.
Page, William (1936). "Parishes: Elton". In Proby, Granville; Ladds, S. Inskip (eds.).
A History of the County of Huntingdon . Vol. 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 1 October 2014 .
Weirter, L. (1909).
Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral . London: William Macdonald Sinclair.
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