CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION IRISH PARLIAMENT BISHOP NORWICH BATHURST AUTOGRAPH SIGNED!

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RIGHT REVEREND
HENRY BATHURST
THE GOOD BISHOP OF NORWICH
(1744 – 1837)
PROMINENT WHIG WHO WAS CONSECRATED BISHOP OF NORWICH, ENGLAND 1805-1837,
KEEN SUPPORTER OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION
&
MEMBER OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT REPRESENTING QUEEN’S COUNTY, PRIOR TO HIS ELEVATION TO PEERAGE.
For many he years was considered to be the only "liberal" bishop in the House of Lords, and he supported
Catholic emancipation
. Bathurst was privately critical of the blood expended by the British in fighting Napoleon and in 1815 he and his son (just appointed his archdeacon at Norwich) attacked the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in France. Like his Norfolk friend Thomas W Coke ("Coke of Holkham") he admired Napoleon as an enlightened ruler and regretted his exile.
He was distinguished throughout his life for the liberality of his principles, and for many years was considered to be 'the only liberal bishop' in the House of Lords. He warmly supported Roman catholic emancipation, both by his speeches in the house, and by his presentation of a petition in favour of that movement from the Roman catholics of Tuam. In 1835, when over ninety years of age, he went to the house to vote in support of Lord Melbourne's government.
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HERE’S THE BISHOP’S DATED SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY HENRY BATHURST.
THE PIECE IS SIGNED:
“
Yours etc., Henry Norwich.,
London,
12: Hereford Street
May the 1
st
1835”
The document measures 7” x 3¼” and is in very good+ condition, with an old clipped biography of the Bishop of Norwich attached.
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BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY BATHURST
Henry Bathurst
(16 October 1744 – 5 April 1837) was an English churchman, a prominent Whig and
bishop of Norwich
.
Life
He was the seventh son of
Benjamin Bathurst
, younger brother of
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst
, born at
Brackley
,
Northamptonshire
, on 16 October 1744. He was educated at
Winchester College
, and
New College, Oxford
. He became rector of
Witchingham
in
Norfolk
; in 1775 was made canon of
Christ Church, Oxford
; and in 1795
prebendary
of
Durham Cathedral
.
In 1805, on the translation of
Charles Manners-Sutton
to Canterbury, he was consecrated bishop of Norwich. Bathurst died in London, on 5 April 1837, and was buried at
Great Malvern
. For many he years was considered to be the only "liberal" bishop in the House of Lords, and he supported
Catholic emancipation
. Bathurst was privately critical of the blood expended by the British in fighting Napoleon and in 1815 he and his son (just appointed his archdeacon at Norwich) attacked the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in France. Like his Norfolk friend Thomas W Coke ("Coke of Holkham") he admired Napoleon as an enlightened ruler and regretted his exile. In 1835, when over ninety years of age, he went to the house to vote in support of
Lord Melbourne
's government.
The ‘Good’ 2
nd
Chance Bishop
Although frequently considered to have been a rather ineffectual diocesan and to have had a lax ordination standard, ordaining men rejected by other bishops, recent work has suggested that he had firm opinions on what made a man fit for ordination and preferred to dealt with applications on a case-by-case basis, instead of applying blanket admission criteria which sometimes excluded deserving and promising candidates.
Family
The bishop married Grace, a daughter of Charles Coote, dean of Kilfenora, and brother of
Sir Eyre Coote
. The union produced eight sons and three daughters. His eldest son,
Henry Bathurst
, was fellow of New College, Oxford, became chancellor of the church of Norwich in 1805; held the rectories of
Oby
(1806),
North Creake
(1809), and
Hollesley
(1828); and was appointed
archdeacon of Norwich
in 1814. He wrote
Memoirs of the late Dr. Henry Bathurst, Lord Bishop of Norwich,
1837; he issued in 1842 a supplement, with additional letters of his father, entitled
An Easter Offering for the Whigs . . . being a Supplement to the Memoirs of the late Bishop of Norwich,
1842, in which he concentrated criticism on the injustice of the Whig party in refusing to promote his father to a richer see. Archdeacon Bathurst died 10 September 1844.
His second son, Lieut.-Gen. Sir
James Bathurst
, was a military commander. The bishop's third son,
Benjamin Bathurst
went missing in
1809 in Germany
, and is believed to have been murdered; his elder daughter, Tryphena Bathurst Thistlethwayte, rewrote her father's memoirs from her eldest brother's papers. His youngest daughter
Caroline de Crespigny
(1797-1861) was a poet and for many years a close confidante of
Shelley
's cousin and biographer
Thomas Medwin
.
References
Slinn, Sara (2017). The Education of the Anglican Clergy, 1780-1839. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer. pp. 100–104.
ISBN
978-1-78327-175-7
.
Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
, Volume 43
Thistlethwayte, Tryphena; Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, Henry (1853).
Memoirs and correspondence of Dr. H. Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich
. Richard Bentley. p. 40. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
Ernest J Lovell, Jr, Captain Medwin; Friend of Byron and Shelley, University of Texas, 1962 pages 303-306
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Henry Bathurst
Birth
16 Oct 1744, London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
5 May 1837 (aged 92)
, London, City of London, Greater London, UK
Burial
Norwich Cathedral
,
Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
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