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Chaplain To The Speaker Of The House Of Commons
The Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, also known as the Speaker's Chaplain, is a Church of England priest who officiates at services held at the Palace of Westminster and its associated chapel, St Mary Undercroft. The Chaplain also acts as chaplain to the Speaker and Members of Parliament. The first Speaker's Chaplain was appointed in 1660. The current officeholder is Patricia Hillas. From 1972 to 2010, the Speaker's Chaplain also held the position of Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, the parish church of the Palace of Westminster. List of Chaplains to the Speaker of the House of Commons ;17th century *Edward Voyce (1660) *Henry Carpenter (1661) *Henry Wotton (1663) *Mr. Barker (1675) *Mr. Willet (1689) * Peter Birch (1689) * Thomas Manningham (1690–1694) *Maurice Vaughan (1694–1695) *Samuel Barton (1695–1697) *William Hallifax (1697–1698) *William Galloway (1698–1700) ;18th century *John Herne (1701) * Francis Gastrell (1701–1702) *Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Hillas
Patricia Dorothy Hillas (called Tricia; born 1966) is a Church of England priest. She has served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons since 2020 and a Canon of Westminster since 2021. Early life Hillas was born in 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to an Indian mother and a British father. She moved to the UK with her family in 1971. She trained as a social worker, before her ordination in 2002. She completed a MSc in conflict resolution and mediation in the 2010s. Career Before Hillas's ordination she was a youth and social worker specialising in supporting those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. She was ordained deacon in 2002 and priest in 2003. She served her curacy (2002 to 2005) at the Kensal Rise Team Ministry. From 2005 to 2014 she was vicar of St Barnabas Northolt Park. From 2014 until 2020 she was Canon Pastor at St Paul's Cathedral. She was inaugurated as Speaker's Chaplain on 4 March 2020 and appointed as the Priest-in-Charge of St Mary-at-Hill, Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Barker (canon)
Henry Barker (1657–1740) was Canon of Westminster from 1714 until 1740. Background Henry Barker, born in 1657, was the son of the Rev Joseph Barker of Sherborne in Dorset. He was educated at Sherborne and Trinity College, Oxford, awarded a BA in 1676 and becoming a Doctor of Divinity in 1713 . Ecclesiastical career Barker was Rector of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, before being made a prebendary Canon of Westminster The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are the ecclesiastical governing body of Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, Greater London. They consist of the dean and several canons meetin ... in 1716. He remained a prebendary of Westminster until his death in 1740. He is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey where his memorial is inscribed, 'Dr Harry Barker, prebendary of this Collegiate Church, died on he 5th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1740 aged 87'. Barker lived in one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folliott Cornewall
Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall (bapt. 9 May 1754 – 5 September 1831) was an English bishop of three sees. Life Folliott (or Folliot) Herbert Cornewall was baptised in Ludlow on 9 May 1754, the second surviving son of Captain Frederick Cornewall and Mary, daughter of Francis Herbert of Ludlow, first cousin of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis. He was educated at Eton College before going to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1776, was awarded a B. A. and an M. A. in 1780. He was a Fellow from 1777 to 1784. Cornewall was ordained as a deacon on 14 December 1777, and as a priest on 20 December 1778, by John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough. In 1780, through the interest of his second cousin, Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Speaker of the House of Commons, he obtained the post of Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. He became rector of Frilsham in 1781, and vicar of East Rudham in 1786. He was also preferred to a canonry at Windsor in 178 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Onslow (priest)
Arthur Onslow (31 August 1746 – 15 October 1817) was Dean of Worcester from 1795 until his death. The son of Lieutenant General Richard Onslow, he was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1774 and held incumbencies at St James Garlickhythe in the City of London, Shottesbrooke, Kidderminster, Wolverley and Lindridge. He married Frances Phipps in 1772. They had two daughters and three sons, one of whom, Richard, was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1815 to 1849. References 1746 births 1817 deaths Deans of Worcester Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ... People educated at Eton College {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James King (priest)
James King (1715–1795) was a Canon of Windsor from 1774 to 1776 and Dean of Raphoe from 1776 to 1795. Family and early career He was the only surviving son of Thomas King, of Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire, where the family had lived since Rev. Robert King had arrived there as minister in 1573, in the aftermath of the Rising of the North. He attended Ripon Grammar School with his cousin, Fletcher Norton, and then accompanied Norton to St John’s College, Cambridge, where they matriculated in the summer of 1734. He took his B.A. in 1738 and was ordained to a curacy at Hamerton, Huntingdonshire. Two years later he was ordained priest and the following year took his M.A. and moved to another curacy at Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire. In 1743 he was appointed by Sir Nathaniel Curzon to the perpetual curacy of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Clitheroe, Lancashire. In 1744 he married his cousin, Anne Walker, of Hungerhill, Yorkshire, and they had a family of five sons and one daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barford
William Barford (died November 1792) was an English scholar and Anglican clergyman. Life Barford was educated at Eton College, and elected to King's College, Cambridge in 1737. He proceeded B.A. in 1742, M.A. in 1746, and D.D. in 1771. He became tutor of his college, was thrice moderator in the Sophs' school, was proctor in 1761, and from 1762 to 1768 Public Orator, only resigning the post to stand for the Greek professorship, which he failed to obtain. In 1768, his college presented him with the living of Fordingbridge, in Hampshire, and in the year following he was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Sir John Cust, the then speaker, but held the office for only one session. The next speaker appointed another chaplain, and Barford's friends feared he would be deprived of the usual preferment conferred on holders of the office; but on the plea that he was to be considered chaplain, appointed not by the speaker but by the house, it was resolved, 9 May 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Palmer (priest)
Richard Palmer ( – 7 May 1805) was an English clergyman who served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Palmer was the son of Henry Palmer, a clerk in Lincolnshire. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1732, graduating B.A. 1736, M.A. 1766. He later received the Lambeth degree of D.D. Ordained deacon in 1737 and priest in 1740, Palmer served as Rector of Scott Willoughby, Lincolnshire (1740), Chaplain to the House of Commons (1765–1769), Prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral (1769–1781), and Rector of St Swithin, London Stone (1776–1805). He died in Grantham, Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ... on 7 May 1805, aged 91. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Richard 1710s births 1805 deaths Alumni of Jesus C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cust (priest)
Richard Cust (1728 – 16 October 1783) was an English clergyman who served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Dean of Rochester and Dean of Lincoln. Life Cust was the son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Brownlow, daughter of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet . He was educated at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1745 aged 17, graduating B.A. 1749, M.A. 1752, B.D. & D.D. 1763. Cust was Speaker's Chaplain to his brother, Speaker Sir John Cust . He was appointed a Canon of Christ Church, Oxford in October 1765, and rector of Belton, Lincolnshire in 1770. He also served as Dean of Rochester 1779–1782 and Dean of Lincoln 1782–1783. Cust died on 16 October 1783 at The Old Deanery, Lincoln The Old Deanery, Lincoln was the official residence of the Dean of Lincoln. It was a spacious building set around a courtyard. The Deanery is thought to have been started in 1254 by Richard de Gravesend, who became Dean in that year and Bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Cope, 9th Baronet
Sir Richard Cope, 9th Baronet (died 6 November 1806) was an English clergyman who served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Cope was the son of Galen Cope, Rector of Eversley, Hampshire (himself the son of Sir John Cope, 5th Baronet). He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge (matriculated 1740, graduated B.A. 1744, M.A. 1747, D.D. 1765), and was ordained priest in February 1746. In 1751, Cope was appointed the 28th Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Speaker Arthur Onslow. Cope was a Prebendary of Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ... 1754–1806, Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire from 1767, and Rector of Eversley. Cope succeeded to the Cope baronetcy in 1779, and died on 6 November 1806. References 180 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fulham
John Fulham M.A. (1699–1777) was an English cleric, Canon of Windsor from 1750 to 1777 and Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1749 to 1777 Career He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1720. He was appointed: *Rector of Compton 1722–1777 *Rector of Merrow 1736–1752 *Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral 1745–1773 *Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons 1746 * Archdeacon of Llandaff 1749–1777 *Vicar of All Saints’ Church, Isleworth 1751–1777 He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the G ... in 1750, and held the stall until 1777. John Fulham died on 13 July 1777; a monumental inscription to him survives at Compton. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Young (divine)
Arthur Young (1693–1759) was an English clergyman of the Church of England and a religious writer. He was much concerned with the "idolatrous corruptions" he found in early religion. Life Young was born in 1693, the son of Bartholomew Young (died 12 August 1724) of Bradfield Combust in Suffolk. He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, graduating LL.B. in 1716, and proceeding LL.D. in 1728. In 1719 he was instituted to the rectories of Bradfield Combust and Bradfield St Clare. On 27 June 1746 he was installed a prebendary of Canterbury and in 1748 presented to the vicarage of Exning in Suffolk, with a dispensation allowing him to hold it with Bradfield St Clare. He was also chaplain to Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons and a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk. Young died on 26 June 1759 at Bradfield Combust, where he had inherited from his father an estate of about 200 acres. He was buried at All Saints' Church in Bradfield Combust, where a marble memorial p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Terrick
Richard Terrick (baptised 20 July 1710 – 31 March 1777) was a Church of England clergyman who served as Bishop of Peterborough 1757–1764 and Bishop of London 1764–1777. Life Terrick was born in York, the eldest son of Samuel Terrick, rector of Wheldrake and residentiary canon of York Minster. He was the great-grandson of Samuel Terrick. Terrick was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1729 ( MA in 1733) and DD in 1747. He was preacher at the Rolls Chapel from 1736 to 1757, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1739 to 1742, Canon of the fourth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle from 1742 to 1749, and vicar of Twickenham from 1749. He was appointed Bishop of Peterborough in 1757 through the influence of the Duke of Devonshire, the then Prime Minister, but subsequently transferred his allegiance to the Earl of Bute. He was promoted to the bishopric of London in 1764, also joining the Privy Council ''ex officio''. He decline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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