Hon. Hugh Percy (29 January 1784 – 5 February 1856) was an Anglican
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
who served as
Bishop of Rochester (1827) and
Bishop of Carlisle (1827–56).
Life
Percy was born in London, the third son of
Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley by his wife,
Isabella Susannah Burrell, second daughter of
Peter Burrell and sister of
Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr
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. His mother was the sister of Frances Julia Burrell, who married
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (14 August 174210 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer. He participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during t ...
, and of
Elizabeth Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton
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.
Percy was educated at
Eton College
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and
St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated
Cambridge Master of Arts
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(MA Cantab) in 1805 and
Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1825; he was admitted DD ''
ad eundem
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'' at
Oxford University
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in 1834.
Having taken holy orders, Percy married, on 19 May 1806, Mary, the eldest daughter of
Charles Manners-Sutton
Charles Manners-Sutton (17 February 1755 – 21 July 1828; called Charles Manners before 1762) was a bishop in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828.
Life
Manners-Sutton was the fourth son of Lord G ...
,
Archbishop of Canterbury, by whom in 1809 he was collated to the benefices of
Bishopsbourne
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and
Ivychurch
Ivychurch is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The village is located on the Romney Marsh, three miles (4.8 km) north-west of New Romney. The parish council consists of five members. ...
,
Kent
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. In 1810 he was appointed chancellor and a prebendary of Exeter, appointments he held until 1816. On 21 December 1812 he was installed as Canon Chancellor of
Salisbury Cathedral. In 1816 he was collated by his
father-in-law
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to a prebendal stall at
Canterbury Cathedral and in the same year he received the stall of Finsbury at
St Paul's Cathedral, which he held until his death. In 1822 he was appointed
Archdeacon of Canterbury
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, and in 1825, on the death of
Gerrard Andrewes
Gerrard Andrewes (3 April 1750 – 2 June 1825) was an English churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1809.
Life
He was the son of Gerrard Andrewes, vicar of Syston and St. Nicholas, Leicester, and master of the Leicester Grammar School. The younger ...
, he was promoted as
Dean
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of Canterbury Cathedral. While
Dean of Canterbury
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he set in motion the repair of the interior of the cathedral. Two years later (15 July 1827), on the death of
Walker King
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Life
King was the son of the Reverend James King of ...
, he was consecrated Bishop of Rochester; after a few months' tenure, he was translated, on the death of
Samuel Goodenough
Samuel Goodenough ( – 12 August 1827) was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1808 until his death in 1827, and an amateur botanist and collector. He is honoured in the scientific names of the plant genus ''Goodenia'' and the red-capped robin (''Petro ...
, to
Carlisle. This bishopric he held till his death.
In 1838 Percy established a clergy aid society, and in 1855 a diocesan education society. He found
Rose Castle, the episcopal residence, much dilapidated; he called in the architect
Thomas Rickman
Thomas Rickman (8 June 17764 January 1841) was an English architect and architectural antiquary who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival. He is particularly remembered for his ''Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture'' ...
, and the house was entirely remodelled. The main cost was defrayed out of the episcopal revenues, but he spent his own money on the gardens, grounds, and outbuildings. A
rosary was laid out by
Sir Joseph Paxton
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, who also formed the terraced gardens. He was fond of farming, and on his journeys to and from London, to attend the House of Lords, he used to drive his four horses himself. He died at
Rose Castle and was buried in the parish churchyard of
Dalston
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.
Family
Percy's first wife, Mary Manners-Sutton, by whom he had three sons and eight daughters, died in September 1831. Among their children were:
*Algernon Charles (29 Jun 1812-24 Jan 1901). served as a Major in the Shropshire Yeomanry and married Emily, daughter of Bishop
Reginald Heber; she was heiress to her uncle,
Richard Heber
Richard Heber (5 January 1773 – 4 October 1833) was an English book-collector.
Biography
He was born in Westminster, as the eldest son of Reginald Heber, who succeeded his eldest brother as lord of the manors of Marton in Yorkshire and Hodne ...
MP and, in 1847, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Heber, becoming Algernon Heber-Percy, after inheriting her family's estates at
Hodnet
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History
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and
Airmyn. They had five sons, and seven daughters.
*Henry (1813-6 Sep 1870). Anglican minister (Rector of
Greystoke, Cumbria
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).
*Gertrude (30 Aug 1814-27 Apr 1890), married
William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (3 September 1805 – 26 March 1886), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer.
Amherst was born at Lower Grosvenor Street, London, the son of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, ...
.
[The Complete Peerage Volume I, page 123]
He married, secondly, in February 1840, Mary, the daughter of
Vice-Admiral Sir William Hope Johnstone.
References
External links
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1784 births
1856 deaths
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19th-century Church of England bishops