John Luxmoore or Luxmore (1766–1830) was an English bishop of three sees.

Life

The son of John Luxmoore of

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, he was born there. He was educated at Ottery St. Mary school and at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

, going as a scholar in 1775 to

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. He graduated B.A. in 1780 and proceeded M.A. in 1783. On 30 June 1795 he was created D.D. at

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by Archbishop John Moore. He became fellow of his college, and having been tutor to the

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, he obtained preferment. He was made rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury, in 1782, prebendary of Canterbury in 1703,

dean of Gloucester The Dean of Gloucester is the head (''primus inter pares'': first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons - the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral - and senior priest of the Diocese of Gloucester. The dean and chapter are based at Glouce ...

in 1799, and rector of Taynton in 1800. In 1806 he exchanged St. George's, Bloomsbury, for St. Andrew's, Holborn. In 1807 he became

bishop of Bristol A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, in 1808 he was translated as

bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the Hereford, City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Hereford Cathedr ...

, and in 1815 to

bishop of St Asaph The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph. The diocese covers the counties of Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The Episcopal seat is loca ...

. In 1808 he resigned the deanery of Gloucester and in 1816 the benefice of St. Andrew's, Holborn. Luxmoore held, as was usual, the archdeaconry of St Asaph at the same time as the bishopric, and had other preferments. He died at the palace, St Asaph, on 31 January 1830. He published a few charges and sermons.

Family

Luxmoore married a Miss Barnard, niece of Edward Barnard, provost of Eton, and left a large family. The eldest son,

Charles Scott Luxmoore Charles Scott Luxmoore (1794–1854) was an Anglican priest. The son of John Luxmoore, a bishop, Charles Scott Luxmoore was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge. From 1826 to 1854 he was Dean of St Asaph. He married on 10 Septe ...

was himself an eminent clergyman

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luxmoore, John 1766 births 1830 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Bishops of Bristol Bishops of Hereford Bishops of St Asaph Deans of Gloucester English sermon writers 19th-century Church of England bishops English male non-fiction writers Clergy from Devon People from Okehampton 19th-century Welsh Anglican bishops