Thomas Musgrave (30 March 1788 – 4 May 1860) was
Archbishop of York
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from 1847 to 1860.
Life
Musgrave was the son of William Peet Musgrave (b.1756), a wealthy tailor and woollen-draper of
Cambridge
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, and Sarah his wife. He was born in Slaughter House Lane on 30 March 1788, and baptised at the parish church of
Great St. Mary's
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on 25 April.
He and his two brothers - the elder of whom,
Charles Musgrave, became eventually archdeacon of
Craven - were educated at
Richmond Grammar School, then at the zenith of its reputation under
Dr Tate.
In 1804 he was admitted as a pensioner of
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, and in 1807 was elected scholar. In 1810 he graduated B.A. as fourteenth
wrangler, when
William Henry Maule
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was senior wrangler, and
Thomas Shaw Brandreth
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second.
In 1811, he was members' prizeman and in 1813 he took his M.A..
Musgrave was elected junior fellow in 1812, and senior fellow in 1832.
In 1821, though his knowledge of eastern tongues was by no means profound, he was appointed
Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic
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.
He was
Senior Proctor
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in 1831.
He took holy orders, and filled in succession the college livings of
Over
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(1823),
St. Mary's, Cambridge (1825–1833), and
Bottisham
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(1837).
He became senior bursar of his college in 1825, and during a long tenure of the office, only resigning it when he left Cambridge in 1837, his sound judgment and practical knowledge of business proved of great service.
He was also an active and judicious county magistrate.
In politics, he was a decided liberal, but "without any admixture of party spirit".
He was a warm advocate for the relaxation of all religious tests on admission to university degrees.
The petition which in March 1834 was presented to both Houses of Parliament with that object, lay at his rooms for signature.
In May 1834, the pressure put upon
Connop Thirlwall
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, afterwards Bishop of
St. David's
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, by the Master, Dr.
Christopher Wordsworth
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, which led Thirlwall to resign his tutorship, excited Musgrave's indignation.
He and Sedgwick drew up a paper addressed to the Master, which was signed by
George Peacock, afterwards
Dean of Ely
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,
Romilly, and others, calling upon him to summon a meeting of the seniority to take the matter into consideration.
Musgrave's university distinction and liberal politics marked him out for preferment from the
Whig government. His first senior
Church of England
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appointment was when he was installed
Dean of Bristol
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on 13 or 14 May 1837.
Three months later, he was nominated
Bishop of Hereford
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by
the Crown
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on 5 August and
consecrated
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on 1 October 1837, by
Archbishop Howley at
Lambeth
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. At Hereford, he revived the office of rural dean, and was instrumental in setting up the Diocesan Church Building Society.
On the death of Archbishop
Edward Harcourt in 1847, he was
translated
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to the
archbishopric of York
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on 10 December 1847.
[, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 283.] His enthronement took place in York Minster on 15 January 1848.
Musgrave died on 4 May 1860, aged 72. He is buried at
Kensal Green Cemetery
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, London.
[
A memorial to Musgrave was erected in York Minster in 1855 sculpted by ]Matthew Noble
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.[Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.275]
Family
On 12 December 1839, he married Hon. Catherine Cavendish, daughter of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark
Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark FSA (13 July 1765 – 1 June 1830), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Early life
Waterpark was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark.
Waterpark suc ...
and Juliana Cooper.[Obituary in '']The Gentleman's Magazine
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'', vol. 208, James Henry and James Parker, London 1860
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1788 births
1860 deaths
19th-century Anglican archbishops
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Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
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