The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal SeeSweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
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The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
Peterborough Cathedral
=Richard Terrick= (1757-1764) was Canon of S. Paul's. He was translated
to London in 1764, and died in 1777.
=Robert Lamb= (1764-1769) had been Dean. He is buried at Hatfield, where
he had been rector.
=John Hinchcliffe= (1769-1794) is an instance of a man, rising from an
inferior station to positions of the greatest eminence. His father was a
stable-master in London. Proceeding from Westminster School to Trinity
College, Cambridge, he obtained a Fellowship there. He afterwards,
through a gentleman of wealth to whom he was tutor, secured some very
influential friends, and became Head Master of Westminster School,
Chaplain to the King, and Master of Trinity. This last appointment he
continued to hold with his bishopric until 1789, when he was made Dean
of Durham. A memoir published at the time of his death describes him as
learned, assiduous in his duties, obliging in his manners, and honest
and sincere in his religious and political principles. He died in 1794,
and is buried in the cathedral.
=Spencer Madan= (1794-1813) was a prebendary and king's chaplain, and
first cousin to the poet Cowper. He came back to Peterborough from
Bristol, to which see he was consecrated in 1792. He is buried in the
New Building.
[Illustration: Details of Albs on Abbots' Tombs.]
=John Parsons= (1813-1819) was Master of Balliol and Dean of Bristol. He
was a man of great mark and influence at Oxford, where he died and was
buried. There is a monument to him in the chapel of Balliol.
=Herbert Marsh= (1819-1839) was the author of many controversial works.
He was translated to this see from Llandaff, where he had been bishop
since 1816. He was buried in the New Building--the last bishop interred
in the cathedral.
=George Davys= (1839-1864) was Dean of Chester, and had been preceptor
to Queen Victoria. He was buried in the Cathedral Yard; the Queen sent
one of her carriages with servants in state liveries to attend the
funeral as a mark of her affection and esteem.
=Francis Jeune= (1864-1868) had been Dean of Jersey, Master of Pembroke,
Oxford, and Dean of Lincoln. His eldest son was the well-known judge.
Bishop Jeune is buried in the Cathedral Yard.
=William Connor Magee= (1868-1891) was Dean of Cork. He was translated
to the Archbishopric of York, but died within a very few months, May
5th, 1891. He is buried in the Cathedral Yard, where a massive cross of
Irish marble has been erected over his grave. In the south choir aisle
of the cathedral there is also a recumbent effigy, the likeness to the
deceased prelate being most remarkably good. His career is so recent and
his eminence so well known that it is unnecessary to speak of them.
=Mandell Creighton= (1891-1897) had been Canon of Windsor, and
previously of Worcester. He was translated to London when Bishop Temple
became Archbishop of Canterbury. He died in 1901, and is buried in the
crypt of S. Paul's; an inlaid marble slab copied from the one over his
grave is in the south choir aisle of the cathedral.
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