George Chamberlain (bishop)
George(s) Chamberlain or Chamberlayne D.D. (1576–1634) was an Flemish Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, with an English background.
Life
He was the second son of George Chamberlain and Philippine L' Espinoy, and grandson of Sir Leonard Chamberlain, born at Ghent, where his father, a Catholic exile from England, had settled. In 1599 he was admitted to the English college at Rome, where he was ordained priest. [1][2]
Chamberlain became canon, archdeacon, and dean of Saint-Bavon Cathedral in Ghent, and in 1626 succeeded, on the death of Anthony de Hennin, to the bishopric of Ypres. Around that period members of his English family resided at Shirburn in Oxfordshire. The estates having fallen to an heiress, Chamberlain, the next heir male, came to England, not so much to put up his claim as to resign it, in order to confirm the title of the heiress to Shirburn Castle. He governed his diocese till his death, on 19 December 1634. He composed some poems and religious pieces in Latin.[1][2]
Notes
- 1 2
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Chamberlain, George". Dictionary of National Biography. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - 1 2 Arblaster, Paul. "Chamberlain, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5045. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Chamberlain, George". Dictionary of National Biography. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.