John Jackson (bishop)

John Jackson
Bishop of London

Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	1869
Term ended	1885
Predecessor	Archibald Tait
Successor	Frederick Temple
Other posts	Bishop of Lincoln 1853–1869
Orders
Consecration	c. 1853
Personal details
Born	(1811-02-22)22 February 1811
Died	5 January 1885(1885-01-05) (aged 73)
Buried	All Saints Church, Fulham
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Henry & Lucy Jackson
Spouse	Mary Ann Frith

John Jackson (22 February 1811 – 5 January 1885) was a British divine and a Church of England bishop for 32 years.

Early life

"One who has grieved more than others over 'The Sinfulness of Little Sins'"
Bishop Jackson as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, November 1870

Jackson was born in 1811, the son of Henry and Lucy Jackson. He was educated at Reading School under Richard Valpy, and at Pembroke College, Oxford.

Career

Jackson was appointed rector of St James, Westminster, London in 1846.

Jackson was appointed Bishop of Lincoln in 1853, and translated to Bishop of London in 1869, until his retirement in 1885.

Later life

Funerary monument, All Saints, Fulham, London

Jackson died in 1886, and is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Fulham, London. A memorial to Jackson, by Thomas Woolner can be seen at Saint Paul's Cathedral along the south wall of the ambulatory.

Personal life

He married Mary Ann Frith (1818-1874).

External References

Papers and correspondence
Buckland, Augustus Robert (1892). "Jackson, John (1811-1885)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 99–100.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Kaye	Bishop of Lincoln 1853–1869	Succeeded by Christopher Wordsworth
Preceded by Archibald Tait	Bishop of London 1869–1885	Succeeded by Frederick Temple

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Belmeis I Gilbert Universalis Anselm (quashed) Robert de Sigello Richard de Belmeis II Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Église Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames Cuthbert Tunstall

During the Reformation	John Stokesley Edmund Bonner (1st) Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner (2nd)

Post-Reformation	Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Montgomery Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45070039 GND: 117029963

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