John Kaye (bishop)

The Right Reverend John Kaye
Bishop of Lincoln

Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
In office	1827–1853
Predecessor	George Pelham
Successor	John Jackson
Other posts	Bishop of Bristol (1820–1827)
Personal details
Born	(1783-12-27)27 December 1783
Died	18 February 1853(1853-02-18) (aged 69)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

John Kaye (27 December 1783, Hammersmith – 18 February 1853, Riseholme, Lincolnshire) was an English churchman.

Life

He was born the only son of Abraham Kaye in Hammersmith, London and educated at the school of Sir Charles Burney in Hammersmith and then Greenwich. He entered Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated Senior wrangler in 1804.^[1] He was the 21st Master of Christ's College from 1814 to 1830,^[2] Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1814,^[3] Bishop of Bristol from 1820 to 1827 and Bishop of Lincoln from 1827 until his death. He reformed the educational requirements for the Anglican clergy and attacked the Tractarians for betraying the English Reformation.

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1811.

He is buried in Lincoln Cathedral beneath a recumbent effigy by Richard Westmacott.^[4]

References

↑ "Kaye, John (KY800J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Christ's College - People
↑ Vice-Chancellor's Office: Cambridge Vice-Chancellors
↑ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, Rupert Gunnis

E. A. Varley, ‘Kaye, John (1783–1853)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
Ambler, R.W., ed. (2006). Lincolnshire Parish Correspondence of John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln, 1827-53. Lincoln Record Society. 94. Woodbridge: Boydell. ISBN 0901503797.

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Browne	Master of Christ's College, Cambridge 1814–1830	Succeeded by John Graham
Church of England titles
Preceded by William Lort Mansel	Bishop of Bristol 1820–1827	Succeeded by Robert Gray
Preceded by George Pelham	Bishop of Lincoln 1827–1853	Succeeded by John Jackson

Bishops of Bristol

for the sole Bishop suffragan of Brisol, see Henry Holbeach

1542 see	Paul Bush John Holyman Richard Cheyney John Bullingham Richard Fletcher John Thornborough Nicholas Felton Rowland Searchfield Robert Wright George Coke Robert Skinner Thomas Westfield Thomas Howell Gilbert Ironside (Er) Guy Carleton William Gulston John Lake Gilbert Ironside (Yr) John Hall John Robinson George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw Charles Cecil Thomas Secker Thomas Gooch Joseph Butler John Conybeare John Hume Philip Yonge Thomas Newton Lewis Bagot Christopher Wilson Spencer Madan Reginald Courtenay Folliott Cornewall George Pelham John Luxmoore William Mansel John Kaye Robert Gray Joseph Allen

1897 see	Forrest Browne George Nickson Clifford Woodward Frederick Cockin Oliver Tomkins John Tinsley Barry Rogerson Mike Hill

Bishops of Lincoln

Leicester	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester

Dorchester	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel united see: Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth (I) Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp

High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton

Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell

Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow

Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 115807336 ISNI: 0000 0000 8097 1923 GND: 100505198 SUDOC: 114186839

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