Thomas Claughton (bishop)

The Right Reverend Thomas Claughton
Bishop of St Albans

Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of St Albans
Installed	c. 1877
Term ended	1890
Predecessor	Himself (as Bishop of Rochester)
Successor	John Festing
Other posts	Bishop of Rochester 1867–1877 Oxford Professor of Poetry 1852–1857
Orders
Ordination	1834
Consecration	c. 1867
Personal details
Born	(1808-11-06)6 November 1808 Haydock Lodge, Winwick
Died	25 July 1892(1892-07-25) (aged 83) Danbury Palace, Essex
Buried	St Albans Cathedral
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Danbury Palace, Essex
Parents	Thomas Claughton MP & Maria
Spouse	Hon Julia Ward
Children	Sir Gilbert Claughton, Bt Amelia, Duchess of Argyll Revd Thomas Claughton Hon Mrs Ronald Campbell
Profession	Academic; poet
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford

Thomas Legh Claughton (6 November 1808 – 25 July 1892) was a British academic, poet and clergyman. He was professor of poetry at Oxford University from 1852 to 1857; Bishop of Rochester; and the first Bishop of St Albans.^[1]

Biography

Claughton was born Haydock Lodge in Haydock, then in Lancashire. He was the son of Lancashire MP Thomas Claughton and his wife, Maria.^[2] Educated at The King's School, Chester^[3] and Rugby School, he was admitted in 1826 to Trinity College, Oxford, where he took a first in Literae Humaniores in 1831.

Remaining at Oxford, he held the post of select preacher to the University four times between 1841 and 1868 and from 1852 to 1857 he held the office of Professor of Poetry.

Ordained in 1834, Claughton was assigned no cure until 1841, when he was appointed vicar of Kidderminster. This post he held for 26 years and was widely acclaimed for his work.^[1] In April 1867, Claughton was nominated Bishop of Rochester on the recommendation of Lord Derby, for whose installation as Chancellor of Oxford Claughton had written an ode.

In 1877, the Diocese of St Albans was created. Essentially land north of the Thames in the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire, previously ministered under Claughton's see, the Diocese of Rochester, formed the new diocese. Possibly as he already resided in the newly created Diocese, Claughton chose to become the first Bishop of St Albans, a post which he held until 1890.

Family

Claughton married the Honourable Julia Susannah Ward, eldest daughter of the 10th Lord Ward and had five sons and four daughters:

Amelia Maria Claughton (1843-1894), who married 1st Augustus Henry Archibald Anson and 2nd George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
Hyacinthe Anne Claughton (1844-1845)
William Claughton (1845-1860)
Rev. Canon Thomas Legh Claughton (1846-1915), a clergyman who married Henrietta Louisa Horatia Mildmay, granddaughter of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Bart.
Katharine Susannah Claughton (1848-1934), who married Ronald George Elidor Campbell, son of the 2nd Earl of Cawdor
Rev. Piers Leopold Claughton (1850-1939), a clergyman
Lucy Ellinor Claughton (1852-1939)
Robert Dudley Claughton (1854-1855)
Sir Gilbert Henry Claughton, 1st Bart. (1856-1921), a businessman and politician

From his enthronement as 98th Bishop of Rochester to his resignation from the bishopric of St Albans in 1890, Claughton resided at Danbury Palace (near Chelmsford), where he died. It was a distinguished occupancy as his elder daughter, Amelia, married (for her second time) the Duke of Argyll at a ceremony at the Palace. He is buried in St Albans Cathedral.

His widow died at the Priory, Dudley, on 28 May 1902, aged 84.^[4]

Selected works

"Voyages of Discovery to the Polar Regions" (1829), poem – winner of the Newdigate prize for 1829
Questions on the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels (1853–57), 2 vols.

References

1 2 Sutton, C. W. "Claughton, Thomas Legh (1808–1892)." Rev. H. C. G. Matthew. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Accessed 10 Feb 2007.
↑ "Thomas Legh Claughton". 19th-Century Bishops of the Church of England. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
↑ "Inspirational Alumni Members". The King's School Chester. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
↑ "Obituary". The Times (36781). London. 30 May 1902. p. 10.

External links

Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury

Church of England titles
Preceded by Joseph Wigram	Bishop of Rochester 1867–1877	Succeeded by Anthony Thorold
New diocese	Bishop of St Albans 1877–1890	Succeeded by John Festing

Bishops of Rochester

Pre-Conquest	Justus Romanus Paulinus of York Ithamar Damianus Putta Cwichelm Gebmund Tobias Aldwulf Dunn Eardwulf Diora Waermund (I) Beornmod Tatnoth Badenoth Waermund (II) Cuthwulf Swithwulf Ceolmund Cyneferth Burgric Beorhtsige Ælfstan Godwine (I) Godwine (II) Siward

Conquest–Reformation	Arnost Gundulf Ralph d'Escures Ernulf John (I) John (II) Ascelin Walter Waleran Gilbert Glanvill Benedict of Sausetun Henry Sandford Richard Wendene Lawrence of St Martin Walter de Merton John Bradfield John Kirkby Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Thomas Wouldham Hamo Hethe John Sheppey William Whittlesey Thomas Trilleck Thomas Brinton William Bottlesham John Bottlesham Richard Young John Kemp John Langdon Thomas Brunce William Wells John Low Thomas Rotherham John Alcock John Russell Edmund Audley Thomas Savage Richard FitzJames John Fisher

Post-Reformation	John Hilsey Nicholas Heath Henry Holbeach Nicholas Ridley John Ponet John Scory Maurice Griffith Edmund Allen Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke John Piers John Young William Barlow Richard Neile John Buckeridge Walter Curle John Bowle John Warner John Dolben Francis Turner Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley Thomas Dampier Walker King Hon Hugh Percy George Murray Joseph Wigram Thomas Claughton Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Edward Talbot John Harmer Linton Smith Christopher Chavasse David Say Michael Turnbull Michael Nazir-Ali James Langstaff

Bishops of St Albans

Thomas Claughton John Festing Edgar Jacob Michael Furse Philip Loyd Edward Jones Robert Runcie John Taylor Christopher Herbert Alan Smith

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 43791876 LCCN: nb98030857 ISNI: 0000 0000 3842 3210

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