Bishop of Norwich, this is his CENOTAPH. Burial is in the Burton family vault in Eltham churchyard.
Bishop George Horne was born 1st Nov 1730 at Otham near Maidstone in Kent. He was the eldest surviving son of the Rev. Samuel Horne (1693-1768), Rector of Otham parish, and his wife Anne Hendley (1697-1787). He attended Maidstone Grammar School and from there, in 1746, went to University College, Oxford, He gained BA in 1749; MA in 1752; and DD in1764. In 1749 he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, of which college he was elected President on 27 January 1768. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1776 until 1780.
He was ordained as a priest in 1753. From 1760 to 1764 he was Curate of the Oxfordshire Parish of Horspath following this he was Chaplain at Magdalen College until 1771. At which date he was appointed, by the then Prime Minister Lord North, to the Royal Household as Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty King George III, a position he held until 1781. In that year, he was appointed Dean of Canterbury, combining this with the post of President of Magdalen. He promoted Sunday Schools, to inform the young, and delivered influential sermons against Unitarianism. He was also an active supporter of the Naval and Military Bible Society, founded in 1779 (now known as The Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society) to supply Christian literature to the armed services and seafarers.
With some reluctance in 1790 he accepted the Bishopric of Norwich, resigning from Canterbury and, the following year, from Magdalen. By then in ill health, from which he never recovered, he was unable to accomplish much in his diocese nor in the House of Lords. One significant achievement was his support the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland who, in 1789, came to London to petition Parliament for relief from their legal disadvantages. In what became his final circular to his diocesan clergy, as the French Revolution challenged most of the values for which he stood, he remained adamant that 'true religion and true learning were never yet at variance'.
On 22nd June 1768, he married Felicia Elizabetha Burton (1741–1821), only child of lawyer and legal author Philip Burton and his wife Felicia Whitfield. They had three daughters: Felicia Elizabetha (1770–1829) who, in 1791, married the Rev. Robert Hele Selby Hele; Maria (1773–1852) and Sarah (1775–1853) who, in 1796, married the Rev. Humphrey Aram Hole. Aged 62, Bishop George died at Bath in, Somerset on 17th January 1792 and was buried in his father-in-law's vault at Eltham
Bishop George Horne was born 1st Nov 1730 at Otham near Maidstone in Kent. He was the eldest surviving son of the Rev. Samuel Horne (1693-1768), Rector of Otham parish, and his wife Anne Hendley (1697-1787). He attended Maidstone Grammar School and from there, in 1746, went to University College, Oxford, He gained BA in 1749; MA in 1752; and DD in1764. In 1749 he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, of which college he was elected President on 27 January 1768. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1776 until 1780.
He was ordained as a priest in 1753. From 1760 to 1764 he was Curate of the Oxfordshire Parish of Horspath following this he was Chaplain at Magdalen College until 1771. At which date he was appointed, by the then Prime Minister Lord North, to the Royal Household as Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty King George III, a position he held until 1781. In that year, he was appointed Dean of Canterbury, combining this with the post of President of Magdalen. He promoted Sunday Schools, to inform the young, and delivered influential sermons against Unitarianism. He was also an active supporter of the Naval and Military Bible Society, founded in 1779 (now known as The Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society) to supply Christian literature to the armed services and seafarers.
With some reluctance in 1790 he accepted the Bishopric of Norwich, resigning from Canterbury and, the following year, from Magdalen. By then in ill health, from which he never recovered, he was unable to accomplish much in his diocese nor in the House of Lords. One significant achievement was his support the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland who, in 1789, came to London to petition Parliament for relief from their legal disadvantages. In what became his final circular to his diocesan clergy, as the French Revolution challenged most of the values for which he stood, he remained adamant that 'true religion and true learning were never yet at variance'.
On 22nd June 1768, he married Felicia Elizabetha Burton (1741–1821), only child of lawyer and legal author Philip Burton and his wife Felicia Whitfield. They had three daughters: Felicia Elizabetha (1770–1829) who, in 1791, married the Rev. Robert Hele Selby Hele; Maria (1773–1852) and Sarah (1775–1853) who, in 1796, married the Rev. Humphrey Aram Hole. Aged 62, Bishop George died at Bath in, Somerset on 17th January 1792 and was buried in his father-in-law's vault at Eltham
Bishop of Norwich, this is his CENOTAPH. Burial is in the Burton family vault in Eltham churchyard.
Bishop George Horne was born 1st Nov 1730 at Otham near Maidstone in Kent. He was the eldest surviving son of the Rev. Samuel Horne (1693-1768), Rector of Otham parish, and his wife Anne Hendley (1697-1787). He attended Maidstone Grammar School and from there, in 1746, went to University College, Oxford, He gained BA in 1749; MA in 1752; and DD in1764. In 1749 he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, of which college he was elected President on 27 January 1768. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1776 until 1780.
He was ordained as a priest in 1753. From 1760 to 1764 he was Curate of the Oxfordshire Parish of Horspath following this he was Chaplain at Magdalen College until 1771. At which date he was appointed, by the then Prime Minister Lord North, to the Royal Household as Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty King George III, a position he held until 1781. In that year, he was appointed Dean of Canterbury, combining this with the post of President of Magdalen. He promoted Sunday Schools, to inform the young, and delivered influential sermons against Unitarianism. He was also an active supporter of the Naval and Military Bible Society, founded in 1779 (now known as The Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society) to supply Christian literature to the armed services and seafarers.
With some reluctance in 1790 he accepted the Bishopric of Norwich, resigning from Canterbury and, the following year, from Magdalen. By then in ill health, from which he never recovered, he was unable to accomplish much in his diocese nor in the House of Lords. One significant achievement was his support the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland who, in 1789, came to London to petition Parliament for relief from their legal disadvantages. In what became his final circular to his diocesan clergy, as the French Revolution challenged most of the values for which he stood, he remained adamant that 'true religion and true learning were never yet at variance'.
On 22nd June 1768, he married Felicia Elizabetha Burton (1741–1821), only child of lawyer and legal author Philip Burton and his wife Felicia Whitfield. They had three daughters: Felicia Elizabetha (1770–1829) who, in 1791, married the Rev. Robert Hele Selby Hele; Maria (1773–1852) and Sarah (1775–1853) who, in 1796, married the Rev. Humphrey Aram Hole. Aged 62, Bishop George died at Bath in, Somerset on 17th January 1792 and was buried in his father-in-law's vault at Eltham
Bishop George Horne was born 1st Nov 1730 at Otham near Maidstone in Kent. He was the eldest surviving son of the Rev. Samuel Horne (1693-1768), Rector of Otham parish, and his wife Anne Hendley (1697-1787). He attended Maidstone Grammar School and from there, in 1746, went to University College, Oxford, He gained BA in 1749; MA in 1752; and DD in1764. In 1749 he became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, of which college he was elected President on 27 January 1768. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1776 until 1780.
He was ordained as a priest in 1753. From 1760 to 1764 he was Curate of the Oxfordshire Parish of Horspath following this he was Chaplain at Magdalen College until 1771. At which date he was appointed, by the then Prime Minister Lord North, to the Royal Household as Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty King George III, a position he held until 1781. In that year, he was appointed Dean of Canterbury, combining this with the post of President of Magdalen. He promoted Sunday Schools, to inform the young, and delivered influential sermons against Unitarianism. He was also an active supporter of the Naval and Military Bible Society, founded in 1779 (now known as The Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society) to supply Christian literature to the armed services and seafarers.
With some reluctance in 1790 he accepted the Bishopric of Norwich, resigning from Canterbury and, the following year, from Magdalen. By then in ill health, from which he never recovered, he was unable to accomplish much in his diocese nor in the House of Lords. One significant achievement was his support the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland who, in 1789, came to London to petition Parliament for relief from their legal disadvantages. In what became his final circular to his diocesan clergy, as the French Revolution challenged most of the values for which he stood, he remained adamant that 'true religion and true learning were never yet at variance'.
On 22nd June 1768, he married Felicia Elizabetha Burton (1741–1821), only child of lawyer and legal author Philip Burton and his wife Felicia Whitfield. They had three daughters: Felicia Elizabetha (1770–1829) who, in 1791, married the Rev. Robert Hele Selby Hele; Maria (1773–1852) and Sarah (1775–1853) who, in 1796, married the Rev. Humphrey Aram Hole. Aged 62, Bishop George died at Bath in, Somerset on 17th January 1792 and was buried in his father-in-law's vault at Eltham
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