Francis Paget

The Right Reverend

Francis Paget
The Right Reverend; Francis Paget
Bishop of Oxford
Church	Church of England
Elected	1901
Term ended	1911
Predecessor	William Stubbs
Successor	Charles Gore
Personal details
Born	20 March 1851; Gloucester, Great Britain
Died	1 August 1911 (aged 60)
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Francis Paget (20 March 1851 – 2 August 1911) was an English theologian, author and the 33rd Bishop of Oxford.

Life

He was the second son of the noted surgeon James,^[1] and brother of Luke (sometime Bishop of Stepney and of Chester).

He was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School, then at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford.^[2] Ordained priest he became preacher at Whitehall in 1882 and Vicar of Bromsgrove in 1885. An eminent scholar,^[3] he was subsequently Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford and Dean at his old college.

After the death of William Stubbs in April 1901, Paget was recommended to succeed him as Bishop of Oxford.^[4] He was elected bishop the following month, and consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in St Paul's Cathedral 29 June 1901.^[5] A couple of days later he was received by Edward VII and invested as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter,^[6] an office held by the Bishop of Oxford between 1837 and 1937.

Paget served as bishop until his death in 1911.^[7]

Paget's son Bernard was a General in the Army, and another son, Edward, was the first Anglican Archbishop of Central Africa. His daughter Edith married the priest and hymnwriter John Macleod Campbell Crum.

Selected works

1887: Faculties and Difficulties for Belief and Dis-belief
1891: The Spirit of Discipline
1895: Studies in the Christian Character
1899: An introduction to the fifth book of Hooker's treatise Of the laws of ecclesiastical policy
1900: The Redemption of War

References

^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ His works include The Redemption of War (1900), The Spirit of Discipline (1903) and Everlasting Punishment (1906), British Library catalogue accessed 16:59 21 August 2008
^ "No. 27318". The London Gazette. 28 May 1901. p. 3634.
^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence - The Bishop of Oxford". The Times. No. 36495. London. 1 July 1901. p. 10.
^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36496. London. 2 July 1901. p. 5.
^ Death of the Bishop of Oxford, The Times, Thursday, August 03, 1911; pg. 8; Issue 39654; col E

v t e Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Predecessors	John Hygdon* John Oliver* John London Richard Cox
Early modern	Richard Cox Richard Marshall George Carew Thomas Sampson Thomas Godwin Thomas Cooper John Piers Tobias Matthew William James Thomas Ravis John King William Goodwin Richard Corbet Brian Duppa Samuel Fell Edward Reynolds John Owen Edward Reynolds George Morley John Fell John Massey Henry Aldrich Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw John Conybeare David Gregory William Markham Lewis Bagot Cyril Jackson
Late modern	Charles Henry Hall Samuel Smith Thomas Gaisford Henry Liddell Francis Paget Thomas Strong Henry Julian White Alwyn Williams John Lowe Cuthbert Simpson Henry Chadwick Eric Heaton John Drury Christopher Lewis Martyn Percy Sarah Foot
* – Academic deans only; prior to the establishment of Christ Church Cathedral; ** – Cathedral deans at Osney.

v t e Chancellors of the Order of the Garter
Bishops of Salisbury (1477–1550)	Richard Beauchamp Lionel Woodville Thomas Langton John Blyth Henry Deane Edmund Audley
Lay chancellors (1551–1671)	Sir William Cecil Sir William Petre Sir Thomas Smith Sir Francis Walsingham Sir Amias Paulet Sir John Wolley Sir Edward Dyer Sir John Herbert Sir George More Sir Francis Crane Sir Thomas Roe Sir James Palmer Sir Henry de Vic
Bishops of Salisbury (1671–1837)	Seth Ward Gilbert Burnet William Talbot Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly Thomas Sherlock John Gilbert John Thomas Robert Hay Drummond John Thomas John Hume Shute Barrington John Douglas John Fisher Thomas Burgess
Bishops of Oxford (1837–1937)	Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong
Knights and Ladies Companion (since 1937)	The Duke of Portland The Earl of Halifax The Marquess of Salisbury The Viscount Cobham The Marquess of Abergavenny The Lord Carrington The Duke of Abercorn The Baroness Manningham-Buller

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Francis Paget

Life

Selected works

References

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