Charles Ellicott

The Right Reverend
Charles Ellicott
Bishop of Gloucester

Ellicott as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward), July 1885.
Province Province of Canterbury
Diocese Diocese of Gloucester
Orders
Ordination 1848
Consecration 25 March 1863
Personal details
Birth name Charles John Ellicott
Born 25 April 1819
Whitwell, Rutland, England
Died 15 October 1905 (aged 86)
Kent, England
Nationality English
Denomination Church of England
Spouse Constantia Ann Becher
Children Arthur and Rosalind
Alma mater Stamford School;
St John's College, Cambridge

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter,[1] then Bishop of the sees of Gloucester and Bristol.

Early life and family

Born in Whitwell, Rutland on 25 April 1819,[2] he was educated at Stamford School and St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He married Constantia Ann Becher at St Marylebone Parish Church, London on 31 July 1848.[4] One of their children was the composer Rosalind Ellicott.[5]

Ecclesiastical career

Following his ordination into the Anglican ministry in 1848, he was Vicar of Pilton, Rutland and then Professor of Divinity at King's College London and Hulsean Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. In 1861, he was appointed Dean of Exeter. Two years later he was nominated the bishop of the united sees of Gloucester and Bristol on 6 February and consecrated on 25 March 1863.[6] In 1897, he resigned the bishopric of Bristol,[7] but continued as Bishop of Gloucester until resigning on 27 February 1905.[8] He died in Kent on 15 October 1905, aged 86.[9]

Works

Notes

  1. The Times, Wednesday, Jul 03, 1861; pg. 6; Issue 23975; col A New Dean of Exeter
  2. "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. "Ellicott, Charles John (ELCT837CJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Lundy, Darryl. "Rt. Rev Charles John Ellicott". The Peerage. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. Lundy, Darryl. "Rosalind Frances Ellicott". The Peerage. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 232 and 249.
  7. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 232.
  8. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 249.
  9. The Times, Monday, Oct 16, 1905; pg. 5; Issue 37839; col B Death of Bishop Ellicott.

Bibliography

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

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Church of England titles
Preceded by
Thomas Hill Lowe
Dean of Exeter
1861 – 1863
Succeeded by
William Brodrick
Preceded by
William Thompson
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
1863–1897
The two sees divided
New creation
Separate see
Bishop of Gloucester
1897–1905
Succeeded by
Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson
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