Stanhope, George
Record IDcnp01424279
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01424279
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Biographical Data1660 - 1728
Place of BirthHartshorn
Place of DeathBath
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Engl. anglikan. Theologe; 1688 Pfarrer in Tewin (Hertfordhire) u. 1689 in Lewisham (Kent); 1697 Hofkaplan König Wilhelms III.; 1702 Pfarrer in Deptford (Kent); 1704 Dean of Canterbury.
Doyen de Cantorbéry. Prédicateur. A aussi traduit du latin en anglais.
Dean of Canterbury. Born March 1660, Derbyshire. Attended Uppingham School til 1667, then Eton College. Admitted King's College, Cambridge 1677, fellow 1680, B.A., 1682, M.A., 1685. Vicar of Quy, Cambridgeshire 1687-8, vice-proctor 1688, then rector of Tewin, Hertfordshire 1689-1702. Vicar of Lewisham, Kent, from 1689 til his death. Chaplain to the earl of Dartmouth and tutor to his son. Chaplain to King William and Queen Mary from 1694, and continued in the post under Queen Anne and King George I. Incorporated at Oxford 1696, D.D., 1697. Boyle lecturer, 1701, which he subsequently published. Vicar of St Nicholas, Deptford in 1702. Dean of Canterbury, 1704. Stanhope had links to the high church and was a member of the tory October Club, but was also friendly with low-churchmen - he was nominated as prolocutor of the lower house of convocation by the moderate clergy in 1705, and was given the position in 1714. He was removed from his role as royal chaplain for his criticism of Bishop Benjamin Hoadly in 1718. Stanhope published correspondence on the decrease in baptisms (1758), Paraphrase and Comment upon the Epistle and Gospels (1706-08), translations from Latin to English and many of his sermons. He was considered an excellent preacher, and delivered sermons on a number of public occasions. He died in Bath, March 1728.
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Further Biographical Data1660-1728
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityPfarrer (gnd)
Theologe (gnd)
Hofkaplan
NationalityBritish
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HeadingStanhope, George
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Stanhope, George
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Stanhope, George, Dean of Canterbury
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom); Canterbury Cathedral Library, (United Kingdom)
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom); Canterbury Cathedral Library, (United Kingdom)
Stanhope, George
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Stanhope, George
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
Variant NameStanhope, ...
Stanhope, Georgius
Stanhope, Mr. Dean, George
Sources
Found inMortzfeld, Peter: Katalog der graphischen Porträts in der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, A 28156. — BN Cat. gén. : Stanhope, George (doyen de Cantorbéry). — DNB. — LCNA(AACR2). — GK55. — DNB. — NUCaLOC. — DNB
Imprint SourcesThe Chritian's pattern or A treatise of the Imitation of Jesus-Christ... / now rendered into English by George Stanhope, 1772
Stanhope, George: A sermon preached ... May the XIVth, 1693. - 1693
Stanhope, George: Sermons preach'd. - 1700
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