Sir

John Hotham,

Bt., D.D
Bishop of Clogher
portrait by Gilbert Stuart
ChurchChurch of Ireland
DioceseClogher
Appointed17 May 1782
Installed11 June 1782 (by proxy)
Term ended3 November 1795
PredecessorJohn Garnett
SuccessorWilliam Foster
Orders
Consecration14 November 1779
by Robert Fowler
Personal details
BornFebruary or 16 March 1734
Died3 November 1795
Bath, Somerset, England
BuriedSouth Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Baronet
SpouseSusanna Mackworth
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Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet, DD (1734–1795) was an English baronet and Anglican clergyman. He served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Ossory from 1779 to 1782 and Bishop of Clogher from 1782 to 1795.[1]

A member of the Hotham family,[2] he was born in February or 16 March 1734, the son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Baronet. Following his education at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[3] he was the vicar of St Leonard's, Shoreditch and Archdeacon of Middlesex.[4][5] He married Susanna Mackworth, daughter of Herbert Mackworth and Juliana Digby.[6]

He was nominated Bishop of Ossory on 22 October 1779 and consecrated at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin on 14 November 1779; the principal consecrator was the Most Rev. Robert Fowler, Archbishop of Dublin, with the Rt. Rev. Charles Jackson, Bishop of Kildare and the Rt. Rev. Joseph Bourke, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin serving as co-consecrators.[4][7] Hotham was translated to the bishopric of Clogher by letters patent on 17 May 1782 and enthroned (by proxy) on 11 June 1782.[8][9]

On the death of his brother Charles on 25 January 1794, John succeeded as the 9th Hotham Baronet of Scorborough.[2][6][10]

He died in office of a paralytic stroke at Bath, Somerset on 3 November 1795, aged 61, and was buried at South Dalton, near Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Clogher clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. pp20/21: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
  2. ^ a b "Dalton Hall". British Towns and Villages Network. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Hotham, John (HTN752J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ a b Cotton 1848, The Province of Leinster, p. 288.
  5. ^ Horn 1969, Archdeacons of Middlesex, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Volume 1, pp.10–12.
  6. ^ a b "Sir John Hotham, 9th Bt". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 404.
  8. ^ a b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 382.
  9. ^ a b Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 83.
  10. ^ "Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell to Hyde". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Bibliography

Church of England titles Preceded byFifield Allen Archdeacon of Middlesex 1764–1780 Succeeded byGeorge Jubb Church of Ireland titles Preceded byWilliam Newcome Bishop of Ossory 1779–1782 Succeeded byWilliam Beresford Preceded byJohn Garnett Bishop of Clogher 1782–1795 Succeeded byWilliam Foster Baronetage of England Preceded byCharles Hotham-Thompson Baronet (of Scorborough) 1794–1795 Succeeded byCharles Hotham
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