Francis Paget

The Right Honourable Francis Paget DD
Bishop of Oxford

Church	Church of England
Elected	1901
Term ended	1911
Predecessor	William Stubbs
Successor	Charles Gore
Personal details
Born	(1851-03-20)20 March 1851 Gloucester, Great Britain
Died	1 August 1911(1911-08-01) (aged 60)
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

The Right Reverend Francis Paget, DD (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 Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet,^[1] and brother of Luke Paget, Bishop of Chester.

"The House"
Paget as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, November 1894

He was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School, Shrewsbury 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 the Right Reverend 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 King 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 Sir Bernard Paget was a General in the Army, and another son, Edward Paget, was the first Anglican Archbishop of Central Africa.

Works (selected)

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,
↑ “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
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27318. p. 3634. 28 May 1901.
↑ "Ecclesiastical intelligence - The Bishop of Oxford". The Times (36495). London. 1 July 1901. p. 10.
↑ "Court Circular". The Times (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

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Stubbs	Bishop of Oxford 1901–1911	Succeeded by Charles Gore

Deans 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 Hall Samuel Smith Thomas Gaisford Henry Liddell Francis Paget Thomas Strong Julian White Alwyn Williams John Lowe Cuthbert Simpson Henry Chadwick Eric Heaton John Drury Christopher Lewis Martyn Percy

* – Academic deans only; prior to the establishment of Christ Church Cathedral; ** – Cathedral deans at Osney.

Bishops of Oxford

Early modern	Robert King Thomas Goldwell Hugh Curwen John Underhill John Bridges John Howson Richard Corbet John Bancroft Robert Skinner William Paul Walter Blandford Nathaniel Crew Henry Compton John Fell Samuel Parker Timothy Hall John Hough William Talbot John Potter Thomas Secker John Hume Robert Lowth John Butler Edward Smallwell John Randolph

Late modern	Charles Moss William Jackson Edward Legge Charles Lloyd Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Kenneth Kirk Harry Carpenter Kenneth Woollcombe Patrick Rodger Richard Harries John Pritchard vacancy (Colin Fletcher {acting}) Steven Croft

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 34570954 ISNI: 0000 0001 0779 5609 SUDOC: 086051423 BNF: cb12544492p (data)

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Francis Paget

Life

Works (selected)

References

Further reading