Brownlow North

This article is about the bishop. For his grandson the evangelist, see Brownlow North (evangelist).

Brownlow North
Bishop of Winchester
Bishop North by Henry Howard
Diocese	Diocese of Winchester
In office	1781–1820
Predecessor	John Thomas
Successor	George Pretyman Tomline
Other posts	Canon of Christ Church (1768–1770) Dean of Canterbury (1770–1771) Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (1771–1774) Bishop of Worcester (1774–1781) Prelate, Order of the Garter (ex officio as Bishop of Winchester)
Personal details
Born	(1741-07-17)17 July 1741 Chelsea, Middlesex, Great Britain
Died	12 July 1820(1820-07-12) (aged 78) Chelsea, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Buried	Winchester Cathedral, 1820
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Winchester House, Chelsea (at death)
Parents	Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford & Elizabeth
Spouse	Henrietta (m. 1771–1796)
Children	incl. Francis, Charles
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford

Brownlow North (17 July 1741–12 July 1820) was a bishop of the Church of England.

Early life, family and education

Brownlow North by Tilly Kettle

Brownlow was born on 17 July 1741 in Chelsea, Middlesex, Great Britain, the only son of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford and his second wife Elizabeth (then styled as the dowager Viscountess Lewisham as the widow of her first husband George Legge, Viscount Lewisham), only child and sole heir of Arthur Kaye, 3rd Baronet. His half-siblings through their mother included Anne Brudenell (who married James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan) and William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth;^[1] his half-siblings through their father included Frederick North, Lord North and his only full siblings was Louisa Peyto-Verney (who married John Peyto-Verney, 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke).^[2]

He was educated at Eton College (1752–1759) and Trinity College, Oxford (where he matriculated on 10 January 1760 as a fellow-commoner), graduating as a Bachelor of Arts in 1762. He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1763, gaining his Master of Arts (Oxon) on 4 July 1766 and Doctor of Civil Law in 1770.

Church career

Memorial to North within Winchester Cathedral.

North was ordained a deacon at Christ Church by John Hume, Bishop of Oxford, on 27 October 1765^[3] and priest at Grosvenor Chapel, Westminster by Frederick Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry on 12 April 1767.^[4] Supremely well-connected — his father was an influential courtier and his half-brother Frederick was to become Prime Minister of Great Britain — North enjoyed substantial, rapid and early career advances. His brother-in-law Willoughby de Broke presented him to the rectory of Lighthorne, then the crown presented him to the 4th prebend at Christ Church on 28 April 1768.^[5]

He remained a Canon of Oxford until he was installed as Dean of Canterbury on 6 October 1770;^[6] while there he obtained the lucrative livings of Lydd and Bexley, both of which he retained while at Lichfield. North left Canterbury for Lichfield in 1771, when his half-brother the Prime Minister's recommendation saw him elected Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. His election to that See having been confirmed on 26 August 1771,^[7] he was consecrated a bishop by Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (with Richard Terrick, Bishop of London; Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester; and William Markham Bishop of Chester) on 8 September 1771 at Lambeth Palace chapel^[8]

North was Bishop of Lichfield for three years before his election as Bishop of Worcester was confirmed on 27 December 1774;^[9] he then remained in Worcester for six and a half years until his election to the See of Winchester was confirmed on 5 June 1781.^[10] Throughout the period of his appointments to these two Sees his half-brother remained Prime Minister.

North was enthroned (by proxy) at Winchester Cathedral on 25 June 1781^[11] and continued as Bishop of Winchester until his death, following a long illness, at Winchester House, Chelsea on 12 July 1820. He was then buried at his cathedral on 21 August 1820.

Marriage and family

On 17 January 1771, North married Henrietta Maria née Bannister, who died on 17 November 1796. His eldest son Francis North, 6th Earl of Guilford and his youngest Charles both became Anglican priests; of his four daughters, one (Henrietta) married a priest and another (Elizabeth) married Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham. The 19th century evangelist, also named Brownlow North was his grandson (Charles' son.)

Styles and titles

1741–1765: The Honourable Brownlow North
1765–1768: The Reverend and Honourable Brownlow North
1768–1770: The Reverend and Honourable Canon Brownlow North
1770-1771: The Very Reverend and Honourable Brownlow North
1771–1820: The Right Reverend and Honourable Brownlow North

References

↑ Cracroft's Peerage — Earls of Dartmouth (Accessed 27 July 2015)
↑ Cracroft's Peerage — Earls of Guilford (Accessed 27 July 2015)
↑ Ordination Record: North, Brownlow in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 27 July 2015)
↑ Ordination Record: North, Brownlow in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 27 July 2015)
↑ Horn, Joyce M. (ed.), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 8, pp. 94–97 (Accessed 27 July 2015)
↑ Horn, Joyce M. (ed.), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 3, pp. 12–15 (Accessed 27 July 2015)
↑ Appointment Record: North, Brownlow (at Lichfield & Coventry) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 27 July 2015)
↑ Appointment Record: North, Brownlow (at Lichfield & Coventry) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 27 July 2015)
↑ Appointment Record: North, Brownlow (at Worcester) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 27 July 2015)
↑ Appointment Record: North, Brownlow (at Winchester) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 27 July 2015)
↑ Horn, Joyce M. (ed.), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 3, pp. 80–83 (Accessed 27 July 2015)

Sources

"North, Brownlow". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20292. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

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Church of England titles
Preceded by John Potter	Dean of Canterbury 1770–1771	Succeeded by John Moore
Preceded by John Egerton	Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1771–1774	Succeeded by Richard Hurd
Preceded by James Johnson	Bishop of Worcester 1774–1781	Succeeded by Richard Hurd
Preceded by John Thomas	Bishop of Winchester 1781–1820	Succeeded by George Pretyman Tomline

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 242220159 LCCN: nr93029128

Bishops of Winchester

Early Medieval	Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester Agilbert, Bishop of Dorchester Wine Leuthere Hædde Daniel Hunfrith Cyneheard Æthelheard Ecgbald Dudd Cyneberht Ealhmund Wigthegn Herefrith (disputed) Eadmund (disputed) Eadhun Helmstan Swithun Ealhferth Tunbeorht Denewulf Frithestan Beornstan/Byrnstan ÆlfheahI ÆlfsigeI Beorhthelm ÆthelwoldI ÆlfheahII

High Medieval	Cenwulf ÆthelwoldII ÆlfsigeII Ælfwine Stigand Walkelin William Giffard Henry of Blois Richard of Ilchester Godfrey de Luci Richard Poore Peter des Roches Ralph Neville William de Raley Aymer de Valence Andrew of London William de Taunton John Gervais Nicholas of Ely Robert Burnell Richard de la More John of Pontoise

Late Medieval	Henry Woodlock John Sandale Rigaud of Assier John de Stratford Adam Orleton William Edington William of Wykeham Henry Beaufort William Waynflete Peter Courtenay Thomas Langton

Early modern	Richard Foxe Thomas Wolsey Stephen Gardiner John Ponet Stephen Gardiner John White Robert Horne John Watson Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Day Thomas Bilson James Montague Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile Walter Curle Brian Duppa George Morley Peter Mews Jonathan Trelawny Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly John Thomas Brownlow North

Late modern	George Pretyman Tomline Charles Sumner Samuel Wilberforce Harold Browne Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Herbert Ryle Edward Talbot Frank Woods Cyril Garbett Mervyn Haigh Alwyn Williams Falkner Allison John Taylor Colin James Michael Scott-Joynt Tim Dakin

Bishops of Worcester

Early Medieval	Bosel Oftfor Egwin of Evesham Wilfrith (I) Milred Waermund Tilhere Heathured Denebeorht Heahbeorht Ealhhun Werferth Æthelhun Wilfrith (II) Koenwald St Dunstan St Oswald Ealdwulf

High Medieval	Wulfstan (I) Leofsige Beorhtheah Lyfing Ælfric Puttoc Lyfing Ealdred St Wulfstan (II) Samson Theulf Simon John de Pageham Alured Roger Baldwin of Forde William of Northall Robert FitzRalph Henry de Sully John of Coutances Mauger Randulf of Evesham Walter de Gray Sylvester William de Blois Walter de Cantilupe Nicholas of Ely Godfrey Giffard

Late Medieval	John St German William Gainsborough Walter Reynolds Walter Maidstone Thomas Cobham Wulstan Bransford Adam Orleton Simon Montacute Thomas Hemenhale Wulstan Bransford John of Thoresby Reginald Brian John Barnet William Whittlesey William Lenn Walter Lyghe Henry Wakefield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Richard Clifford Thomas Peverel Philip Morgan Thomas Polton Thomas Brunce Thomas Bourchier John Carpenter ("Bishop of Worcester and Westbury") John Alcock Robert Morton Giovanni de' Gigli

Early modern	Silvestro de' Gigli Girolamo Ghinucci Hugh Latimer John Bell Nicholas Heath John Hooper Nicholas Heath Richard Pate Edwin Sandys Nicholas Bullingham John Whitgift Edmund Freke Richard Fletcher Thomas Bilson Gervase Babington Henry Parry John Thornborough John Prideaux George Morley John Gauden John Earle Robert Skinner Walter Blandford James Fleetwood William Thomas Edward Stillingfleet William Lloyd John Hough Isaac Maddox James Johnson Brownlow North Richard Hurd

Late modern	Folliott Cornewall Robert Carr Henry Pepys Henry Philpott John Perowne Charles Gore Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs Ernest Pearce Arthur Perowne William Wilson Cash Mervyn Charles-Edwards Robin Woods Philip Goodrich Peter Selby John Inge

Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman Chad, Bishop of the Mercians & the Lindisfaras

Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter (became Bishop of Chester) Peter, Bishop of Chester

Coventry	Robert de Limesey, Bishop of Chester Robert de Limesey (previously Bishop of Chester) Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd James Cornwallis Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave

Deans of Canterbury

Early modern	Nicholas Wotton Thomas Godwin Richard Rogers Thomas Nevile Charles Fotherby John Boys Isaac Bargrave George Aglionby Thomas Turner John Tillotson John Sharp George Hooper George Stanhope Elias Sydall John Lynch William Freind John Potter Brownlow North John Moore The Hon James Cornwallis George Horne William Buller Folliott Cornewall

Late modern	Thomas Powys Gerrard Andrewes Hugh Percy Richard Bagot William Lyall Henry Alford Robert Payne Smith Frederic Farrar Henry Wace George Bell Dick Sheppard Hewlett Johnson Ian White-Thomson Victor de Waal John Simpson Robert Willis

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