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LONGLEY, CHARLES THOMAS (1794-1868)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 984 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LONGLEY, See also:CHARLES See also:THOMAS (1794-1868) , See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, was See also:born at See also:Rochester, and educated at See also:Westminster and See also:Oxford. He was ordained in 1818, and was appointed See also:vicar of See also:Cowley, Oxford, in 1823. In 1827 he received the rectory of See also:West Tytherley, See also:Hampshire, and two years later he was elected headmaster of See also:Harrow. This See also:office he held until 1836, when he was consecrated See also:bishop of the new see of See also:Ripon. In 1856 he was translated to the see of See also:Durham, and in 186o he became archbishop of See also:York. In 1862 he succeeded See also:John See also:Bird See also:Sumner as archbishop of Canterbury. Soon afterwards the questions connected with the deposition of Bishop See also:Colenso were referred to him, but, while regarding Colenso's opinions as heretical and his deposition as justifiable, he refused to pronounce upon the legal difficulties of the See also:case. The See also:chief event of his primacy was the See also:meeting at See also:Lambeth, in 1867, of the first See also:Pan-See also:Anglican See also:conference of See also:British, colonial and See also:foreign bishops (see LAMBETH CONFERENCES). His published See also:works include numerous sermons and addresses. He died on the 27th of See also:October 1868 at Addington See also:Park, near See also:Croydon.

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