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SHIPLEY, JONATHAN (1714-1788)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 982 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHIPLEY, See also:JONATHAN (1714-1788) , See also:bishop of St See also:Asaph, was educated at See also:Reading and See also:Oxford. He was ordained about 1738, and acted as See also:tutor in the See also:household of the 3rd See also:earl of See also:Peter-See also:borough. In 1743 he became See also:rector of See also:Silchester and See also:Sherborne St See also:John, See also:Hampshire, and See also:prebendary of See also:Winchester. He was appointed to a canonry of See also:Christ See also:Church, Oxford, in 1748, and in 176o to the deanery of Winchester and the living of Chilbolton, Hampshire, which he held in addition to his earlier preferments. In 1769 he was consecrated successively bishop of See also:Llandaff and of St Asaph. He was much concerned with politics, and joined the Whig party in strong opposition to the policy of See also:George III. towards the See also:American colonies. In 1779 he was the only bishop to See also:advocate the abolition of all See also:laws against See also:Protestant dissenters. He died on the 6th of See also:December 1788. His See also:brother, See also:William Shipley (1714-1803), originated the Society of Arts; and his son, William See also:Davies Shipley (1745-1826), became See also:dean of St Asaph.

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