Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs
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Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs (February 2, 1845 - April 14, 1922) was an influential[1] Anglican clergyman who served as the 113th Bishop of Worcester and, latterly, as the inaugural bishop of the restored see of Coventry in the modern era. Born at Manston House, Dorset and educated at Winchester College[2] and Emmanuel College, Cambridge [3] he was ordained in 1869 and after a curacy in Salisbury became chaplain to the bishop in 1875. That same year he married Barbara, 4th daughter of the 4th Earl of Dartmouth [4]. He was successively vicar of Netherbury and Sydenham before becoming Suffragan Bishop of Rochester in 1891, a post he was to hold for 14 years before elevation to the Bishopric of Worcester [5] in 1905. During his years there Yeatman-Biggs forged very close links with the American Episcopal church[6]. In 1918 he took on the task of reviving the Coventry diocese, during which time he came to national prominence when an unscrupulous adventurer accused him of influencing a vulnerable pensioner into leaving him her assets[7]. Not only were the charges completely unfounded, the much smaller sum he had received was quite properly re-distributed to worthy Anglican causes. A bronze statue of Yeatman-Biggs was commissioned after his death [8], and was the only artefact to survive the terrible bombing of the old cathedral[9] in 1942.
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Gore |
Bishop of Worcester 1905 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Ernest Harold Pearce |
| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Coventry 1918 – 1922 |
Succeeded by Charles Lisle Carr |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "The Efficiency and Inefficiency of a Diocese" Yeatman-Biggs, H.W:London,SPCK,1909
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Where he was a Dixie Scholar “Who was Who” (Ibid); and eventually (1904) a Fellow
- ^ Wife’s progency
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, Dec 14, 1904; pg. 9; Issue 37577; col E New Bishops.(of Worcester) Category: Official Appointments and Notices
- ^ ”American addresses” Yeatman-Biggs, H.W: London, Longmans,1916
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Oct 27, 1921; pg. 4; Issue 42862; col F Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division. Charges Of Undue Influence Against A Bishop Withdrawn., In The Estate Of Amy Mary Wheeley Lea, Deceased-Jacomb V. Biggs
- ^ Statue of Y-B
- ^ Old Cathedral
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