EDGAR JACOB

BISHOP of NEWCASTLE and of ST ALBANS

Born 16th November 1844 - Died 25th March 1920

 

 

The fifth son of Archdeacon Philip Jacob, he was born at the Rectory, Crawley, in Hampshire, on 16th November 1844, and died on 25th March 1920.

He was educated at Winchester College and at New College Oxford, of which he was a scholar, matriculating in 1863. In 1865 he was awarded 1st Class Honours, in 1867 3rd Class Lit Hum, BA in 1868, MA in 1870, DD by Diploma in 1895, Hon DD (Durham) in 1896.

He was ordained Deacon in 1868, Curate of Taynton, Oxfordshire in 1868-1869; priest in 1869 (Oxford), curate of Whitney in 1869-1871, of St James Bermondsey in 1871-1872; Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Milman of Calcutta in 1872-1876, Commissary of Calcutta in 1876-1888; examining Chaplain to Bishop Harold Browne of Winchester in 1876-1891; Vicar of Portsea in 1878-1896, Hon Canon of Winchester in 1884-1890, Hon Chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1878-1896, Chaplain in Ordinary in 1890-1896, Chaplain to Bishop Thorold of Winchester in 1891-1895, to Bishop Davidson of Winchester 1895-1896, Rural Dean of Landport and Chaplain to HM Prison Kingston, Portsmouth in 1892-1896, Proctor of Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Select Preacher at Oxford 1895-1896, Lord Bishop of Newcastle in 1896-1903, consecrated 25th January 1896 by the Archbiship of York and Bishops of Durham, Carlisle, Wakefield, Bath, Wells, Chichester, Beverley and Bishop Selwyn. Trans to St Albans 1903. He remained Bishop there until 1919.

For a fuller account of his life see the Dictionary of National Biography.

A Biography is in preparation.

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