Piers Claughton

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Piers Calveley Claughton (8 June 1814 – 11 August 1884) was an Anglican colonial bishop and author.

The son of Thomas Claughton (M.P. for Newton, Lancashire, 1818 – 25) of Haydock Lodge, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated, B.A. (1835) and M.A. (1838). He was elected a Fellow of University College, Oxford in 1836.

Following his ordination in 1838 he was made rector of Elton, Huntingdonshire (1842 – 43; 1845 – 59), before becoming the first Bishop of St Helena (1859 – 61) and a subsequent translation to the Bishop of Colombo (1862 – 71). Upon his return to England he served as Archdeacon of London and a canon of St Paul's from 1870 to 1884 and was appointed Chaplain-General of Her Majesty's Forces in 1875.

He died in Maida Vale, London. A memorial tablet was placed in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London in 1885. A stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of St Helena which bore his image. his brother was Bishop of Rochester from 1867 to 1877; and then of St Albans until 1890.

Amongst others he wrote:

Knowledge the Reward of Obedience, 1840
A Brief Comparison of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England with Holy Scripture, 1843
The Gospel Invitation, 1859
The Jews in relation to the Church and the World, 1877
The Manner of the Growth of Christ's Kingdom, 1877

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[http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Winwick,_Lancashire Winwick, Lancashire]
(20 February 1836). "Oxford, Saturday Feb. 20". Jackson's Oxford Journal.
(14 February 1838). "Ordinations". [[The Morning Post]].
[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1872 p48 London, Horace Cox, 1872
ECCLESIASTICAL The [[Belfast News-Letter]] (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 24 May 1859; Issue 13393
'RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE' The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury St Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 17 December 1861; Issue 4147
[[The Guardian (Anglican newspaper). Guardian Newspaper Archive]]: 29 October 1884 - Page 12
[[Clergy List. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory]] London, Hamilton & Co 1889
{{London Gazette. (13 April 1875)
''THE LATE BISHOP CLAUGHTON'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Saturday, 16 Aug 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31214
"Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" [[William Sinclair (Archdeacon of London). Sinclair, W.]] p. 465: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909.
''[[Whitehall]] May 11'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Saturday, 12 May 1877; pg. 7; Issue 28940

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