Thomas Secker

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Thomas Secker was an 18th-century Archbishop of Canterbury who served as the senior bishop of the Church of England and played a prominent role in the religious and political life of Georgian Britain.

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instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury
human
appointedAs Archbishop of Canterbury
burialPlace Lambeth Palace Chapel
linked to: Lambeth Palace
consecratedAsBishop 1735
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1693-09-21
dateOfDeath 1768-08-03
denomination Anglicanism
educatedAt Academy at Tewkesbury
Exeter College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
endTime 1768
era Georgian era
familyName Secker
fieldOfWork Anglican ecclesiology
pastoral theology
givenName Thomas
hasHonorificPrefix The Most Reverend
knownFor involvement in religious and political life of Georgian Britain
sermons and pastoral writings
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf House of Lords
monarchDuringTerm George II
George III
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England
Sermons on Several Subjects
occupation bishop
clergyman
theologian
participatedIn controversies over church authority in the American colonies
placeOfBirth Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
placeOfDeath Lambeth Palace, London, England
linked to: Lambeth Palace
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Oxford
Dean of St Paul’s
previousPost Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Oxford
Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral
religion Church of England
religiousOrder Church of England clergy
residence Canterbury, England
linked to: Canterbury

Lambeth Palace
sexOrGender male
startTime 1758

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Coronation of George III officiatedBy Thomas Secker