Charles Manners-Sutton
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| Charles Manners-Sutton | |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Enthroned | 1805 |
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| Ended | July 21, 1828 |
| Predecessor | John Moore |
| Successor | William Howley |
| Born | February 17, 1755 |
| Died | July 21, 1828 |
| Buried | St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church, Addington, London |
Charles Manners-Sutton (February 17, 1755 – July 21, 1828), was a priest in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828.
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[edit] Life
Manners-Sutton was the fourth son of Lord George Manners-Sutton, third son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. His younger brother was Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His father had assumed the additional surname of Sutton in 1762 on inheriting the estates of his maternal grandfather Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton.
Manners-Sutton was educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge. He married Mary Thoroton, daughter of Thomas Thoroton, in 1778. In 1785, he was appointed to the family living at Averham with Kelham, in Nottinghamshire, and in 1791, became dean of Peterborough. He was consecrated bishop of Norwich in 1792, and two years later received the appointment of Dean of Windsor in commendam.
[edit] Archbishop of Canterbury
In 1805 he was chosen to succeed John Moore as Archbishop of Canterbury. During his primacy the old archiepiscopal palace at Croydon was sold and the country palace of Addington bought with the proceeds. He presided over the first meeting which issued in the foundation of the National Society, and subsequently lent the scheme his strong support. He also exerted himself to promote the establishment of the Indian episcopate. As archbishop of Canterbury, Manners-Sutton appointed his kinsman Evelyn Levett Sutton, a chaplain to Lord Manners, as one of six preachers of Canterbury Cathedral in 1811.
[edit] Legacy
His only published works are two sermons, one preached before the Lords (London, 1794), the other before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (London, 1797). His son Charles Manners-Sutton served as Speaker of the House of Commons and was created Viscount Canterbury in 1835.
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| Preceded by George Horne |
Bishop of Norwich 1792–1805 |
Succeeded by Henry Bathurst |
| Preceded by John Moore |
Archbishop of Canterbury 1805–1828 |
Succeeded by William Howley |
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
