George Lavington

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George Lavington

Denomination	Church of England
Senior posting
See	Exeter
Title	Bishop of Exeter
Period in office	1746 – 1762
Predecessor	Nicholas Claget
Successor	Frederick Keppel
Personal
Date of birth	1682
Place of birth	Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
Date of death	September 13, 1762 (aged 80)
Place of death	Exeter, Devon, England

George Lavington (1682 Mildenhall, Wiltshire - 13 September 1762 Exeter) was a Bishop of Exeter from 1746-1762. He was educated at New College, Oxford and later appointed Chaplain to King George I. He served as a Prebendary at Worcester Cathedral. Later, he served as Weldland Prebendary at St Paul's Cathedral, London. On February 8, 1746, he was consecrated Bishop of Exeter at Lambeth Palace, which post he held until death.

He was an ardent opponent of Methodism, and kept up a correspondence of letters and pamphlets with John Wesley. A portrait painting of Lavington from the early 1760s by Thomas Gainsborough survives.

An epitaph by Subdean Barton survives on a tablet behind the sedilia in the south aisle of Exeter Cathedral, describing him as a pattern for Christian bishops.

[edit] Family

He married Frances Mary Lavie on 20 June 1722 at St Benet's Church London and had at least 3 children by her:

1. George Lavington bapt 14 April 1723 Worcester Cathedral
2. Margaret Frances Lavington bapt 30 April 1724 Worcester Cathedral
3. Anne Lavington bapt 11 April 1730 Worcester Cathderal, who married Nutcombe Quicke (1727-1810), the Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral

[edit] External links

• Epitaph by Subdean Barton at Exeter Cathedral

Religious titles
Preceded by Nicholas Claget	Bishop of Exeter 1746–1762	Succeeded by Frederick Keppel