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Henry Compton (Compton Wynyates (nel Warwickshire), 1632 – Fulham, 7 luglio 1713) è stato un vescovo anglicano inglese
Henry Compton (c. 1632 – 7 July 1713) was an English Army officer and Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.
6 giorni fa · Henry Compton (born 1632, Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, Eng.—died July 7, 1713, Fulham, Middlesex) was a staunchly Protestant bishop of London (1675–1713) who played a leading part in English politics during the crisis of King James II’s reign.
31 mar 2019 · They restore to its gardens many of the species introduced there in the late 17th and early 18th centuries by Henry Compton, one of British horticulture’s most remarkable figures. As Bishop of London and an ardent Anglican, Compton joined six secular grandees in June 1688 in sending a letter to William of Orange at The Hague.
21 mag 2020 · During Compton’s time in office, the Bishop of London was responsible for the spiritual welfare of British overseas territories. In selecting ministers to travel overseas, Compton therefore could appoint persons with an interest in botany and the natural world and who could send back to Fulham specimens, seeds and drawings.
25 mar 2011 · The Protestant Bishop: being the Life of Henry Compton, 1632–1713 Bishop of London. By Edward Carpenter. Pp. xiii + 398 + 4 plates. London: Longmans, Green, 1956. 35s. - Volume 8 Issue 1
in the Royalist cause, Henry Compton began life as a Cornet in the Horse Guards. He gave up the army for the church, but was always a warrior, and a stalwart defender of the Protestant faith. He rose quickly in his profession to become Bishop of Oxford in 1674 and of London in 1675 - a see that he held for the remainder of his life.
