John Kaye | |
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| Bishop of Lincoln | |
 Portrait of Bp. John Kaye byRichard Rothwell (c.1832) | |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| In office | 1827–1853 |
| Predecessor | George Pelham |
| Successor | John Jackson |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Bristol (1820–1827) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1783-12-27)27 December 1783 Hammersmith, London |
| Died | 18 February 1853(1853-02-18) (aged 69) |
| Buried | St Mary's,Riseholme, Lincs. |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Riseholme Hall, Lincs. |
| Children | William Kaye |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
John Kaye (27 December 1783,Hammersmith – 18 February 1853,Riseholme, Lincolnshire) was a British churchman.
He was born the only son of Abraham Kaye in Hammersmith, London and educated at the school of SirCharles Burney in Hammersmith and then Greenwich. He enteredChrist's College, Cambridge and graduatedSenior wrangler in 1804.[1] He was the 21st Master ofChrist's College from 1814 to 1830.[2]Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1814,[3]
In 1816, Kaye was electedRegius Professor of Divinity and he revived public lectures ontheology, with an focus on the study ofecclesiastical history and theEarly Church Fathers. His first series of lectures,The Ecclesiastical History of the Second and Third Centuries, illustrated from the Writings ofTertullian was published at Cambridge in 1825, and was followed by published lectures onJustin Martyr (1829),Clement of Alexandria (1835) andTheCouncil of Nicæa in connection with the Life ofAthanasius (posthumously, 1853).[4]
He was electedFellow of the Royal Society in 1811.[citation needed]
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Kaye was appointedBishop of Bristol in 1820, and remained there until histranslation in 1827 toLincoln. Kaye served asBishop of Lincoln for 26 years until his death in 1853. During his incumbency at Lincoln, he instigated widespread improvements to church buildings andparsonages and established newChurch of England schools.
As Bishop of Lincoln, Kaye resided atBuckden Palace inBuckdenHuntingdonshire. In 1837, the county was transferred to theDiocese of Ely and Kaye's official residence was transferred toRiseholme Hall, the newly established episcopal palace atRiseholme inLincolnshire.[4]
In 1848, Kaye was elected Visitor ofBalliol College, Oxford.[4]
At a time when theOxford Movement sought to revive some older Catholic traditions within the Church of England, Kaye's theological inclinations leaned instead towardsEvangelicalism, and he regarded theHigh Church movement with suspicion. He was opposed to the revival of theConvocations of Canterbury and York and was sympathetic toGeorge Cornelius Gorham's views onbaptism.[4]
He reformed the educational requirements for the Anglican clergy and attacked theTractarians for betraying theEnglish Reformation.[citation needed]
While at Christ's College, Cambridge, Kaye married Eliza Mortlock in 1815. They had three daughters and one son,William Frederic John Kaye, who was later ordained to the priesthood and was appointedArchdeacon of Lincoln in 1863 by his father's successor,Bishop John Jackson.[4]
Bishop Kaye is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church inRiseholme,Lincolnshire, a church that he himself had built during his reforms of the See of Lincoln.[4][5] WithinLincoln Cathedral, Kaye is commemorated by a recumbent effigy tomb monument designed byRichard Westmacott.The memorial originally stood in St Hugh's transept, but was moved to the southern chapel.[6][7][8]
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| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Master ofChrist's College, Cambridge 1814–1830 | Succeeded by |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by | Bishop of Bristol 1820–1827 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Lincoln 1827–1853 | Succeeded by |
