Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend and Honourable |
Henry Montagu Villiers | |
Bishop of Durham | |
Diocese: | Durham |
Term: | 1860–1861 (died) |
Predecessor: | Charles Longley |
Successor: | Charles Baring |
Other Post: | Bishop of Carlisle (1856–1860) |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1813 |
Birth Place: | London, UK |
Death Place: | Auckland Castle, County Durham, UK |
Buried: | Auckland Castle chapel |
Nationality: | British |
Religion: | Anglican |
Residence: | Auckland Castle (as Bishop of Durham) |
Parents: | George Villiers Theresa Parker |
Spouse: | Amelia Maria Hulton |
Alma Mater: | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry Montagu Villiers (4 January 1813 – 9 August 1861) was a British clergyman of the Church of England[1] [2] from the Villiers family.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating M.A. in 1837,[1] and became vicar of Kenilworth in that year, rector of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury in 1841, and a canon of St. Paul's Cathedral from 1847 to 1856.[1] He was a Doctor of Divinity and Bishop of Carlisle in 1856, and Bishop of Durham from 1860 to 1861.[1]
He was the son of George Villiers and Theresa Parker, and grandson of the 1st Earl of Clarendon.[1] He received a Royal Warrant of Precedence in 1839 entitling him to the rank of an earl's son.[1]
On 30 January 1837, he married Amelia Maria Hulton, daughter of William Hulton.[2] They had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters:[2]