Ernest Wilberforce


Ernest Roland Wilberforce was an Anglican clergyman and bishop. From 1882 to 1896 he was the first Anglican Bishop of Newcastle upon the dioceses creation, and from 1896 to 1907 he was Bishop of Chichester.

The third son of another bishop, Samuel Wilberforce, and his wife, Emily Sargent as well as the grandson of William Wilberforce, leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade Ernest was born at his fathers rectory, and grew up in Lavington and Cuddesdon, there gaining a love of country sports which lasted his whole life. Ernests younger brother Basil became Archdeacon of Westminster. He was educated at Harrow from 1854 to 1857, then foryears with a private tutor, then from May 1859 to 1882 at Exeter College, Oxford. He showed little academic merit at any of these and better known as a good oarsman than a good scholar graduated BA in 1864 with fourthclass honours. During his time at Oxford he married Frances Mary, third daughter of Sir Charles Anderson, baronet onJune 1863, and subsequently his attitude to his work and life became more serious, proceeding MA in 1867 and going to train for the ministry at Cuddesdon College, then under Edward King.

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