The Right Reverend

John Gott

Bishop of Truro
DioceseDiocese of Truro
In office1891–1906 (death)
PredecessorGeorge Wilkinson
SuccessorCharles Stubbs
Other post(s)Dean of Worcester (1885–1891)
Personal details
Born(1830-12-25)25 December 1830
Leeds, England
Died21 July 1906(1906-07-21) (aged 75)
Trenython, Cornwall, England
BuriedTywardreath, Cornwall
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseHarriot Mary Maitland (m.1868)
EducationWinchester College
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford

John Gott (25 December 1830 – 21 July 1906[1]) was the third Bishop of Truro[2] from 1891[3] until his death in 1906.

Life

Bramley Cross dedication by John Gott and H. M. Gott 1873
Bramley Cross dedication by John Gott and H. M. Gott 1873

Gott was born in Leeds[4] on Christmas Day 1830, the third son of William Gott,[5] a wool merchant.[6] He was educated at Winchester and Brasenose College, Oxford.[7] He then embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Great Yarmouth, after which he held incumbencies at Bramley, Leeds, 1871–76,[8] and at Leeds Parish Church,[9] where he also founded the Leeds Clergy School. His last post, before his ordination to the episcopate,[10] was as Dean of Worcester from 1886.[11] In 1873, Gott erected a stone cross in Bramley to celebrate 8 years living and working in Leeds (see photograph).

In 1891, Gott succeeded to the see of Truro on the resignation of George Howard Wilkinson. His election to that See was confirmed at St Mary-le-Bow on 28 September and he was consecrated a bishop at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 September 1891, by Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury.[12] He saw in 1903 the completion of Truro Cathedral; founded a bishop's clergy fund for the aid of clergy in time of ill-health or other necessity; and diligently visited all parts of his diocese. A high churchman, but not a strong partisan, he signed in January 1901 the bishops' letter inviting clergy to accept the positions defined in the Lambeth 'Opinions.'[13]

He died suddenly at his residence, Trenython, near Par, on 21 July 1906 and was buried at Tywardreath.[13]

Family

Gott married in 1868 Harriot Mary Maitland of Loughton Hall, Essex; she died in London on 19 April 1906; they had one son and three daughters.[13]

Works

  • The Parish Priest of the Town (1887)

References

  1. ↑ The Times, Monday, 23 July 1906; p. 4; Issue 38079; col D Death of the Bishop of Truro
  2. ↑ Genealogical website
  3. ↑ New Bishop of Truro The Times, 6 June 1891; p. 13; Issue 33344; col F
  4. ↑ "Gotts of Calverly and Armley". www.juliesfamilytree.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Alumni Oxonienses
  6. ↑ "Gott Collection". gottcollection.hepworthwakefield.org.
  7. ↑ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  8. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  9. ↑ "Wakefield Museums". Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  10. ↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service".
  11. ↑ "Robert Woodward Papers".
  12. ↑ "general news; Consecration of five bishops". Church Times. No. 1497. 2 October 1981. p. 935. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. 1 2 3 Buckland 1912.
Attribution

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Buckland, Augustus Robert (1912). "Gott, John". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Sources

Further reading

  • Brown, H. M. (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; pp. 45–58
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