For other people named George Law, see George Law (disambiguation).
The Right Reverend
George Henry Law
FRS FSA
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Bishop Law by William Beechey
Church
Church of England
Diocese
Bath and Wells
Elected
1824
Term ended
1845 (death)
Predecessor
Richard Beadon
Successor
Richard Bagot
Other post(s)
Bishop of Chester (1812–1824)
Personal details
Born
(1761-09-12)12 September 1761
Peterhouse, Cambridge, England
Died
22 September 1845(1845-09-22) (aged 84) Banwell Caves, Somerset, England
Buried
Wells Cathedral
Nationality
English
Denomination
Anglican
Parents
Edmund Law (Bishop of Carlisle)
Spouse
Jane Adeane
(m. 1784)
Education
Charterhouse School
Alma mater
Queens' College, Cambridge
Arms of George Law, Bishop: Argent, on a bend between two cocks gules three mullets of the field[1]
George Henry LawFRS FSA (12 September 1761 – 22 September 1845)[2] was the Bishop of Chester (1812) and then, from 1824, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Born at the lodge of Peterhouse, Cambridge, of which his father Edmund Law (who later became Bishop of Carlisle) was Master, Law was educated at Charterhouse School and at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was second wrangler.[2] His main claim to fame was the way in which he introduced a systematic and rigorous training system for parish priests.
He founded a theological college at St Bees in Cumbria. There had been once been a monastery at St Bees, but since the dissolution in 1539 many of the monastic buildings had disappeared and chancel stood roofless when Bishop Law visited Whitehaven in 1816. He was short of good clergy for the diocese, which included Lancashire, and was at that time the powerhouse of the industrial revolution. The consequent growth in population increased the demand for clergymen. Up until Bishop Law's college, training for clergy was haphazard. Most were ordained on the strength of a degree from Oxford or Cambridge, whilst some were ordained after individual instruction from a member of the clergy. Resulting clergy were variable and did not meet a reliable standard. Law was determined to improve the supply situation so when Law visited Whitehaven and met the influential Lowther family and they agreed to pay for restoration of the chancel for a new theogical college he accepted the offer. The agreement allowed Law to appoint the new vicar for St Bees and Principal of the College, contrary to the practice of patronage at the time, and so the St Bees Theological College was born. It was the first theological training institution of the Anglican Church outside Oxford or Cambridge.
The Lowthers did not act out of pure generosity. They were keen to improve their public image having been accused of acquiring the mineral rights to Whitehaven for a pittance from St Bees School, and were also suspected of having tried to keep the matter quiet by arranging the sacking of the headmaster.
^Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.589, for his father; George's brother the 1st Baron Ellenborough bore a differenced version; arms of George Law, Bishop of Carlisle, visible in 1816 stained glass east window of Whalley Church, Lancashire, see File:Whalley parish church- east window (geograph 4756667).jpg
^ ab"Law, George Henry (LW776GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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