Francis Jeune
Francis Jeune or François Jeune (22 May 1806 – 21 August 1868) was Dean of Jersey, 1838–1844, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough, 1864-1868.[1]
Jeune was Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham from 1835 to 1838, and since 1951 Jeune House has been named after him, competing in the school's annual Cock House Championship.
He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1858 to 1862. Jeune was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's day 1864, by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral.[2]
His son Francis Henry Jeune became Baron St Hélier.
References
- ↑ J. H. C. Leach, Jeune, Francis (1806–1868), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14806
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| Preceded by | Master of Pembroke College, Oxford 1844–1864 |
Succeeded by Evan Evans |
| Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1858–1862 |
Succeeded by John Prideaux Lightfoot |
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Peterborough 1864–1868 |
Succeeded by William Connor Magee |
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