William Lyall (priest)

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William Rowe Lyall (11 February 1788 – 17 February 1857) was an English churchman,[1] Dean of Canterbury from 1845 to 1857.[2]

Life

He was born in Stepney, Middlesex, the fifth son of John Lyall and Jane Comyn.[3] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (M.A. 1816).[4] In 1817 he married Catherine Brandreth (1792–1863), daughter of Dr. Brandreth of Liverpool.[5]

Lyall was editor of the British Critic 1816–17[6] and associated with the Hackney Phalanx, the high-church group.[7] He became editor of the Theological Library (1832–46).[8] He early recognized a Catholic tendency in John Henry Newman's writing.[9] His appointment as Warburton Lecturer led to a major work, Propædia Prophetica (1840).[10] Lyall's abilities and potential came to the attention of William Howley, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who shaped his career.[11]

Lyall became Archdeacon of Colchester (1824–1842),[12] Archdeacon of Maidstone (1842–1845),[13] simultaneously Canon of the Ninth Prebend, Canterbury Cathedral (1841–1845),[14] and finally Dean of Canterbury (1845[15]–1857).[16] He died at Canterbury, Kent. There is a monumental tomb in the north aisle of the nave at Canterbury, said to be designed after a model by the sculptor John Birnie Philip (1824–1875),[17] but his remains are in fact buried at the parish church of St Michael in the nearby village of Harbledown, alongside his wife's.[18]

Literary works

He wrote a number of dissertations on religious topics, and was a regular contributor to the Quarterly Review, albeit anonymously. His major published work was Propædia Prophetica (Preparation of Prophesy), in 1840.[19] It was re-published in 1854 and again posthumously in 1885, this time with a preface by his nephew George C. Pearson.[20] He also contributed to the Encyclopædia Metropolitana, an ambitious enterprise to disseminate knowledge: he was invited to write sections of the History Division, in particular: History of Greece, Macedonia and Syria.[21] Co-authors of this work were Jacob Henry Brooke Mountain, George Cecil Renouard and Michael Russell.[22]

Family

His eldest brother was George Lyall, Snr, sometime MP for the City of London (UK Parliament constituency), and Chairman of the East India Company.[23] One of his famous nephews was Alfred Comyn Lyall, the Indian civil servant (1835–1911).[24] Another was James Broadwood Lyall (1838–1916), also an Indian civil servant, who became Governor of the Punjab.[25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Clergy of the Church of England database
  2. ↑ 'The Dean of Canterbury' The Times Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1857 Issue 22607 p. 1
  3. ↑ JJHC
  4. ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, (1947) p242
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  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  11. ↑ The Passing of Barchester, Dewey, C. Hambledon Press, London (1991).ISBN 9781847250490
  12. ↑ "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p196: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ British History On-line
  15. ↑ 'The New Dean of Canterbury' The Times Saturday, Nov. 29, 1845 Issue 19094p. 7 Article
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., consulted 14/7/2011
  17. ↑ Katharine Eustace, 'The Post-Reformation Monuments', in: A History of Canterbury Cathedral, ed. P. Collinson, N. Ramsay, M. Sparks, (OUP: 1995, revised edition 2002) p.539–40; illustration, plate 154.
  18. ↑ "Life of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, P. C., K. C. B., G. C. I. E., D. C. L., LL. D" Durand, M p20 William Edinburgh; Blackwood and Sons; 1913
  19. ↑ Google Books
  20. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Wikisource link to Pearson, George Charles". Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co. Wikisource. 
  21. ↑  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Maidstone
1841–1845		 Succeeded by
Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by Dean of Canterbury
1845–1857		 Succeeded by
Henry Alford
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