Background
James Monk was born on the 12th of December, 1784, at Buntingford, Hertfordshire, the only son of Charles Monk, an officer of the 40th regiment, his mother was the daughter of Joshua Waddington, vicar of Harworth, Nottinghamshire.
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James Monk was born on the 12th of December, 1784, at Buntingford, Hertfordshire, the only son of Charles Monk, an officer of the 40th regiment, his mother was the daughter of Joshua Waddington, vicar of Harworth, Nottinghamshire.
Monk was first taught at Norwich by Dr. Foster, and in 1798 entered the Charterhouse, where, under Dr. Raine, he laid the foundation of his accurate classical scholarship. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1800, and was elected scholar in 1801. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree as seventh wrangler in 1804, in which year he was also second chancellor's medallist.He received a Master of Arts degree in 1807, a Bachelor of Divinity in 1818 and a Doctor of Divinity in 1822.
In October 1807, James Monk became assistant-tutor of his college, and during the fifteen years of his tutorship his pupils carried off the greater part of the higher classical honours at Cambridge. In January 1809, being then only twenty-five, he was elected to the regius professorship of Greek, in succession to Porson. In this position he published several tracts advocating the establishment of a classical tripos, with public examinations and honours open only to those who had obtained a place in the mathematical tripos. His first edition of the classics, the "Hippolytus" of Euripides, appeared in 1811, and was favourably noticed in the "Quarterly Review". In conjunction with Blomfield he edited Porson's "Adversaria" in 1812, and in 1813–1814 was joint editor with Blomfield of the "Museum Criticum, " a publication to which several scholars of repute contributed, though only eight numbers were issued. Monk resigned his Greek professorship in June 1823.
Monk had been ordained deacon in 1809 and priest in 1810. In 1812 he was Whitehall preacher, and attracted the attention of the premier, Lord Liverpool, who afterwards bestowed on him the deanery of Peterborough, 7 March 1822. In right of his deanery Monk nominated himself to the rectory of Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, July 12, 1822, afterwards holding the rectory of Peakirk-cum-Glinton, Northamptonshire, March 27, 1829. In 1830 he was given a canonry at Westminster, and in the same year he published his "Life of Richard Bentley, " a work which was praised in the "Quarterly Review" for November 1831, and in "Blackwood's Magazine" by Professor Wilson.
On July 11, 1830, Monk was consecrated bishop of Gloucester. In 1836 the see was amalgamated with that of Bristol, in accordance with the recommendation of the ecclesiastical commission, of which Monk was an original member. Monk was not a good speaker, and in the House of Lords seldom did more than record his vote in the conservative interest. On religious questions Monk observed "a safe and cautious line, as his easy and open nature probably inclined him. " His favour, however, was generally shown to the high-church rather than to the evangelical party, whose influence at Bristol, Clifton, and elsewhere in the diocese occasionally proved a source of trouble to him. He expressed a qualified approval of the Bristol Church Union, and supported its demand for the revival of convocation. In 1841 he severely censured Isaac Williams's "Tract for the Times" on "Reserve in communicating Religious Knowledge, " and was one of the bishops who in 1848 protested against the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford. Monk gave largely to charities, and for many years devoted part of his income to the augmentation of small livings in his diocese. For some years before his death he suffered from partial blindness, and during the last six months of his life was physically almost prostrate.
James Henry Monk died on June 6, 1856, aged 72, at the Palace, Stapleton, near Bristol.
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James Henry Monk was married to Jane Hughes. By this marriage, he had three daughters and one son.