Background
Claughton was born Haydock Lodge in Haydock, then in Lancashire. He was the son of Lancashire Member of Parliament Thomas Claughton and his wife, Maria.
Claughton was born Haydock Lodge in Haydock, then in Lancashire. He was the son of Lancashire Member of Parliament Thomas Claughton and his wife, Maria.
Trinity College; Rugby School.
He was professor of poetry at Oxford University from 1852 to 1857. Bishop of Rochester; and the first Bishop of Street Albans. Educated at The King"s School, Chester and Rugby School, he was admitted in 1826 to Trinity College, Oxford, where he took a first in Literae Humaniores in 1831.
Remaining at Oxford, he held the post of select preacher to the University four times between 1841 and 1868 and from 1852 to 1857 he held the office of Professor of Poetry.
Ordained in 1834, Claughton was assigned no cure until 1841, when he was appointed vicar of Kidderminster. This post he held for 26 years and was widely acclaimed for his work.
In April 1867, Claughton was nominated Bishop of Rochester on the recommendation of Lord Derby, for whose installation as Chancellor of Oxford Claughton had written an ode. In 1877, the Diocese of Street Albans was created.
Essentially land north of the Thames in the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire, previously ministered under Claughton"s see, the Diocese of Rochester, formed the new diocese.
Possibly as he already resided in the newly created Diocese, Claughton chose to become the first Bishop of Street Albans, a post which he held until 1890. Amelia Maria Claughton (1843-1894), who married 1st Augustus Henry Archibald Anson and 2nd George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
Hyacinthe Anne Claughton (1844-1845)
William Claughton (1845-1860)
Review Canon Thomas Legh Claughton (1846-1915), a clergyman who married Henrietta Louisa Horatia Mildmay, granddaughter of Sir Henry Street John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet.
Katharine Susannah Claughton (1848-1934), who married Ronald George Elidor Campbell, son of the 2nd Earl of Cawdor
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Piers Leopold Claughton (1850-1939), a clergyman
Lucy Ellinor Claughton (1852-1939)
Robert Dudley Claughton (1854-1855)
Sir Gilbert Henry Claughton, 1st Baronet. (1856-1921), a businessman and politician
From his enthronement as 98th Bishop of Rochester to his resignation from the bishopric of Street Albans in 1890, Claughton resided at Danbury Palace (near Chelmsford), where he died.
He is buried in Street Albans Cathedral. His widow died at the Priory, Dudley, on 28 May 1902, aged 84.
