Edmund Keene
English churchman and academic (1714-1781) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edmund Keene (1714 – 6 July 1781) was an English churchman and academic, who was Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge and later served first as Bishop of Chester, then Bishop of Ely.
Edmund Keene | |
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Bishop of Ely | |
Diocese | Diocese of Ely |
In office | 22 January 1771 – 6 July 1781 (death) |
Predecessor | Matthias Mawson |
Successor | James Yorke |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Chester (1752–1771) Vice-chancellor, University of Cambridge (1749–1750) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1714 (1714) |
Died | 6 July 1781(1781-07-06) (aged 67) Ely Place, London |
Buried | Bishop West's Chapel, Ely Cathedral |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Church of England |
Residence | Ely Palace, London |
Parents | Charles Keene (1674–?) Susan Rolfe (? – 1753) |
Spouse | Mary Andrewes (1725–1776) |
Children | Benjamin (1753–1837) |
Profession | Clergy |
Education | Charterhouse |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Younger brother of the diplomat Benjamin Keene, the family were close friends of Sir Robert Walpole, British Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742. This connection helped him secure a series of lucrative positions in his early career but it was his relationship with Walpole's successor Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle that proved most beneficial.
With Newcastle's support, he was appointed Vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1749, carrying out a number of reforms. In 1752, he became Bishop of Chester, then Bishop of Ely in 1771, his 'great object, the aim and end of his ambition'.[1]