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''' Hubert Murray Burge''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCVO}} (9 August 1862 – 11 June 1925) was an [[Anglican]] priest, headmaster of [[Winchester College]], [[Anglican Bishop of Southwark|Bishop of Southwark]] and [[Bishop of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/bishops/list.htm |title=Bishops of Oxford |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224120409/http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/bishops/list.htm |archive-date=2009-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''' Hubert Murray Burge''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCVO}} (9 August 1862 – 11 June 1925) was an [[Anglican]] [[clergy]]man, headmaster of [[Winchester College]], [[Anglican Bishop of Southwark|Bishop of Southwark]], and [[Bishop of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/bishops/list.htm |title=Bishops of Oxford |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224120409/http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/bishops/list.htm |archive-date=2009-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
He was the son of the Rev. Milward Rodon Burge, son of [[William Burge]], and his wife Mary Louisa Raffaella, daughter of Matthew Guerrin Price of [[Guernsey]], and sister of [[Edward Henry Price]]; he was born in [[Meerut]].<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=32178|first=Matthew|last=Grimley|title=Burge, Hubert Murray (1862–1925)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Married |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18510103/067/0004 |work=Coventry Standard |date=3 January 1851|page=4}}</ref> He was educated at [[Bedford School]] and [[Marlborough College]].<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Burge, Rt Rev. Hubert Murray|id=U194152}}</ref> He matriculated at [[University College, Oxford]] in 1882, graduating B.A. in 1886.<ref>{{alox2|title=Burge, Hubert Murray}}</ref><ref>''University Intelligence. Oxford'' [[The Times]] Friday, Oct 22, 1886; pg. 5; Issue 31897; col C</ref>
Burge was born on in 1862<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p11991.htm#i119910 "Reverend Hubert Murray Burge"], ''The Peerage'', 4 September 2011</ref> and educated at [[Bedford School]], [[Marlborough College|Marlborough]]<ref>"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> and [[University College, Oxford]].<ref>''University Intelligence. Oxford'' [[The Times]] Friday, Oct 22, 1886; pg. 5; Issue 31897; col C</ref> His first post after graduation was as a [[teacher|Schoolmaster]] at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] after which he was [[Fellow]] and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of his [[University College, Oxford|old college]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] (BD) in March 1902, and at the same time received a [[Doctorate of Divinity]] (DD).<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University intelligence |day_of_week=Monday |date=24 March 1902 |page_number=7 |issue=36723| }}</ref>


Burge's first post after graduation was as a [[schoolmaster]] at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] after which he was [[Fellow]] and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of his [[University College, Oxford|old college]]. In March 1902 he graduated as a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] (BD) and at the same time was given a [[Doctor of Divinity|Doctorate of Divinity]] (DD).<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=24 March 1902 |page=7 |issue=36723}}</ref>
He was [[Headmaster]] of [[Repton School|Repton]] from 1900 to 1901 and then of [[Winchester College|Winchester]] from 1901 to 1911,<ref>[http://www.winchestercollege.co.uk/UserFiles/File/headmasters(1).pdf List of Headmasters]</ref> before his elevation to the [[Episcopate]] as [[Anglican Bishop of Southwark|Bishop of Southwark]] in 1911.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=074-ds_4&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives]</ref> [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[Bishop of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1919,<ref>[[The Times]], Saturday, Jul 19, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42156; col C The Times, Saturday, Jul 19, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42156; col C''Ecclesiastical intelligence''</ref>''ex officio'' [[Chancellor of the Order of the Garter]] and appointed [[Clerk of the Closet]], he was later also a [[Prelate|Sub-Prelate]] of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Order of St John of Jerusalem]] and [[Chancellor]] of the [[Most Noble Order of the Garter]].

Burge was [[Headmaster]] of [[Repton School]] from 1900 to 1901<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=1134| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> and then of [[Winchester College|Winchester]] from 1901 to 1911,<ref>[http://www.winchestercollege.co.uk/UserFiles/File/headmasters(1).pdf List of Headmasters]</ref> before his elevation to the [[episcopate]] as [[Anglican Bishop of Southwark|Bishop of Southwark]] in 1911.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=074-ds_4&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives]</ref> It was a surprise appointment because Burge had had no parochial experience and his health was fragile, and the Southwark diocese was regarded as very demanding for a diocesan Bishop.<ref>The Times obituary, 11.6.1925</ref>

During the [[First World War]], Burge emphasised the importance of Christian principles underpinning British involvement. ‘The thing for which England is to stand to her children and before the bar of history is not simply political liberty and justice and constitutional government and international conscience, but the ‘Mind of Christ’ informing the life of her people, and giving political and moral ideals their true sanction. For that Force in the world, we are to stand or not stand at all’.<ref>Southwark Diocesan Chronicle, December, 1914</ref>

In 1917, he wrote ‘We shall not do much to promote the Great Cause of lofty principles and high ideals in the struggle with materialism, if in any way we encourage the belief that making shells or growing potatoes is national service while the ministrations of the Church and promoting moral welfare are not’.<ref>Southwark Diocesan Chronicle, March, 1917</ref>

[[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[Bishop of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1919,<ref>[[The Times]], Saturday, Jul 19, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42156; col C The Times, Saturday, Jul 19, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42156; col C''Ecclesiastical intelligence''</ref>''ex officio'' [[Chancellor of the Order of the Garter]] and appointed [[Clerk of the Closet]], he was later also a [[Prelate|Sub-Prelate]] of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Order of St John of Jerusalem]] and [[Chancellor]] of the [[Most Noble Order of the Garter]].


He was a keen cricketer.<ref>"The Wisden Book of Cricketers’ Lives" Green,B: London Queen Anne’s Press {{ISBN|0-356-10640-3}}</ref>
He was a keen cricketer.<ref>"The Wisden Book of Cricketers’ Lives" Green,B: London Queen Anne’s Press {{ISBN|0-356-10640-3}}</ref>


Burge was made a Knight Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[1925 Birthday Honours]], days before he died in office on 11 June 1925.<ref>[[The Times]], Thursday, Jun 11, 1925; pg. 16; Issue 43985; col B ''The Bishop Of Oxford. Wisdom And Sympathy''</ref>
Burge was made a Knight Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[1925 Birthday Honours]], days before he died in office on 11 June 1925.<ref>[[The Times]], Thursday, Jun 11, 1925; pg. 16; Issue 43985; col B ''The Bishop Of Oxford. Wisdom And Sympathy''</ref>

==Family==
Burge married in 1898 Evelyn Isabel Franck Bright, daughter of [[James Franck Bright]]. He was survived by a son and a daughter of the marriage.<ref name="ODNB"/>


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Hubert Burge by George Harcourt
Caricature by Spy in Vanity Fair

Hubert Murray Burge KCVO (9 August 1862 – 11 June 1925) was an Anglican clergyman, headmaster of Winchester College, Bishop of Southwark, and Bishop of Oxford.[1]

Life[edit]

He was the son of the Rev. Milward Rodon Burge, son of William Burge, and his wife Mary Louisa Raffaella, daughter of Matthew Guerrin Price of Guernsey, and sister of Edward Henry Price; he was born in Meerut.[2][3] He was educated at Bedford School and Marlborough College.[4] He matriculated at University College, Oxford in 1882, graduating B.A. in 1886.[5][6]

Burge's first post after graduation was as a schoolmaster at Wellington College after which he was Fellow and Dean of his old college. In March 1902 he graduated as a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) and at the same time was given a Doctorate of Divinity (DD).[7]

Burge was Headmaster of Repton School from 1900 to 1901[8] and then of Winchester from 1901 to 1911,[9] before his elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of Southwark in 1911.[10] It was a surprise appointment because Burge had had no parochial experience and his health was fragile, and the Southwark diocese was regarded as very demanding for a diocesan Bishop.[11]

During the First World War, Burge emphasised the importance of Christian principles underpinning British involvement. ‘The thing for which England is to stand to her children and before the bar of history is not simply political liberty and justice and constitutional government and international conscience, but the ‘Mind of Christ’ informing the life of her people, and giving political and moral ideals their true sanction. For that Force in the world, we are to stand or not stand at all’.[12]

In 1917, he wrote ‘We shall not do much to promote the Great Cause of lofty principles and high ideals in the struggle with materialism, if in any way we encourage the belief that making shells or growing potatoes is national service while the ministrations of the Church and promoting moral welfare are not’.[13]

Translated to Oxford in 1919,[14]ex officio Chancellor of the Order of the Garter and appointed Clerk of the Closet, he was later also a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Chancellor of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

He was a keen cricketer.[15]

Burge was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1925 Birthday Honours, days before he died in office on 11 June 1925.[16]

Family[edit]

Burge married in 1898 Evelyn Isabel Franck Bright, daughter of James Franck Bright. He was survived by a son and a daughter of the marriage.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Bishops of Oxford". Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b Grimley, Matthew. "Burge, Hubert Murray (1862–1925)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32178. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Married". Coventry Standard. 3 January 1851. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Burge, Rt Rev. Hubert Murray". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Burge, Hubert Murray" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ University Intelligence. Oxford The Times Friday, Oct 22, 1886; pg. 5; Issue 31897; col C
  7. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36723. London. 24 March 1902. p. 7.
  8. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1134.
  9. ^ List of Headmasters
  10. ^ National Archives
  11. ^ The Times obituary, 11.6.1925
  12. ^ Southwark Diocesan Chronicle, December, 1914
  13. ^ Southwark Diocesan Chronicle, March, 1917
  14. ^ The Times, Saturday, Jul 19, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42156; col C The Times, Saturday, Jul 19, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42156; col CEcclesiastical intelligence
  15. ^ "The Wisden Book of Cricketers’ Lives" Green,B: London Queen Anne’s Press ISBN 0-356-10640-3
  16. ^ The Times, Thursday, Jun 11, 1925; pg. 16; Issue 43985; col B The Bishop Of Oxford. Wisdom And Sympathy
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Southwark
1911–1919
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Oxford
1919–1925
Succeeded by
Preceded by Clerk of the Closet
1919–1925
Academic offices
Preceded by Headmaster of Repton School
1900–1901
Succeeded by
Preceded by Headmaster of Winchester College
1901–1911
Succeeded by
Montague Rendall