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As part of the University of Durham's foundation, behind which he was the driving force, he gave [[Durham Castle]] to the university, where it became the home of [[University College, Durham|University College]]. [[Auckland Castle]] therefore became the sole residence of the Bishop of Durham. In addition, he donated a large number of buildings on [[Palace Green]], between the Castle and the Cathedral. These are currently in use by various departments of the university (principally law, music and a small portion of the University Library). |
As part of the University of Durham's foundation, behind which he was the driving force, he gave [[Durham Castle]] to the university, where it became the home of [[University College, Durham|University College]]. [[Auckland Castle]] therefore became the sole residence of the Bishop of Durham. In addition, he donated a large number of buildings on [[Palace Green]], between the Castle and the Cathedral. These are currently in use by various departments of the university (principally law, music and a small portion of the University Library). |
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Van Mildert was the last Bishop of Durham with significant temporal powers as a Prince-Bishop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philanthropynortheast.com/the-philanthropists/van-mildert-bishop-william |title=Van Mildert, Bishop William |date=11 July 2017 |publisher=Today |access-date=5 November 2019 |quote=}}</ref> Those secular powers were removed and returned to the Crown after his death in 1836 by the [[Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836]].<ref name="Brickstock"/><ref>{{cite book |date=1836 |title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=eFk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130&dq=bishop+of+durham+++temporal+Powers+by+Palatine++Act+1836&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkhuzH4tPlAhVsdt8KHYYgBBYQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=bishop%20of%20durham%20%20%20temporal%20Powers%20by%20Palatine%20%20Act%201836&f=false |location= |publisher=His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers|page=130}}</ref> |
Van Mildert was the last Bishop of Durham with significant temporal powers as a Palatinate Prince-Bishop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philanthropynortheast.com/the-philanthropists/van-mildert-bishop-william |title=Van Mildert, Bishop William |date=11 July 2017 |publisher=Today |access-date=5 November 2019 |quote=}}</ref> Those secular powers were removed and returned to the Crown after his death in 1836 by the [[Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836]].<ref name="Brickstock"/><ref>{{cite book |date=1836 |title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=eFk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130&dq=bishop+of+durham+++temporal+Powers+by+Palatine++Act+1836&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkhuzH4tPlAhVsdt8KHYYgBBYQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=bishop%20of%20durham%20%20%20temporal%20Powers%20by%20Palatine%20%20Act%201836&f=false |location= |publisher=His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers|page=130}}</ref> |
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William Van Mildert | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
Diocese | Diocese of Durham |
In office | 1826–1836 (death) |
Predecessor | Shute Barrington |
Successor | Edward Maltby |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Llandaff (1819–1826) Dean of St Paul's (1820–1826) |
Personal details | |
Born | Blackman Street, London[1] | 6 November 1765
Died | 21 February 1836 Auckland Castle[1] | (aged 70)
Buried | Durham Cathedral[1] |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Jane Douglas (m.1795)[1] |
Profession | Church of England |
Education | Merchant Taylors' School[1] |
Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford[1] |
William Van Mildert (6 November 1765 – 21 February 1836) was the last palatine or Prince-bishop as Bishop of Durham (1826–1836), and one of the founders of the University of Durham.[2] His name survives in Van Mildert College, founded in 1965 and the Van Mildert Professor of Divinity.
Life
He was the son of Cornelius van Mildert, a gin distiller, and his wife Martha née Hill. Cornelius Van Mildert was the great-grandson of an Amsterdam merchant who migrated to London around 1670, Martha the daughter of William Hill of Vauxhall, Surrey, merchant and financier. William van Mildert was educated at St Saviour's Grammar School, Merchant Taylors' School (then in London) and the Queen's College, Oxford. Loosely attached to the high church party, he was appointed Bishop of Llandaff from 1819 to 1826, a post which he held in commendam with the Deanery of St Paul's between 1820 and 1826, when he was translated to Durham. Prior to this, he had been rector of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow in London and Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, where he gave the Bampton Lectures for 1814. Van Mildert is often described as a 'stormy petrel' on account of his outspoken expression of his views. As Bishop of Llandaff he broke with the practice of his predecessors and actually resided in the diocese. As the bishop's palace had fallen to ruin, he rented Coldbrook House near Abergavenny. During his time in Llandaff, he gained a reputation as "a conscientious diocesan".[1]
As part of the University of Durham's foundation, behind which he was the driving force, he gave Durham Castle to the university, where it became the home of University College. Auckland Castle therefore became the sole residence of the Bishop of Durham. In addition, he donated a large number of buildings on Palace Green, between the Castle and the Cathedral. These are currently in use by various departments of the university (principally law, music and a small portion of the University Library).
Van Mildert was the last Bishop of Durham with significant temporal powers as a Palatinate Prince-Bishop.[3] Those secular powers were removed and returned to the Crown after his death in 1836 by the Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Varley, Elizabeth (2007) [2004]. "Mildert, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28096. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Van Mildert papers". Durham University. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ "Van Mildert, Bishop William". Today. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers. 1836. p. 130.
- 1765 births
- 1836 deaths
- Bishops of Llandaff
- Bishops of Durham
- People associated with Durham University
- Deans of St Paul's
- People educated at St Saviour's Grammar School
- 19th-century Anglican bishops
- Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
- Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Oxford)
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