Henry Pepys
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Henry Pepys (18 April 1783 – 13 November 1860) was a Church of England Bishop of Worcester.
Pepys was born in Wimpole Street, London, the son of Sir William Weller Pepys (1740/41–1825), a master in chancery, who was descended from John Pepys, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, the great-grandfather of Samuel Pepys the diarist. He was the younger brother of Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1804, and, then, migrated as a fellow to St. John's College, Cambridge proceeding to M.A. 1807, B.D. 1814, and D.D. 1840.
Pepys was rector of Aspenden, Hertfordshire, from 12 June 1818 to 28 April 1827, and held with it the college living of Moreton, Essex, from 16 August 1822 until 1840. On 3 Feb. 1826 he was appointed a prebendary of Wells, and on 31 March 1827 rector of Westmill, Hertfordshire. On 27 January 1840 he was, on the recommendation of Lord Melbourne, elevated to become Bishop of Sodor and Man, was consecrated at Whitehall on 1 March, arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man, on 27 April, was installed at St. Mary's, Castletown, on 8 May. He left the island on 4 May 1841, on his translation to the see of Worcester.
In politics he was a Liberal. In the House of Lords, although he voted in favour of the chief Liberal measures, he only spoke twice on ecclesiastical questions of small importance. Personally he was very popular, and was conscientious in the discharge of his diocesan duties. He was a generous patron of the triennial Three Choirs Festival. He died at Hartlebury Castle, Stourport, Worcestershire, on 13 November 1860.
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