John Medley
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Right Reverend John Medley |
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| Bishop of Fredericton | |
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Portrait of Bishop Medley in 1848 by John Bridges
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| Province | Canada |
| Diocese | Fredericton |
| In office | 1845–1892 |
| Successor | Tully Kingdon |
| Other posts | Metropolitan Bishop of Canada 1879—1892 |
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| Ordination | 1829 |
| Consecration | 4 May 1845 by William Howley |
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18 December 1804 London, England |
| Died | 9 September 1892 (aged 87) Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Buried | Fredericton |
| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
John Medley, (19 December 1804 – 9 September 1892), was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada.
John Medley was born in Grosvenor Place, London. His father, George Medley, died when John was very young. His widowed mother wanted him to become a clergyman and had him educated accordingly. He began learning Latin at the age of six, Greek at ten, and Hebrew at twelve years old, and attended schools in Bristol, Bewdley and Chobham before entering Wadham College, Oxford in 1823. He graduated with honours from Wadham College in 1826.
On 10 July 1826 John Medley married Christiana Bacon, a daughter of the sculptor John Bacon. They had five sons and two daughters. The second son, Thomas, died in 1839. Christiana Medley herself died of tuberculosis in 1841. At that time the youngest child, also named Christiana, was only one year old. The elder daughter, Emma, died of scarlet fever in 1843. In 1844 John Medley's mother, who had moved into the vicarage and was caring for the children, was killed in a carriage accident in which he also was seriously injured.
The five remaining children went with Bishop Medley to Fredericton in 1845. His daughter Christiana married Henry John Lancashire of the 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot in May 1864. One of his sons, Spencer Medley, became an officer in the Royal Navy before settling in New Zealand. His three other sons became clergymen. John Bacon Medley and Edward S. Medley both returned to serve in parishes in England, while Charles S. Medley remained in New Brunswick, where he was rector of the parishes of Sussex and Studholm.
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