George Lavington
Religious Leader
1684 – 1762
Who was George Lavington?
George Lavington was a Bishop of Exeter from 1746 to 1762.
Born in Mildenhall, Wiltshire, he was educated at New College, Oxford and later appointed Chaplain to King George I. He served as a Prebendary at Worcester Cathedral. Later, he served as Weldland Prebendary at St Paul's Cathedral, London. On 8 February 1746, he was consecrated Bishop of Exeter at Lambeth Palace, which post he held until death.
He was an ardent opponent of Methodism. On being appointed bishop of Exeter, which included Cornwall, one of his first acts was to close the pulpits of North Cornwall to Methodists. He also produced a stream of letters and pamphlets attacking Methodism and John Wesley. One of these pamphlets contained an accusation against John Wesley concerning his conduct with women, and in particular that he had made indecent advances to the maid of a Mrs Morgan at Mitchell in Cornwall. When Wesley investigated he found that Mrs Morgan was merely a gossip, and that Lavington had never troubled to verify the truth of the statements. Lavington also attacked George Whitfield, although their relations were better and Lavington once came with his clergy to hear Whitfield preach.
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- Born
- Jan 18, 1684
Mildenhall - Religion
- Church of England
- Education
- New College, Oxford
- Died
- Sep 13, 1762
Exeter
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on July 23, 2013
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