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Thomas Vowler Short

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The Right Reverend Thomas Vowler Short
Bishop of St Asaph

Diocese	Diocese of St Asaph
In office	1846–1870
Predecessor	William Carey
Successor	Joshua Hughes
Other post(s)	Bishop of Sodor and Man (1841–1846)
Personal details
Born	(1790-09-16)16 September 1790 Dawlish, Devon
Died	13 April 1872(1872-04-13) (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Mary Davies (m.1833)
Profession	Clergyman, academic
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Thomas Vowler Short (16 September 1790 – 13 April 1872) was an English academic and clergyman, successively Bishop of Sodor and Man and Bishop of St Asaph.

Life

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He was the eldest son of William Short, Archdeacon of Cornwall, with Elizabeth Hodgkinson, and was born at Dawlish, Devon, where his father was then curate. After spending a year at Exeter grammar school Short was sent to Westminster School in 1803. He went with a studentship to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1809. He took a first class in classics and in mathematics in 1812, and in the following year was ordained deacon by the bishop of Oxford. He graduated B.A. 1813, M.A. 1815, B.D. 1824, D.D. 1837. He married Mary Conybeare in 1833.^[1]

In 1814 Short became perpetual curate of Drayton, Oxfordshire, but he resigned this post to concentrate on a college tutorship. Circumstances, however, led him to become in 1816 the incumbent of Cowley, Oxfordshire; in 1823 of Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon; and in 1826 of Kingsworthy, Hampshire. In 1821 he was Whitehall preacher. At Christ Church he became successively tutor and censor (1816–29), librarian (1823), catechist and Busby lecturer (1825), and in 1823 he served as proctor. He worked to improve the examination system at Oxford, but the changes he sought were not effected until after he had ceased to reside.

Though Short left Christ Church before the Oxford Movement really began, he was intimate with most of its leaders. Edward Pusey, a favourite pupil, acknowledged his influence, with affection and respect. Short examined John Henry Newman for his degree, and John Keble was among his close friends.

In 1829 Short went to reside at Kingsworthy, but in 1831 he accepted an offer from Lord Chancellor Brougham of the rectory of St George's, Bloomsbury. He married, in 1833, Mary (Davies), widow of John Conybeare. In 1837 he was appointed deputy clerk of the closet to Queen Victoria, and four years later bishop of Sodor and Man. During an episcopate of five years Short mainly resided in the diocese, visiting the parishes and promoting the education of candidates for holy orders. In 1846 he was translated, on Lord John Russell's recommendation, to the see of St. Asaph. Here he for many years gave half of his episcopal income towards the needs of the diocese. Short resigned the see in 1870.

On the 13 April 1872, Short died at the Gresford Vicarage.^[2] All Saints Primary School, Gresford, was built in his memory.^[3]

Works

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In addition to tracts and single sermons, Short published:

'Letters to an Aged Mother' (anon.), London, 1811.
'Twenty Sermons on the Fundamental Truths of Christianity,' Oxford, 1829
'Sketch of the History of the Church of England,' Oxford, 1832
'Sadoc and Miriam' (anon.), London, 1832

References

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^ Havard, William Thomas. "SHORT, THOMAS VOWLER (1790 - 1872), bishop of S. Asaph". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "DEATH OF THE EX-BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH.|1872-04-19|The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ "Opening of the new school Gresford, Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. 17 October 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Short, Thomas Vowler". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Pepys	Bishop of Sodor and Man 1841–1846	Succeeded by Walter Shirley
Preceded by William Carey	Bishop of St Asaph 1846–1870	Succeeded by Joshua Hughes

Bishops of Sodor and Man

Precursor titles

Bishops of Mann	Germanus Conindrius Romulus Machutus Conanus Contentus Baldus Malchus Torkinus Brendanus Roolwer William Hamond
Bishops of Mann and The Isles	Wimund Nicholas John (I) Gamaliel Reginald (I) Christian Michael Nicholas Reginald (II) Nicholas de Meaux John (II) Simon Laurence Richard Gilbert Mark Alan Gilbert Maclelan Bernard of Kilwinning Cormac Cormacii Thomas de Rossy William Russell

Bishops of Sodor and Man

Pre-Reformation

Post-Reformation

Thomas Stanley
Henry Man
Thomas Stanley
John Salisbury
John Meyrick
George Lloyd
John Phillips
William Forster
Richard Parr
Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
Samuel Rutter
Isaac Barrow
Henry Bridgeman
John Lake
Baptist Levinz
Thomas Wilson
Mark Hiddesley
Richard Richmond
George Mason
Claudius Crigan
George Murray
William Ward
James Bowstead
Henry Pepys
Thomas Vowler Short
Walter Shirley
Robert Eden
Horatio Powys
Rowley Hill
John Bardsley
Norman Straton
Thomas Drury
Denton Thompson
Charles Thornton-Duesbury
William Stanton Jones
John Taylor
Benjamin Pollard
Eric Gordon
Vernon Nicholls
Arthur Attwell
Noël Jones
Graeme Knowles
Robert Paterson
Richard Blackburn (acting)
Peter Eagles
Mark Davies (Bishop of Middleton) (acting)
Tricia Hillas

v t e Bishops of St Asaph
Early & High Medieval	Saint Kentigern/Mungo Saint Asaph Tysilio Renchidus Cebur Melanus Gilbert Geoffrey of Monmouth Richard Godfrey Adam of Balsham John (I) Reiner Abraham Hugh Hywel ab Ednyfed Einion (I) John (II) Einion (II)
Late Medieval	Llywelyn de Bromfield Dafydd ap Bleddyn John Trevor (I) Llywelyn ap Madog William Spridlington Lawrence Child Alexander Bache John Trevor (II) Robert Lancaster John Low Reginald Pecock Thomas Bird (alias Knight) Richard Redman Michael Deacon
Early modern	Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Iorwerth Dafydd ab Owain Edmund Birkhead Henry Standish William Barlow Robert Parfew/Warton Thomas Goldwell Richard Davies Thomas Davies William Hughes William Morgan Richard Parry John Hanmer John Owen Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) George Griffith Henry Glemham Isaac Barrow William Lloyd Edward Jones George Hooper William Beveridge William Fleetwood John Wynne Francis Hare Thomas Tanner Isaac Maddox John Thomas Samuel Lisle The Hon Robert Hay Drummond Richard Newcome Jonathan Shipley Samuel Hallifax Lewis Bagot Samuel Horsley William Cleaver John Luxmoore William Carey Thomas Vowler Short Joshua Hughes A. G. Edwards
Church in Wales	A. G. Edwards (Archbishop of Wales) William Havard David Bartlett Harold Charles Alwyn Rice Jones (Archbishop of Wales) John Davies Gregory Cameron

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