1701, and in 1704 appointed Master of the Temple in succession to his father, a post he held with great popularity till 1753, and in which he obtained a great reputation as a preacher. He became Dean of Chichester in 1715, Bishop of Bangor 1727, of Salisbury 1734, of London 1748. He died 18 July, 1761.
He was the author of numerous writings and pamphlets, amongst which the best remembered are his Discourses of the Temple Church (1754—8), and his Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus (1729).
Admitted 23 November, 1693.
Second son of Rev. William Shippen, S.T.P., of Stockport. He was educated at Stockport, Westminster, and Cambridge, where he graduated in 1694. He was called to the Bar 19 May, 1699. He entered Parliament in the Tory interest, and commenced his career by publishing two Satires on the Whigs, entitled Faction Displayed and Moderation Displayed (1708). In Parliament he was exceedingly outspoken in his criticism, and in 1718 was sent to the Tower for commenting on the King's Speech. On his release at the close of the Session he became the recognised leader of the Jacobite Party in the House. His probity and incorruptibility gained him the title of "Honest Shippen," and he is regarded as the pioneer of constitutional parliamentary Opposition. He died in London 1 May, 1743.
Admitted 5 June, 1817.
Third son of Charles Short of the Middle Temple. He was educated at Westminster School and Oxford, where he took a First Class in Classics in 1823. He was ordained deacon in 1826 and priest in 1827. He became tutor and lecturer at Christ Church in 1829, and in 1835 rector of Ravensthorpe, Northants. He was of Tractarian views, and wrote a Defence of Tract XC. He was Bampton Lecturer at Oxford in 1846, his subject being "The Witness of the Spirit," On the founding of the See of Adelaide in 1847, he was offered the bishopric, to which he was consecrated 16 June, being created D.D. at the same time. He administered his see with great success till his resignation in 1881. He died in London 5 Oct. 1883. He published a volume of Sermons in 1838 and his Bampton Lectures in 1846.
Admitted 9 September, 1676.
Third son of William Shower, merchant, of Exeter, where he was born on 14 Dec. 1658. He was called to the Bar 21 May, 1680, and to the Bench of the Inn 25 May, 1688, served the office of Reader in 1691, and in 1699 was Treasurer. As a pleader he distinguished himself both before the House of Commons and at the Bar, and for some time held the office of Recorder of the City of London. He died in 1701.
Sir Bartholomew Shower is known as the author of the following treatises and reports: Magistracy and Government of England Vindicated [published anonymously] (1689); Letter … concerning the Rights of Convocation (1697); Reports of Cases … in the Court of King's Bench in the reign of William III., folio (1708) [republished in 2 vols. 8vo, by Thomas Leach in 1794]; Compleat English Copyholder (1735); Cases in Parliament Resolved and Adjudged upon Petitions arid Writs of Error, folio (1698).
