Francis Atterbury

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United Kingdom, Politician
March 6, 1663February, 22, 1732.

Francis Atterbury was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and banished for communicating with the Old Pretender. He was a noted wit and a gifted preacher.

Also known as Bishop

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