Henry Majendie

Henry William Majendie (1754–1830) was an English Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Bangor.

Life

His grandfather André de Majendie was a Huguenot in exile who settled at Exeter. His father John James Majendie was a canon of Windsor and was connected to the court, being an English tutor to Queen Charlotte of England, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

He was educated at Charterhouse and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1776; though he did not have an honours degree, he was made fellow in the same year, in the vacancy caused by the departure of William Paley. One historian, noting his mediocre academic record, thought that his subsequent honours "came rather too easily to him".^[2]

In 1779 George III arranged for Majendie to teach and supervise Prince William aboard HMS Prince George; for this position, he formally had the rank of midshipman.^[3] In 1781 he was named preceptor of Prince William. William's biographer states that he liked and respected his tutor, but that Majendie's character was not strong enough to have much influence on his pupil.^[4]

He was ordained priest in 1783, and became vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He was canon of Windsor from 1785 to 1798, becoming vicar of Nether Stowey, Somerset in 1790 and proceeding D.D. in 1791; while in Somerset he befriended Thomas Poole, the supporter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was vicar of Hungerford, Wiltshire from 1793 to 1798, and a canon of St. Paul Cathedral from 1798. He was bishop of Chester from 1800, and then of Bangor, from 1809. He died on 9 July 1830, at the house of his son the Revd Stuart Majendie, at Longdon near Lichfield.

On 11 April 1785, he married Anne Routledge (d. 1836) of Stapleton, Cumberland; they had thirteen children. His son Edward died at Christ Church, Oxford in 1825 from the bursting of a blood vessel from overreading.^[5] A daughter Katherine married Henry Fynes Clinton, MP, and another, Louisa married Sir George Henry Hewett, 2nd Baronet.^[6]^[7] His grandson was Colonel Sir Vivian Dering Majendie KCB, RA, Chief Inspector of Explosives from 1871 to 1898.

References

^ "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ Fulford, Roger Royal Dukes Penguin Reissue 2000 p.103
^ Jeremy Black, The Hanoverians: The History of a Dynasty (2007), p. 173.
^ Ziegler, Philip William IV William Collins 1971 p.40
^ Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9. E.P. Williams. 1864. pp. 97–.
^ "FYNES (afterwards FYNES CLINTON), Henry (1781-1852), of Welwyn House, Herts. and Dean's Yard, Westminster, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ Charles Mosley (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. p. 1896.

External links

"Henry Majendie (MJNY771HW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Dictionary of National Biography
Clerical career

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Cleaver	Bishop of Chester 1800–1809	Succeeded by Bowyer Sparke
Preceded by John Randolph	Bishop of Bangor 1809–1830	Succeeded by Christopher Bethell

[1] "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[2] Fulford, Roger Royal Dukes Penguin Reissue 2000 p.103

[3] Jeremy Black, The Hanoverians: The History of a Dynasty (2007), p. 173.

[4] Ziegler, Philip William IV William Collins 1971 p.40

[5] Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9. E.P. Williams. 1864. pp. 97–.

[6] "FYNES (afterwards FYNES CLINTON), Henry (1781-1852), of Welwyn House, Herts. and Dean's Yard, Westminster, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[Burke's_Peerage_2003-7] Charles Mosley (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. p. 1896.

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v t e Bishops of Bangor
Early & High Medieval	Deiniol Elfodd Mordaf Dyfan Revedun Hervey le Breton David the Scot Meurig Arthur of Bardsey Gwion Rotoland Alan Robert of Shrewsbury Cadwgan of Llandyfai Hywel ap Ednyfed Richard Anian
Late Medieval	Gruffydd ap Iorwerth Einion Sais Matthew de Englefeld Ithel ap Robert Thomas de Ringstead Alexander Dalby Gervase de Castro Hywel ab Goronwy John Gilbert Geoffrey Herdeby John Swaffham Lewis Aber Richard Young Lewis Byford Gruffydd Young Benedict Nichols William Barrow John Clederowe Thomas Cheriton John Stanberry James Blakedon Richard Edenham Henry Deane Thomas Pigot John Penny Thomas Skevington John Capon John Bird
Early modern	Arthur Bulkeley William Glyn Maurice Clenock Rowland Meyrick Nicholas Robinson Hugh Bellot Richard Vaughan Henry Rowlands Lewis Bayly David Dolben Edmund Griffith William Roberts Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) William Roberts Robert Price Robert Morgan Humphrey Lloyd Humphrey Humphreys John Evans Benjamin Hoadly Richard Reynolds William Baker Thomas Sherlock Charles Cecil Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Zachary Pearce John Egerton John Ewer John Moore John Warren William Cleaver John Randolph Henry Majendie Christopher Bethell James Colquhoun Campbell Daniel Lewis Lloyd Watkin Williams
Church in Wales	Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andy John (Archbishop of Wales)