Arthur Tatham (1808–1874) was a member of the
Shoreham Ancients, a group of followers of
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...
. He served as a Church of England priest for more than 40 years.
The second son of
Charles Heathcote Tatham
Charles Heathcote Tatham (8 February 1772 in Westminster, London – 10 April 1842 in London), was an English architect of the early nineteenth century.
Early life
He was born in Duke Street, Westminster, the youngest of five sons of Ralph Tath ...
, an architect.
Tatham and his brother
Frederick Tatham
Frederick Tatham (31 July 1805 – 29 July 1878) was an English artist who was a member of the ancients (art group), Shoreham Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake.
The son of Charles Heathcote Tatham, an architect, Tatham and his br ...
and his sister Julia were all associated with the
Ancients (art group).
His sister Julia married another member,
George Richmond, the father of
William Blake Richmond
Sir William Blake Richmond (29 November 184211 February 1921) was a British painter, sculptor and a designer of stained glass and mosaic. He is best known for his portrait work and decorative mosaics in St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Richmon ...
.
He was for over forty years rector of
Broadoak and
Boconnoc
Boconnoc () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately east of the town of Lostwithiel. According to the UK census 2011, 2011 census the parish had a population of 96.
The parish is rural ...
, Cornwall, (1832-74) and
prebendary
A prebendary is a member of the Catholic Church, Catholic or Anglicanism , Anglican clergy, a form of canon (priest) , canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in part ...
of
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The presen ...
from 1860. He wrote two pamphlets, one them being "A Cornish Bishopric: a statement of facts" (1859), part of the campaign for a modern Bishop of Cornwall (he was in favour of Bodmin as the seat of the bishop). This proposal was dismissed by the government in 1860,
[Brown, H. Miles (1976) ''A Century for Cornwall''. Truro: Blackford; pp. 17, 18 & 19]
Footnotes
External links
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'': On Tatham's familyTatham's History at Saxon Lodge
1808 births
1874 deaths
19th-century English Anglican priests
Clergy from Cornwall
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