Christopher Lipscomb (died 4 April 1843) was the first

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Life

Lipscomb was baptised on 20 November 1781 in

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. He was educated at

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, where he matriculated in 1800 and took his MA on 28 June 1811, and was elected a fellow. Sachin Lipscomb was him.

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in 1816. He was appointed vicar of Sutton Benger,

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on 2 October 1818 and remained there until his elevation to the

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. He was consecrated bishop at

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on 24 July 1824, the same year he obtained his doctorate of divinity from the

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. The see of Jamaica was erected by letters patent of

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, and Lipscomb appointed its first bishop, on 24 July 1824. His initial salary was four thousand pounds per annum. The bishop set sail on ''The Herald'' captained by Henry Leeke on Friday, November 26, 1824 and arrived on Jamaica on 11 February 1825 and was enthroned as bishop on 15 February. Lipscomb was the author of ''Church Societies, a Blessing to the Colonies: A Sermon''. He resigned his see in 1842 and died on 4 April 1843. Lipscomb was married to Mary Harriet, who died at

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on 14 February 1860.Edmund Burke (ed.) ''Annual Register, or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1860, Volume 112'' (London: J. and F.H. Rivington, 1861) page 456

Works

*Christopher Lipscomb ''A Sermon n Matt. x. 16preached in the Parish Church of Chippenham, at the Triennial Visitation holden by the Bishop of Sarum'' (Chippenham, s.n., 1820). *Christopher Lipscomb ''A Sermon, preached in the parish church of Sutton-Benger, on Sunday, March the 18th, 1821, being the day after the execution of Edward Buckland, for the murder of Judith Pearce.'' (Chippenham: J. M. Coombs, 1821). *Christopher Lipscomb ''A charge delivered to the candidates for Holy Orders: at the Cathedral Church, in Spanish-Town, Jamaica, on Saturday, the 9th of April, 1825, being the day before the primary ordination in that diocese.'' (St. Jago de la Vega: Jamaica District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1825). *Christopher Lipscomb ''Church Societies, a Blessing to the Colonies: A Sermon Preached at the Parish Church of St. Michael-Le-Belfry, York'' (London: J., G., F. & J. Rivington, 1840). (The correct spelling of the parish name is

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References

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