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Thomas Musgrave (30 March 1788 – 4 May 1860) was
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from 1847 to 1860.


Life

Musgrave was the son of William Peet Musgrave (b.1756), a wealthy tailor and woollen-draper of
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, and Sarah his wife. He was born in Slaughter House Lane on 30 March 1788, and baptised at the parish church of Great St. Mary's on 25 April. He and his two brothers - the elder of whom, Charles Musgrave, became eventually archdeacon of
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- were educated at
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, then at the zenith of its reputation under Dr Tate. In 1804 he was admitted as a pensioner of
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, and in 1807 was elected scholar. In 1810 he graduated B.A. as fourteenth wrangler, when
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was senior wrangler, and Thomas Shaw Brandreth second. In 1811, he was members' prizeman and in 1813 he took his M.A.. Musgrave was elected junior fellow in 1812, and senior fellow in 1832. In 1821, though his knowledge of eastern tongues was by no means profound, he was appointed Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic. He was Senior Proctor in 1831. He took holy orders, and filled in succession the college livings of
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(1823), St. Mary's, Cambridge (1825–1833), and
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(1837). He became senior bursar of his college in 1825, and during a long tenure of the office, only resigning it when he left Cambridge in 1837, his sound judgment and practical knowledge of business proved of great service. He was also an active and judicious county magistrate. In politics, he was a decided liberal, but "without any admixture of party spirit". He was a warm advocate for the relaxation of all religious tests on admission to university degrees. The petition which in March 1834 was presented to both Houses of Parliament with that object, lay at his rooms for signature. In May 1834, the pressure put upon
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, afterwards Bishop of St. David's, by the Master, Dr.
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, which led Thirlwall to resign his tutorship, excited Musgrave's indignation. He and Sedgwick drew up a paper addressed to the Master, which was signed by George Peacock, afterwards
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, Romilly, and others, calling upon him to summon a meeting of the seniority to take the matter into consideration. Musgrave's university distinction and liberal politics marked him out for preferment from the Whig government. His first senior
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appointment was when he was installed
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on 13 or 14 May 1837. Three months later, he was nominated Bishop of Hereford by
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on 5 August and
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on 1 October 1837, by
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at
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. At Hereford, he revived the office of rural dean, and was instrumental in setting up the Diocesan Church Building Society. On the death of Archbishop Edward Harcourt in 1847, he was
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to the archbishopric of York on 10 December 1847., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 283. His enthronement took place in York Minster on 15 January 1848. Musgrave died on 4 May 1860, aged 72. He is buried at
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, London. A memorial to Musgrave was erected in York Minster in 1855 sculpted by
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.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.275


Family

On 12 December 1839, he married Hon. Catherine Cavendish, daughter of
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and Juliana Cooper.Obituary in ''
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'', vol. 208, James Henry and James Parker, London 1860


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