Francis Atterbury
British bishop
Died when: 68 years 353 days (827 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Francis Atterbury (6 March 1663 – 22 February 1732) 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 in the Atterbury Plot.
He was a noted wit and a gifted preacher.
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