George Harbin
Encyclopedia
George Harbin was an English clergyman, a nonjuror
and significant political writer.
, in 1686, took holy orders, and became chaplain to Francis Turner
, Bishop of Ely
. At the Glorious Revolution
he followed Turner by refusing to take the oaths to the new rulers.
After Turner's death he became chaplain and librarian to Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth. He was an intimate friend of Bishop Thomas Ken
.
Harbin also wrote an epitaph on Sir Isaac Newton, and assisted Michael Maittaire in his 'Commentary on the Oxford Marbles ' (1732). Letters written by Harbin to Arthur Charlett
on literary subjects have been preserved in the Bodleian Library
.
Nonjuring schism
The nonjuring schism was a split in the Church of England in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, over whether William of Orange and his wife Mary could legally be recognised as King and Queen of England....
and significant political writer.
Life
He graduated B.A. at Emmanuel College, CambridgeEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
, in 1686, took holy orders, and became chaplain to Francis Turner
Francis Turner (bishop)
Francis Turner D.D. was Bishop of Ely, one of the seven bishops who petitioned against the Declaration of Indulgence and one of the nine bishops who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III.-Family and education:...
, Bishop of Ely
Bishop of Ely
The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...
. At the Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...
he followed Turner by refusing to take the oaths to the new rulers.
After Turner's death he became chaplain and librarian to Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth. He was an intimate friend of Bishop Thomas Ken
Thomas Ken
Thomas Ken was an English cleric who was considered the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of modern English hymnology.-Early life:...
.
Works
Harbin was the author of the following works:- 'The English Constitution fully stated, with some Animadversions on Mr. Higden's Mistakes about it. In a Letter to a Friend,' London, 1710.
- 'The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted: The History of the Succession since the Conquest Clear'd: And the True English Constitution Vindicated from the Misrepresentations of Dr. Higden's "View and Defence,"' &c., London, 1713. This work was wrongly attributed to Hilkiah BedfordHilkiah BedfordHilkiah Bedford was an English clergyman, a nonjuror and writer, imprisoned as the author of a book really by George Harbin.-Life:He was born in Hosier Lane, near West Smithfield, London, where his father was a mathematical instrument maker...
, who was fined and imprisoned for three years as its author.
Harbin also wrote an epitaph on Sir Isaac Newton, and assisted Michael Maittaire in his 'Commentary on the Oxford Marbles ' (1732). Letters written by Harbin to Arthur Charlett
Arthur Charlett
Dr Arthur Charlett was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford for thirty years until his death in 1722...
on literary subjects have been preserved in the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
.