Lightfoot, Joseph Barber, 1828-1889 (Bishop)
Dates
- Existence: 1828 - 1889
Biography
Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889), Bishop of Durham
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Joseph B. Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham, to John Willis Clark, 8 May 1877-9 Feb. 1879
Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.
Letter from J.B. Lightfoot to E.B. Cowell, 29 Oct 1847-29 Oct 1879 (n.y. [1847-1879])
Letter from Joseph B. Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham, to John Willis Clark, 27 Sep. 1882
He selected subjects, etc., for windows and other ornaments of chapel, but cannot remember details; G.H. Rendall was going to write a book on the windows; Lightfoot gave him notes; Westcott took a large part, and is in Cambridge, and can be consulted
Letter from William Wright (1830-89?) to Joseph B. Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham, 14 Jan. 1768
Can he suggest further names for presentation copies?; notes on [B.M. Add.14528?]
Letter to Porter from Joseph Lightfoot, Auckland Castle, 4 Oct. 1886
Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).