Francis Atterbury


Francis Atterbury
Bishop of Rochester
Francis Atterbury by Godfrey Kneller
DioceseDiocese of Rochester
In office1713–1723
PredecessorThomas Sprat
SuccessorSamuel Bradford
Orders
Ordination1687
Consecration1713
Personal details
Born(1663-03-06)6 March 1663
Died22 February 1732(1732-02-22) (aged 68)
Paris, France
BuriedWestminster Abbey
DenominationChurch of England
EducationWestminster School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

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.