Hugh Jermyn
Hugh Willoughby Jermyn (25 August 1820 – 17 September 1903) was an English Anglican bishop who served in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. He was born in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, and educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Ordained in 1845, he started as a curate at Kensington Parish Church, then became the incumbent of St John’s in Forres. He later served as Dean of Moray & Ross and Archdeacon of Saint Kitts, before returning to Britain as Rural Dean of Dunster and then Vicar of Barking.
In 1871 he became the Anglican Bishop of Colombo, the third person to hold that post, and in 1875 he was translated to Brechin in Scotland. In 1886 he became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a role he held until 1901. He died in Dundee in 1903 at the age of 83.
He was married twice, first to Ellen Scudamore in 1844 and later to Sophia Henrietta Ogle in 1879. His parents were George Bitton Jermyn and Catherine Rowland.
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