John Kaye

Kaye was educated at Charles Burney’s school in Hammersmith then went to Christ’s College, Cambridge studying under Richard Porson and developing a close friendship with C.J. Blomfield and J.H. Monk. He graduated with a BA in 1804 as well as senior wrangler, a senior chancellor’s medallist, the second Smith’s prize and elected to a Christ’s fellowship. From 1815-16 he was the vice-chancellor of Cambridge, reinstating regius professor’s public lectures. In 1820 Lord Liverpool made Kaye bishop of Bristol, also being consecrated at Lambeth in July of the same year. Kaye was President of the Philosophical Society in 1827 as well as fellow of the Royal Society in 1848. He was for the abolition of slavery framing his opposition through a religious lens. In 1827 he was translated to diocese of Lincoln forging close connections with his archdeacons Henry Bayley of Stow and Charles Goddard of Lincoln. Kaye was vehemently against Catholic emancipation.