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SHERLOCK, THOMAS (1678-1761) , English divine, the son of William Sherlock (q.v.), was born at London in 1678. He was educated at Eton and at St Catharine's Hall
Cambridge , and in 1704 succeeded his father as master of the Temple, where he was very popular. In 1714 he became master of his old college at Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the university, whose privileges he defended against Richard Bentley. In 1715 he was appointed dean of Chichester. He took a prominent part in the Bangorian controversy against Benjamin Hoadly, whom he succeeded as bishop of Bangor in 1728; he was afterwards translated to Salisbury in 1734, and to London in 1748. Sherlock was a capable administrator
parliament he was of good service to his old schoolfellow Robert Walpole. He published against Anthony Collins's deistic Grounds of the Christian Religion a volume of sermons entitled The Use and Interest
Thomas
Pastoral
Letter (1750) on " the late
A collected edition of his works, with a memoir, in 5 vols. 8vo, by J. S. Hughes, appeared in 183o. End of Article: SHERLOCK, THOMAS (1678-1761) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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