Hugh Jermyn

Hugh Willoughby Jermyn (25 August 1820 – 17 September 1903) was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 19th century^[1] and the very start of the 20th.

The Most Reverend Hugh Jermyn D.D.
Bishop of Brechin Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Brechin
In office	1875–1903
Predecessor	Alexander Forbes
Successor	Walter Robberds
Other post(s)	Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1886–1901)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Colombo (1871-1875)
Orders
Ordination	1845
Consecration	28 October 1871 by Archibald Campbell Tait
Personal details
Born	(1820-08-25)25 August 1820 Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	17 September 1903(1903-09-17) (aged 83) Dundee, Scotland
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	George Bitton & Catherine Rowland
Spouse	Ellen Scudamore (m.1844) Sophia Henrietta Ogle (m.1879)
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Biography

He was born in Swaffham, the son of George Bitton Jermyn, and educated at Westminster and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[2] Ordained in 1845,^[3] his career began as a curate at Kensington Parish Church after which he was incumbent of St John's, Forres.^[4] Following this he was Dean of Moray & Ross^[5] then Archdeacon of Saint Kitts. He returned to Britain in 1858 to be Rural Dean of Dunster before being appointed Vicar of Barking. In 1871 he was elevated to the episcopate as the 3rd Anglican Bishop of Colombo and in 1875 translated to Brechin.^[6] Eleven years later he became Primus of Scotland,^[7] a post he held until 1901. He died on 17 September 1903.^[8]

Archive Services at the University of Dundee hold papers relating to Jermyn's election as Bishop of Brechin.^[9]