Bishop of Oxford

After June 1567 Archbishop Hugh Curwen [aged 67] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1632 Bishop John Bancroft [aged 58] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In November 1665 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 49] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1671 Bishop Nathaniel Crew 3rd Baron Crew [aged 37] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1674 Bishop Henry Compton [aged 42] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

John Evelyn's Diary. 28th April 1676. The University of Oxford presented me with the "Marmora Oxoniensia Arundeliana"; the Bishop of Oxford writing to desire that I would introduce Mr. Prideaux, the editor (a young man most learned in antiquities) to the Duke of Norfolk [aged 49], to present another dedicated to his Grace, which I did, and we dined with the Duke at Arundel House [Map], and supped at the Bishop of Rochester's [aged 51] with Isaac Vossius [aged 58].

In 1686 Bishop Samuel Parker [aged 46] was appointed Bishop of Oxford by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 52].

In 1699 Bishop William Talbot [aged 41] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1816 Bishop Edward Legge [aged 60] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1829 Bishop Richard Bagot [aged 46] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

On 17th October 1911 Bishop Charles Gore [aged 58] was elected Bishop of Oxford.