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Ernest Neville Lovett CBE (16 February 1869 to 8 November 1951) served as the Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England from 1927 to 1936〔''First Bishop Of Portsmouth. Archdeacon Lovett Appointed'', The Times, 25 May 1927; pg. 18; Issue 44590; col C〕 and as the Bishop of Salisbury from 1936 to 1946.〔(National Archives )〕 ==Life== Lovett was born in Torquay on 16 February 1869 and educated at Sherborne School and Christ's College, Cambridge.〔The Times, 12 February 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35125; col B, ''University Intelligence, Cambridge, Feb. 11''.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=LVT888EN&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 )〕 Lovett was ordained in 1892 and served as priest at Clifton, Wymynswold in Kent (now called Womenswold〔(Details of name change )〕), Bishop's Caundle in Dorset and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. He was Rector of Farnham, Surrey from 1908 to 1912.〔“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7〕 In 1909 Lovett produced a historical tableaux describing the history of Farnham since the Roman period which was played in the newly built church house. This representation was developed as the "Farnham Historical Episodes" performed in the Farnham Castle ground in 1910. In 1912 Lovett wrote another historical pageant, ''The passing of the Bailiff: a play of Georgian Farnham: recalling certain incidents there in the year 1793 (circa) and the people who took part therein''.〔"The Passing of the Bailiff Farnham", Lovett, N; Farnham, E.W.; Langham, 1912〕 This was successfully performed and the text published.〔''Farnham Folk Play'', ''The Times'', 12 November 1912; pg. 13; Issue 40054; col F〕 In February 1925 he was appointed Vicar of Portsmouth and in March collated as the first Archdeacon of Portsmouth. When the new diocese of Portsmouth was created on 1 May 1927 he was elevated to be its first bishop. His appointment as Bishop of Portsmouth was recorded in ''The Times'' on 25 May 1927.〔This article (ibid) gives a history of his previous appointments.〕 He was 58 at the time of the appointment. He was enthroned on 4 October 1927. In May 1936, he was appointed the Bishop of Salisbury.〔''The Times'', 18 May 1936〕 He announced in May 1945 that he would resign on 30 April 1946.〔''The Times'', 26 May 1945〕 He died on 8 September 1951. His obituary appeared in ''The Times'' on 10 September 1951. There is a school in Fareham, Hampshire called the Neville Lovett Community School. The website says that "The new school was named after Neville Lovett who became the first bishop of Portsmouth in 1927, the same year in which the diocese was created and the new cathedral consecrated." There is another Bishop Lovett School at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. He married Evelyn Block in 1894. They had five daughters. She died in 1937. In retirement he lived at Meon Lea, Droxford.〔''Farming Festivals (Letters to the Editor) Neville Lovett, Bishop. Meon Lea, Droxford, Hampshire'', The Times, 29 December 1948; pg. 7; Issue 51265; col G〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neville Lovett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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