Thomas LathburyThomas Lathbury (1798-1865) was an English cleric recognized as an ecclesiastical historian. Henry Lathbury's son was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire, and received his education at St. Edmund Hall in Oxford. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1824 ad a master's degree in 1827. After taking holy orders, Lathbury was assigned curate of Chatteris in Cambridgeshire. He then served as a curate at Bath, Somerset, and Wootton, Northamptonshire. In 1831, he received the curacy of Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, and in 1838, he was transferred to the Abbey Church in Bath. Bishop James Henry Monk installed him as vicar of St. Simon's, Baptist Mills, Bristol, in 1848. Lathbury was one of the organizers of the church congress convened in Bristol in September 1864. Read More Read Less