1843–1901

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Born: Ju­ly 5, 1843, Car­lisle, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 14, 1901, Ful­ham, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: Saint Paul’s Ca­thed­ral, Lon­don, Eng­land.

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Biography

A gra­du­ate of Mer­ton Col­lege, Ox­ford, Creigh­ton was or­dained a dea­con in 1870, and priest in 1873.

He be­came bi­shop of Pe­ter­bo­rough in 1891, and bi­shop of Lon­don in 1897.

In the se­cu­lar world, Creigh­ton is re­mem­bered as the re­ci­pi­ent of the 1887 let­ter from John Eme­rich Ed­ward Dal­berg, Lord Ac­ton, con­tain­ing the fa­mous quote, Pow­er tends to cor­rupt, and ab­so­lute pow­er cor­rupts ab­so­lute­ly.

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