Oakeley’s fa­ther was Charles Oak­e­ley, gov­ern­or of Ma­dras. Fred­er­ick at­tend­ed Christ Church, Ox­ford, and took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1828. In 1832, he be­came Pre­ben­dary of Lich­field Ca­thed­ral; in 1837, he be­gan preach­ing at White­hall, and at Mar­ga­ret Street Cha­pel, Lon­don, in 1839. In 1845, he switched from the Church of Eng­land to Ro­man Ca­tho­li­cism; he be­came ca­non at West­mins­ter Ca­thed­ral in 1852. For ma­ny years he worked among the poor of West­min­ster. His po­e­try col­lect­ions in­clude Ly­ra Li­tur­gi­ca: Re­flect­ions in Verse for Ho­ly Days and Sea­sons (1865).

• Julian, p. 855

1. In the Lord’s Aton­ing Grief
2. O Come, All Ye Faith­ful