Fraser, James, Dd (2)

Fraser, James, D.D.

an Anglican prelate, was born at Prestbury, near Cheltenham, in 1818. He graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1839; in 1840 became a fellow of Oriel College, and acted as tutor there for five years; in 1847 became rector at Cholderton, Wiltshire; in 1860 at Upton Nervet, near Reading; in 1870 bishop of Manchester, and died October 22,1885. He was the author of several reports, charges, and addresses on politico-religious subjects.