Percy Jocelyn

(1764-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jocelyn, Percy, 1764-1843 NRA: Jocelyn Percy (1764-1843) Bishop of Clogher DNB: Jocelyn, Percy (1764-1843), bishop of Clogher LBT ID: PeJocel1843 VIAF ID: 19091892 LOC ID: n2005056362	B/BAP: 1764-11-29 DIED: 1843-09-03
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The Bishop of Clogher, in 1822 deprived of his see by an ecclesiastical court after being caught in a homosexual act. He was the uncle of Byron's Harrow schoolmate Robert Jocelyn.
REFERENCES TO Percy Jocelyn: Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 8 August 1822 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 6 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1822 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 2: ¶ 47 ¶ 48