Thomas Grant, bishop of Southwark

(1816-1870)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Grant, Thomas, 1816-1870 NRA: Grant Thomas (1816-1870) Bishop of Southwark DNB: Grant, Thomas (1816–1870), Roman Catholic bishop of Southwark LBT ID: ThGrant1870 VIAF ID: 63701416 LOC ID: no2003074651	B/BAP: 1816-11-25 DIED: 1870-06-01
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in France to Irish parents, he was educated at the English College in Rome where he served as rector (1844) before being appointed bishop of Southwark in 1851.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Grant, bishop of Southwark: John Gibson Lockhart to James Hope-Scott, 7 October 1852 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 22: 1850-53