White Kennett, bishop of Peterborough

(1660-1728)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Kennett, White, 1660-1728 NRA: Kennett White (1660-1728) Bishop of Peterborough historian philologist DNB: Kennett, White (1660–1728), historian and bishop of Peterborough LBT ID: WhKenne1728 VIAF ID: 27095804 LOC ID: n82207871	B/BAP: 1660-08-10 DIED: 1728-12-19
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Oxford, he was a supporter of the Revolution and author of Compleat History of England (1706); he was made bishop of Peterborough in 1718.
REFERENCES TO White Kennett, bishop of Peterborough: Robert Southey to John Rickman, 28 January 1820 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXV. 1820-1821