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{{Short description|Archbishop of Canterbury from 1747 to 1757}}
{{for|the American politician|Thomas H. Herring}}
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| name = Thomas Herring
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| caption = Portrait by [[William Hogarth]]
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| church = [[Church of England]]
| diocese = [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
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| predecessor = [[John Potter (bishop)|John Potter]]
| successor = [[Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury)|Matthew Hutton]]
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| consecration = 15 January 1738
| consecrated_by = [[John Potter (bishop)|John Potter]]
| previous_post = [[Bishop of Bangor]] <small>''(1737–1743)''</small><br />[[Archbishop of York]] <small>''(1743–1747)''</small>
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| birth_date = 1693
| birth_place = [[Walsoken]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]]
| death_date = 23 March 1757 (aged 63-64)
| death_place = [[Croydon]], [[London]], [[England]]
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| nationality = [[English people|English]]
| religion = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
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| parents = John Herring & Martha Potts
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| alma_mater = [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]
| signature = Thomas Herring Signature.svg
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'''Thomas Herring'''
==Early life and education==
He was the son of John Herring, rector of [[Walsoken]] in Norfolk, who had previously been vicar of [[Foxton, Cambridgeshire|Foxton]], near Cambridge, and his wife, Martha Potts.<ref>
He was educated at [[Wisbech Grammar School]] and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], matriculating in 1710, graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1714, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] 1717. Having migrated to [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], in 1714, he was a fellow of Corpus Christi from 1716 to 1723, and graduated [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] (''comitia regia'') in 1728.<ref>{{acad|HRN710T|Thomas Herring}}</ref><ref>''[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;xc=1;idno=ajk6189.0001.001;g=moagrp;q1=Wisbech%20school;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=592 A biographical dictionary of America]'' by the Rev. John L. Blake, 1788–1857]</ref>
At Cambridge, he was an exact contemporary of [[Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury)|Matthew Hutton]], who succeeded him in turn in each of his dioceses.
==Career==
Herring became a close friend of [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke|Philip Yorke]], the [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]], who would later, as Lord Hardwicke, serve for many years as [[Lord Chancellor]], and as such, was able to advance quickly. In
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[[Horace Walpole]] said this speech "had as much true spirit, honesty and bravery in it as ever was penned by an historian for an ancient hero".<ref>W. A. Speck, ''The Butcher. The Duke of Cumberland and the Suppression of the 45'' (Welsh Academic Press, 1995), p. 55.</ref> When [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke|Lord Hardwicke]], the Lord Chancellor, repeated the speech's contents to King George II, the King ordered that the speech be printed in the ''Gazette''. After Hardwicke enquired whether he should send Herring a message containing the King's admiration of "his zeal and activity", the King said this was not enough: "...you must also tell the Archbishop that I heartily thank him for it."<ref>Speck, p. 56.</ref>
Herring organised Yorkshire into resistance against the Jacobites by raising volunteers and money. According to [[Reed Browning]], Herring's behaviour during the rebellion had demonstrated that he was "a resolute Whig, a brave Briton, and a commanding prelate."<ref>Reed Browning,
===Archbishopric of Canterbury===
Herring is generally credited as being the author of "A New Form of Common Prayer", published anonymously in 1753 in response to [[John Jones (controversialist)|John Jones]]'s ''[[Free and
He died in 1757 and was buried in [[Croydon Minster]] in Surrey.
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