Name Benjamin Lany Role Bishop of Ely | Died 1675 | |
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Education Christ's College, Cambridge | ||
Benjamin Lany, F.R.S., D.D. (or Laney; 1 January 1591 – 24 January 1675) was an English academic and bishop.
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Early life
Lany was born in Ipswich and entered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1608. He graduated B.A. in 1612 and M.A. in 1615; and became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1616.
Career (pre Civil War)
He was ordained on 21 February 1619. After a curacy at Madingley he held livings at Hambledon, Hampshire, Bishops Waltham and Buriton. He was also Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester from 1628.He became Master of Pembroke in 1630; and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1632.
Civil War years
In 1643 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and Simeon Ashe led a visitation to the University on behalf of Parliament. This saw Lany deprived of his position. He went into exile with the future Charles II of England.
Career (post Civil War)
After the Restoration of 1660, he became Dean of Rochester in July 1660, Bishop of Peterborough in December 1660, Bishop of Lincoln in May 1663, and Bishop of Ely from 1667.