Frederick Temple figures of the Cathedral's history shown there. Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1897. Attribution Frederick Temple Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was an English academic, teacher, churchman, and Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1896 until his death. Temple was born in Santa Maura, one of the Ionian Islands, the son of Major Octavius Temple, who was subsequently appointed lieutenant-governor of Sierra Leone. On his retirement, Major Temple settled in Devon and contemplated a farming life for his son Frederick, giving him a practical training to that end. Temple's grandfather was William Johnson Temple,
William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel the Prussian and British forces. Hesse-Kassel became an important battlefield and was occupied by France on several occasions. He had a deep, personal friendship with Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, and Roman-German emperor Charles VII. His second son and successor, Frederick, became a Catholic, which led to restrictions on Catholicism in the Calvinist landgraviate and the transfer of the Principality of Hanau to his Protestant son William. During his reign, William started building Schloss Wilhelmsthal in Calden and collected paintings, including works by Rembrandt. In 1717, William married Dorothea Wilhelmina (20 March 1691 – 17 March 1743), eldest daughter