GILBERT, JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Arms.—Quarterly.
1st and 4th; erm., on a chevron sa., 3 roses arg. Gilbert.
2nd and 3rd; arg., 2 bendlets sa. Bradshaw.
Note.-Used before 1726.
[Tesauro. Patriarchae Genealogia. Mediolani, 1645.]
John Gilbert (born circ. 1693, died 9th August 1761) was a son of John Gilbert, Prebendary of Exeter. He was educated at Oxford, and ordained about 1718.
In 1722 Gilbert succeeded to his father's Prebendal stall at Exeter, and two years later he was made Dean. In 1726 Dr. Gilbert was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff, and was afterwards translated to Salisbury. In 1757 he became Archbishop of York. Gilbert was not a man of much learning, and his preferment in the Church is remarkable as being due more to influence than character. He published several sermons.