Francis Atterbury

The Right Reverend Francis Atterbury
Bishop of Rochester
Francis Atterbury by Godfrey Kneller
Diocese	Diocese of Rochester
In office	1713–1723
Predecessor	Thomas Sprat
Successor	Samuel Bradford
Orders
Ordination	1687
Consecration	1713
Personal details
Born	(1663-03-06)6 March 1663 Middleton, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	22 February 1732(1732-02-22) (aged 68) Paris, France
Buried	Westminster Abbey
Denomination	Church of England
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Francis Atterbury (6 March 1663 – 22 February 1732) was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and banished for communicating with the Old Pretender in the Atterbury Plot. He was a noted wit and a gifted preacher.