Radley Parish and Westminster Abbey
The Bampton lectures led to a tense situation, which was relieved when in 1893 Gore resigned his principalship of Pusey House and became vicar of the parish of Radley, near Oxford.
In 1894 he became a canon of Westminster. Here he gained commanding influence as a preacher, and in 1898 was appointed one of the court chaplains.
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