The Warburton Lectures (until the end of the nineteenth century often called the Warburtonian Lectures) are a series of theology lectures held in Lincoln's Inn, London. They were established in 1768 with money given by William Warburton, and were intended to bring young divines to the notice of London audiences. The set topic was the proof of Christianity through prophecies.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Warburton, William (1698–1779), bishop of Gloucester and religious controversialist by B. W. Young.
Lecturers
1768–1772 Richard HurdODNB 1773–1776 Samuel HallifaxODNB 1777–1780 Lewis BagotODNB 1781–1785 East ApthorpDiscourses on prophecy: read in the chapel of Lincoln's-Inn, at the lecture founded by the Right Reverend William Warburton (1786), two volumes. 1800–1804 Robert Nares 1807 Edward Pearson 1814–1815 Philip Allwood 1821–1825 John DavisonODNB; Discourses on Prophecy, in which are considered its structure, use and inspiration (1824)archive.org. 1829–1832 William Rowe Lyall: his Propædia Prophetica of 1840 returned to the same circle of ideas, though Lyall made a disclaimer that this work was not the text of the lectures 1833–1836 Frederick NolanODNB 1837–1840 Alexander McCaulODNB 1841–1845 Benjamin Harrison Prophetic Outlines of the Christian Church and the Antichristian PowerInternet Archive (published 1849) 1845 John Frederick Denison Maurice The Epistle to the HebrewsGoogle Books 1849–1853 Edward Bishop Elliott The Destinies and Perils of the Church, as Predicted in ScriptureThe Destinies and Perils of the Church, as Predicted in Scripture: Being the Warburtonian lectures from 1849 to 1853 1854–1858 William GoodeInternet Archive 1866 Benjamin Morgan CowieODNB 1870–1874 Edwin Hamilton Gifford Voices of the Prophets 1874 James WoodhouseODNB 1876–1880 Stanley Leathes Old Testament Prophecy: its witness as a record of divine foreknowledge 1880–1884 Alfred Edersheim Prophecy and History in Relation to the MessiahODNB 1884–1885 John Gray Richardson 1886–1890 Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick The Doctrine of the ProphetsGoogle Books 1890–1894 Rev. Francis Henry Woods (1850-1915, Chalfont St Peter 1888-1903) The Hope of Israel 1894–1898 Henry Wace Prophecy: Jewish and ChristianOnline at https://archive.org/details/prophecyjewishch00wace (1911 publication) 1898–1901 Herbert Edward Ryle 1907–1911 Michael George GlazebrookODNB 1911–1915 A. Lukyn Williams, Gospel of Matthew 1915–1919 William Oscar Emil Oesterley 1919 Robert Henry CharlesODNB The Decalogue 1927–1931 David Capell Simpson 1931 William Ralph Inge God and the AstronomersPublished 1933
References Catalogue of the Library of Princeton Theological Seminary (1886), p. 131; https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflibra00prin#page/130/mode/2up
Notes
Further reading The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1985–1994, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London. The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1995–2005, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, 2006.