John Froude.

About John Froude

The Reverend John Froude II of Knowstone and East Anstey, both in Devon, England, was an English Anglican priest. As Rector of Molland-cum-Knowstone, in Devon, he was an notorious example of the "hunting parson", for whom "hunting was...the main pursuit of their life, and clerical duties were neglected or perfunctorily performed". During his lifetime the anti-hunting lobby of the evangelicals was gaining ground. In his case this movement was represented by his nemesis Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter, with whom he had many amusing disputes.