Bishop Durnford
Massive granite and freestone monument, with a richly decorated canopy, commemorating Bishop Richard Durnford in Chichester Cathedral
Memorial to Bishop Richard Durnford in Chichester Cathedral

Richard Durnford (3 November 1802 – 14 October 1895) was the Bishop of Chichester from 1870[1] to 1895.[2]

He was born in Newbury, Berkshire, into an ecclesiastical family (his father was also named Richard Dunford).[3] He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford,[4] and ordained in 1831.

Durnford took a position as tutor to Edward Vernon Harbord, for which he was recommended by Stephen Lushington. With a presentation from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield, he was then from 1835 rector of Middleton, Lancashire.[5] He became its rural dean.

In 1840 he married Emma, the daughter of his old Eton headmaster, John Keate. In 1867 he became Archdeacon of Manchester and in the following year canon residentiary at Manchester Cathedral. In 1870 he was elevated to the episcopate of Chichester.

He died in Basel. His body was brought back to Chichester Cathedral for a funeral service, and then interred at Westhampnett.[4]

Durnford House at Brighton College was named after him. The Durnford House at Eton is named after his brother, Francis Edward Durnford, who taught there from 1839 to 1877.

Notes

  1. ^ "Consecration Of Three Bishops In Whitehall Chapel". The Times. 9 May 1870. p. 8; col E. Issue 26745.
  2. ^ "The Funeral Of The Late Bishop Of Chichester". The Times. 21 October 1895. p. 11; col B. Issue 34713.
  3. ^ Sutton, Charles William (1901). "Durnford, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 170–171.
  4. ^ a b Stephens, W.R.W, ed. (1899). A memoir of Richard Durnford, sometime bishop of Chichester (with selections from his correspondence). London: John Murray. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  5. ^ Bacon, Richard Mackenzie (1838). A Memoir of the Life of Edward, Third Baron Suffield. Bacon, Kinnebrook and Bacon. p. 229.
Church of England titles Preceded byRobert Manson Archdeacon of Manchester 1867–1870 Succeeded byGeorge Anson Preceded byAshurst Gilbert Bishop of Chichester 1870–1895 Succeeded byErnest Wilberforce


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