Richard Durnford

Bishop Durnford

The Rt Rev 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 Rev. Richard Dunford).^[3] He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford,^[4] and ordained in 1831. From 1833 he was Rector of Middleton, Lancashire, and then 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.

Durnford House at Brighton College was named after him. The Durnford House at Eton is named after his son, Walter Durnford, who taught there from 1870-1899.

Notes

↑ "Consecration Of Three Bishops In Whitehall Chapel". The Times. May 9, 1870. p. 8; col E. Issue 26745.
↑ "The Funeral Of The Late Bishop Of Chichester". The Times. Oct 21, 1895. p. 11; col B. Issue 34713.
↑ Sutton, Charles William (1901). "Durnford, Richard". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 170–171.
↑ Stephens, W.R.W, ed. (1899). A memoir of Richard Durnford, sometime bishop of Chichester (with selections from his correspondence). London: John Murray. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Robert Manson	Archdeacon of Manchester 1867–1870	Succeeded by George Anson
Preceded by Ashurst Gilbert	Bishop of Chichester 1870–1895	Succeeded by Ernest Wilberforce

Archdeacons of Manchester

John Rushton Robert Master Richard Durnford George Anson James Wilson Foster Blackburne John Wright Willoughby Allen Noel Aspinall Selwyn Bean Hetley Price Arthur Ballard Brian Harris Alan Wolstencroft Andrew Ballard Mark Ashcroft

Bishops of Chichester

Bishops of Selsey	Wilfrid Eadberht Eolla Sigeferth Aluberht Oswald Gislhere Tota Wihthun Æthelwulf Cynered Guthheard Wighelm Beornheah Wulfhun Guthheard Ælfred Daniel Brihthelm Eadhelm Æthelgar Ordbriht Ælfmær Æthelric I Grimketel Heca Æthelric II Stigand See translated

High Medieval	Stigand of Selsey Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard

Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames

Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham

Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner

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