Richard Durnford
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,
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
- ^ "Consecration Of Three Bishops In Whitehall Chapel". The Times. 9 May 1870. p. 8; col E. Issue 26745.
- ^ "The Funeral Of The Late Bishop Of Chichester". The Times. 21 October 1895. p. 11; col B. Issue 34713.
- ^ Sutton, Charles William (1901). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 170–171. . In
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bacon, Richard Mackenzie (1838). A Memoir of the Life of Edward, Third Baron Suffield. Bacon, Kinnebrook and Bacon. p. 229.