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British bishop (1802–95)

Bishop of Chichester; Bishop of Whitby; Canon at St Paul's

The Right Reverend Richard Durnford
Bishop of Chichester

Church	Church of England
Diocese	Chichester
Installed	1870
Term ended	1895
Predecessor	Ashurst Gilbert
Successor	Ernest Wilberforce
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Manchester
Personal details
Born	3 November 1802
Died	14 October 1895
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	The Palace, Chichester
Children	Richard Durnford Jr. Sir Walter Durnford
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

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

Biography

He was born in Newbury, Berkshire, into an ecclesiastical family (his father was also named Richard Dunford). He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, 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. He became its rural dean.

In 1840 he married Emma, the daughter of his old Eton headmaster, John Keate. He had two sons, Richard Durnford Jr., former secretary of the Charity Commission, and Sir Walter Durnford.

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.

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). "Durnford, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st 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 4 March 2011.
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

v t e 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 Karen Lund

v t e Bishops of Chichester
Bishops of Selsey	Wilfrid Eadberht Eolla Sigeferth Aluberht Oswald Gislhere Tota Wihthun Æthelwulf Cynered Guthheard Wighelm Beornheah Wulfhun Guthheard Ælfred Brihthelm Eadhelm Æthelgar Ordbriht Ælfmær Æthelric I Grimketel Heca Æthelric II Stigand See translated
High Medieval	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 Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) 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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